Our first week of summer camp! Celebrate the warmth of the sun on the longest day of the year. We will explore how the sun powers all life on our planet, especially here at Audubon. We will harness and use the warmth and light of the sun throughout this week from art projects to a tasty treat! This week of camp promises adventure, creativity, and a deeper connection to nature – a perfect start to summer. 

Monday to stay cool we went to the brook, played in the water and searched for some critters too. Using a cool cyanotype paper we also made sun prints that left behind the print of different plants and other nature items we picked.

Tuesday was another hot day at Audubon! Today we learned all about birds. We turned someone into a bird and got to learn all about the different parts of a bird like their feathers, beak, talons, etc. In the afternoon we hiked up to the office and got to enjoy a maple snow cone to cool off too.

Wednesday the campers learned about the water cycle and where most of the water is and where it stays. They all played a game where each of them was a drop of water and went through their own cycle of life. They also learned about the parts of a flower and why the flowers need each of their parts, like how the leaves help it make food grow.

Thursday on the cool morning we enjoyed some time with Audubon conservationist Mark LaBarr and watched Bird Banding. They then went to Beaver Pond to look for creatures and learn about our cold-blooded friends', amphibians and reptiles. In the afternoon we did a tree scavenger hunt looking for different types of trees in the sugarbush and learning about their similarities and differences.

Friday we ended the week with everyone’s favorite game, Life and Death in the Forest which mirrors the life and the food web and cycle that our wild animals go through. At the end of the day we got to learn about making fires and teach our Adults who came for closing circle about how to make them too!