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When:
June 27, 2016 @ 8:30 am – July 1, 2016 @ 3:00 pm
2016-06-27T08:30:00-04:00
2016-07-01T15:00:00-04:00
Where:
WNC Nature Center
75 Gashes Creek Rd
Asheville, NC 28805
USA
Cost:
See Description Below
Contact:
WNC Nature Center
(828) 259-8080
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Summer Camp
Asheville Camp Childcare kids Summer Camp WNC Nature Center

“Summer camps at the Nature Center are fun, educational experiences for all campers. Camp facilitators draw upon the Nature Center staff naturalist and the natural history collection to present a program designed to involve children in the wonders of the natural world. The classroom provides a headquarters for crafts, lessons, and shelter from summer heat and thunderstorms as the children engage in exploratory activities throughout the Nature Center. Each camp session offers creative themes using both plants and animals in its design, offering fun learning activities using STEM education (science, technology, engineering, and math) along with arts and social studies.  As a member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, we celebrate the continuous promotion of making proper ethical choices for our environment!

 

Kindergarten Camp is a great way to engage your five year old in the wonders of camp life, social interaction, communication skills, and self-expression through the arts. (options: pre & post camp care)

  • June 19-23, Camp #K 1 “Introduction to Nature” An easy introduction to nature, how it works, the essentials of life, connections to living organisms, and lots of fun teachable moments with hikes, games, crafts, and live animals!
  • July 3-7, Camp #K 2 “Craft Time with Critters” Learning  about nature through visual arts, crafts, Trillium Trail adventures, with emphasis on sharing things as a team and with nature will bring about an appreciation for other campers, community, and our own strengths.
  • July 17-21, Camp #K 3 “Feathers, Fur, and Fun” This week will introduce campers to the sciences of botany, mammology, herpetology, and more. Through more games &  crafts, explorations on ground, and nature hikes out to the Trillium Trail, campers feel, see, hear, and collect & return native specimens to the forest after discovering what life abounds in our mountains.

Kindergarten, Wild Weeks, and Bio-Blitz Camps:  Mon.-Fri., 8:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m. (arrival time 8:15-8:30 a.m.)

 

Kindergarten and Wild Weeks Camps

  • Registration is $175.00/week (Members of the Friends of the WNCNC)
  • Registration is $200.00/week (Non-members)
  • Pre-Care is $25.00/week (Members and Non-members)
  • After Care is $50.00/week (Members and Non-members)