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Summer Expedition Class                   Tuesdays & Wednesdays in August

Join our parks expedition to explore and play in the river, forest, field and ponds! We’ll go on treasure hunts, play games, climb trees, and wade in the shallows. We’ll create art, and build shelters and temporary hiker camps. We’ll learn maker skills with knives, natural fibers and knots, find animals and edible and medicinal plants.

​We’ll also enjoy story telling, sharing circles, and care for our collective safety and comfort in wild places. And we’ll grow our peacemaking and conflict resolution skills. All the while, we’ll honor and protect our natural places (leaving no trace and leaving it better than we found it)!

We’ll ponder big questions, such as:  
  • What’s the best way to find a beetle?
  • What do turtles think about?
  • How do plants move around?
  • What is beautiful to us?  What is beautiful to a dragonfly?
  • Do geese like us?
  • Who lived and worked on the land before us? How did it become a park? Who comes here now?
Details
Class meets in Ann Arbor parks, including Bird Hills, Nichols Arboretum and Furstenberg/Gallup Park, on August 3, 4, 10, 11, 17, and 18 (six Tuesdays and Wednesdays) from 10 am - 2pm. Class is limited to 12 campers, ages 8-12, with three Nature Mentors. The cost is $280 per child. Scholarship is available upon request.
 
Campers should enjoy wandering and exploring new places and be comfortable and experienced spending time in natural settings. They must be ready and able to cooperate with leaders, following directions and make decisions with peers for the good of the camp. 
And finally, because this class takes place in public parks, campers should be comfortable encountering unfamiliar dogs.
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