Camp Descriptions

A Joyful Heart – Children face unique challenges. Learning to manage emotions and cope with new challenges builds Resilience, Confidence, and Joy! Let’s practice those skills in a fun, cooperative, nature setting. In this camp, each day will focus on a project and reflection on a related value of Growth, Kindness, Gratitude, Compassion, and Mindfulness.

American Girl - We will explore games, activities, stories and themes from American Girl books. Please bring your favorite doll (American girl doll or other similar sized doll or stuffed animal) as we explore nature, do crafts, role play, and engage in fitness. We’ll wrap up our week with a tea party and reading friendship poems.

Archery – Learn archery skills and archery folktales. Get some target practice and learn the etiquette and safety rules for all projectiles.

Artist Outdoor Experience – Join us for a week full of different styles of arts, crafts, and outdoor activities while using all different mediums to paint and create while exploring new methods and making a mess. This camp will include using Nature in our artistic fun. We will also include artistic experiences in some gross motor outdoor adventures.

Choose your Own Adventure - We will plan to spend time in all of the favorite “play places” at Woodland Discovery; such as Roxaboxen, Crawfish Creek, The Treehouse, the ABC Trail, and the Mud Kitchen; with fun activities to choose in each area

Dino Dig - Let's walk back in time and delve into a world before humans existed! We will learn about dinosaurs, excavate in search of dinosaur fossils or eggs, create dinosaur themed art, and explode volcanoes.

Eric Carle Bugs - Our favorite author/artist has so many wonderful stories about bugs! Let’s explore some of his famous books from The Hungry Caterpillar to The Very Grouchy Ladybug. Come ready for lots of games and activities about fireflies, butterflies, honeybees, siders, and more.

Fairies & Trolls – If you like using your imagination and everything magic, looking for Fairies and Trolls is for you! Meet the flower fairies, good fairies, mud fairies and more! What is the difference between a troll, an elf and a gnome? We will learn their characteristics and about good ones and naughty ones through stories, crafts and games.

Fancy Nancy Goes Glamping – Fancy Nancy loves everything shimmery, shiny, or sparkly. She also loves ribbons, tea parties, lavender and anything French. She loves bugs and flowers, and she knows how to find all the beautiful things in nature. We will look extraordinarily spectacular as we explore outdoors with our fancy gear and nature journal.

50 Dangerous Things –Inspired by the book, 50 Dangerous Things (You Should Let Your Children Do), we hope to remember that climbing trees is good for the soul and that a pocketknife is not a weapon. This camp is full of exciting ways children can explore the world around them, we will learn to “Play with Fire” and “Taste Electricity” while learning about safety and much, much more.

Fishing Adventures – Spend time fishing as well as exploring the woods and pond. Experiment with different bait to catch catfish, brim, and bluegill. Learn about fish body parts, habitats, and about North Carolina freshwater fish. We may taste different kinds of fish cooked over a campfire.

Flowers and Foraging - This camp will focus on Woodland flowers, foraging and gardening. We’ll talk about soil preparation, composting, plant parts and life cycle, companion planting, native plants, and invasive plants. In this camp, we will help maintain Woodland gardens and taste fresh garden produce every day. We will do floral art projects.

Frog and Toad – Everyone loves Frog and Toad. We will recreate their world and act out their stories. They will teach us about being a great friend. We will sing all the frog songs we know. We will look for and learn the difference between real frogs and toads, too. This is a good transition into fall preschool programs.

Hair-rising Scientist – Campers will wonder “What if?” as they do some mixing, melting, and exploding all while having a super time acquiring STEM knowledge! They will do hands on experiments and have opportunities to ask new questions, create their own experiments, and share their knowledge at this creative, exploratory, and fun science camp.

Mother Goose on the Loose – Spend time with Mother Goose in Mother Nature. Children will enjoy timeless rhymes, stories, songs, and woodland play all while exploring the very basics of literacy without even knowing it.

Mr. MacGregor’s Garden – We will dig in the dirt, plant seeds, and create gardening accessories. We will also read stories by Beatrice Potter and learn about the plants and critters in Mr. MacGregor’s garden.

Mud Monsters– We will play in the mud, create concoctions and read stories about monsters. We WILL get dirty!

Musical Parades- We will make all kinds of instruments and parade through the woods singing, banging, playing and making beautiful noise.

Off to Neverland – Join Peter Pan and the Darling children in the adventures of fairies, mermaids, pirates, injuns, and the lost boys on this adventure of never growing up.

Outdoor Adventures – Campers will learn how to play safely in the woods, including hiking basics, leave no trace principles, and fire safety. This camp may include outdoor games, knots, and first aid. Older kids may get to try a little fishing and archery.

Outdoor Cooking – Plan on building a fire every day and learning techniques of foil, dutch oven, stick, and 1 pot cooking. Be prepared to experiment with new tastes. This camp runs 4 hours (9 AM to 1 PM) for 4 days (Monday – Thursday) to include lunch that we make! No Allergies or special diets, please.

Outdoor Games- Work together as teams to create and learn new outdoor games. Lots of running and strategies and team-building. We'll use water games to cool off so come prepared to get wet, have fun, and go home tired.

Pioneers Days – What would it be like to pack everything you own into a wagon and head across the plains of America? How did children work and play? What did they eat? What did they wear? Let's experience some of these things as children did years ago as well as learn some frontier history.

Pirate Adventures – Can you say “Arghh!”? Join us for a week-long adventurer full of pirate ship boat making, treasure hunts, and creating treasure maps. Bring your imagination while we sail away on pirate ships by the tree house and dig for jewels and gold coin in the sand.

STEAM Extravaganza - Spend one day focused on each letter of STEAM - Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math. Fun games and activities to see the day-to-day application of these concepts

STEAM for Littles - Similar to the camp above, but with activities geared more towards the younger campers.

Treasure Trails - Work with your team to discover clues, solve puzzles, and investigate mysteries in this new twist on summer camp. We will follow clues on the trails and learn about nature mysteries. Bring your ideas and create a puzzle for us all to solve. Lots of role playing and spy fun.

Wonders of the Forest - The forest holds all kinds of surprises. Come look for signs of bugs, birds, animals, plants, and US! Build forts and play games. Create plots and act them out. Look for nature items to create beautiful art. This camp will focus on exploring, building, and creativity.