Outdoor Day Camp | June 2022

How often does your child get to enjoy the great outdoors? How often does your child explore wooded areas, creeks, and ponds? “Nature play” experiences offer children opportunities to take safe risks, develop friendships, increase confidence, and increase awareness and exploration of their environments.

Nature provides a healthy environment for children to ask questions and creatively problem solve. The outdoors offers an array of naturally occurring sensory experiences that can’t be replicated indoors. These experiences allow your child to practice self-regulation, explore how their bodies move, and experience the outdoors in wonder.

$30 - Cash or Check

DEADLINE - May 27th, 2022

*** To sign up, see the front office. ***

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- GOALS -

• Executive functioning – problem solving, sequencing, following instructions, task completion

• Fine motor skills – writing, strengthening through play, pulling ropes, tying ropes, dexterity through playing games, etc.

• Visual skills – visual scanning through scavenger hunts, object discrimination, etc.

• Social skills – teamwork, creative and cooperative play, etc.

• Sensory – tactile, auditory, gustatory, vestibular, proprioceptive, etc.

• Gross motor – balance, navigating terrain, strengthening through play, etc.

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- ITINERARY -

THURSDAY, JUNE 09 | HAMMOCKING & THE BASICS OF HIKING

Location: Lake Atlanta Park | 500 E Walnut Street | Rogers, AR 72757

8:00 – 9:00 am | Learn to leave no trace principles and complete group scenarios

9:00 – 10:00 am | Fill out hiking itinerary forms & day hike pack demo

10:00 – 12:00 pm | Take a hike, demo of hammock set up, or (Opt.) provide rope, sheet, and duct tape to create own hammock, string up and support at least 1 team member for 1 minute.

*Snacks will be provided.

THURSDAY, JUNE 16 | TENT & CAMP SET UP

THURSDAY, JUNE 23 | CAMP COOKING & HOW TO BUILD A FIRE