Bug Bonanza
THIS CAMP IS FULL
June 23 - 27
For children entering 1st, 2nd or 3rd grade
$150 Hildene member, $170 nonmember
Instructor: Diane Newton
Limit: 12 Campers
Explore the largest group of animals in the world, insects. These six-legged wonders abound in our fields, forests, ponds and rivers. We'll investigate their amazing adaptations, life cycles and ecology through outdoor explorations, games, stories, art activities and songs. Highlights include a search for aquatic insects in the Battenkill, setting up insect motels, creating pattern block insects and exploring the characteristics and habitat of honey bees.
Nets, Buckets and Boots
THIS CAMP IS FULL
June 30 - July 3 (4 day week)
For children entering 1st, 2nd or 3rd grade
$120 Hildene member, $136 nonmember
Instructors: Diane Newton & Ruth Stewart
Limit: 12 Campers
Calling all nature explorers! How does a water scorpion breathe, a beaver eat under water without drowning or a Great Blue Heron catch fish? Come and learn the answers to these and other questions during our week exploring and comparing river, pond and wetland communities. We'll catch and identify aquatic insects, build a river food web, investigate a beaver pond, identify common wetland plants and view live hawks. We'll also play, do crafts, sing songs, read stories, and cool off on our water slide.
Farm Camp
THIS CAMP IS FULL
July 7 - 11
For children entering 2nd, 3rd or 4th grade
$150 Hildene member, $170 nonmember
Instructor: Janet Parant
Limit: 12 campers
Would you like to make your own jam, learn how to make yogurt and ice cream? Join us at farm camp where we pick locally grown strawberries and process them into your very own jar of jam. We'll visit a local farm and buy milk and learn how to make yogurt and ice cream. Throughout the week, we learn how important it is to support our local farmers.
Art Camp for Inquisitive Young Explorers
THIS CAMP IS FULL
July 14 - 18
For children ages 4 - 5
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
$100 Hildene member
$110 nonmember
Instructor: Anharad Edson
Limit: 12 Campers
In Vermont, art is all around us in the summertime! From the symmetry and patterns seen in the smallest of ladybugs, to the beautiful colors and shapes of our Green Mountains. Campers explore, discover and create their own artwork using paint, clay, paper, and nature's found objects. Paint from observation, look for natural wonders on hikes, and meet the farm animals, bringing home their own artistic replica of their new found friends. The week will culminate on Friday with a special art exhibit featuring the young artists' work.
Art Camp for Inquisitive Young Explorers
THIS CAMP IS FULL
July 21 - 25
For children ages 5 - 6
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
$100 Hildene member $110 nonmember
Instructor: Anharad Edson
Limit: 12 Campers
Inquisitive art students will need their handmade passports as they take-off for far away places and times in the world of art! Curious young explorers will get a sampling of cultures and learn how art was integrated into the lives of the native people! Students explore art of Australia, Africa, Peru, Italy, France, and more!
Farm Camp
THIS CAMP IS FULL
July 21 - 25
For children entering 2nd, 3rd or 4th grade
$150 Hildene member, $170 nonmember
Instructor: Mimi Wright
Limit: 12 campers
Feed the goats, piglets and calves! Campers become familiar with Hildene's farm and visit neighboring ones as they are introduced to farm life. They investigate barns and farm buildings, create farm-based art and enjoy farm stories. Dress for the barn and outdoor play!
Art Camp for Inquisitive Young Explorers
THIS CAMP IS FULL
July 28 - August 1
For children ages 6 - 7
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
$100 Hildene member
$110 nonmember
Instructor: Anharad Edson
Limit: 12 Campers
See description above
Clay in Nature
THIS CAMP IS FULL
July 14 - 18
For children entering 3rd, 4th or 5th grade
$190 Hildene member, $210 nonmember
Instructors: Kate Goetz & Teri Lazarus
Limit: 12 Campers
An exploration in nature will lead campers to creating ceramic ware that is found in nature, utilized in nature or preserved in clay. Projects include bird houses, wind chimes, garden sculpture, and using objects in nature to create design and texture in clay forms.
Earth Explorers
August 4 - 8
For children entering 4th, 5th or 6th grade
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
$247.50 Hildene/VINS member, $275 nonmember (To receive the member rate, VINS members must be at the $125 Partner level- All Hildene members receive the member rate)
Instructors: Rick Ladue, VINS Staff
Limit: 14 Campers
Mysteries of the natural world await the intrepid Earth Explorer! Campers embark on a series of adventures exploring geology, stream and pond ecology, forestry and predator/prey relationships. Discoveries and adventure lie around each turn of the trail!
Earth Explorers
THIS CAMP IS FULL
August 11 - 15
For children entering 1st, 2nd or 3rd grade
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
$202.50 VINS/Hildene member, $225 nonmember (To receive the member rate, VINS members must be at the $125 Partner level- All Hildene members receive the member rate)
Instructors: Rick Ladue & VINS Staff
Limit: 14 Campers
See description above
Our Camp Staff
Diane Newton, Director of Education, Hildene, The Lincoln Family Home, Manchester, VT.
Jane Parant, Cheesemaker, So. Londonderry, VT.
Rick Ladue , VINS Program Manager, Vermont Institute of Natural Science, Quechee, VT.
Anharad Edson, Art Teacher & Illustrator, Manchester, VT.
Ruth Stewart, Local Birder and Naturalist, Dorset, VT.
Kate Goetz, Frog Hollow Instructor , Manchester, VT.
Teri Lazarus, Frog Hollow Instructor , Manchester, VT.
Mimi Wright, Small-Scale Farmer, Londonderry, VT.
