Beginner Explorers introduces children to the wilderness through hands-on fun and adventurous activities.  Each session will include a variety of crafts, games, stories and adventures, as well as its own theme for the week. Children will choose from activities such as animal tracking & camouflage games, beads & bones craft, collecting pouches, camp journals, fire-building, shelter-building, wilderness cuisine and gardening, and more.

Cost: 215 dollars per session, 4 weeks for 800 dollars (save $60)       Ages: 6-9

BE1: July 14^th-18^th           TRACKS AND TREASURERS 

Learn to become aware and spot tracks and animal signs of all kinds from fox, beaver, horse, coyote, skunk, chipmunk, spotted salamander, or owl.  And then…take part in a treasure hunt which will test your skills!

BE2: July 21^st – 25^th         WATER WORLDS

How many creatures do you know of that live in a pond?  Or a stream?  Learn about the world which exists in our water sources through exploration and study as you re-create an aquarium model for creatures which inhabit the waters of Hammond Hill.

BE3: August 4^th – 8^th         FOREST EXPLORER

Explore the forests of Hammond Hill, and discover what only the forest animals know.  Find out where they sleep, eat, play, hunt, and die. Learn the secret language, which most humans have forgotten, that connects us to the animals and plants.

BE4: August 11^th – 15^th       A BERRY ULTIMATE EXPERIENCE

It’s Berry Season at Hammond Hill.  Come prepared to have lots of fun with crafts, games, outdoor skills and of course picking and preparing an assortment of goodies with berries.