Camps
Summer Camps 2018
(FULL Registration Form
Spend the summer at one of The Green Center’s Nature Explorer Camps! Each camp will have students explore our prairie, forest, wetland, greenhouse and discovery garden outdoor classrooms. Programming will take place both indoors and outdoors. Please note: Students do need to bring a lunch each day.
NATURE PLAY CAMP (FULL)
Register by May 25, 2018
This 5-day camp will reconnect children to nature and offer them experiences to explore, discover and interact with the natural environment. Students will use their senses in the outdoors, learn about different habitats, identify plants and animals, create art projects and explore our outdoor spaces each day!
Date: June 4-8 Ages: 5-7 years old
Time: *9:00am - 3:00pm Cost: $135.00 (includes all materials)
*Before & After Care is available at 8:30am and until 3:30pm each day upon request for an additional $25 fee for the week.
NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY CAMP (FULL)
Register by June 1, 2018
Learn how to take nature photographs in our beautiful outdoor spaces in this 5-day camp. Students will learn the basics of using a digital camera, develop their photography skills by taking pictures in the natural settings of our outdoor spaces and participate in a variety of photography projects using their own photos. Cameras will be provided for students to use.
Date: June 11-15 Ages: 8-13 years old
Time: *9:00am - 3:00pm Cost: $135.00 (includes all materials)
*Before & After Care is available at 8:30am and until 3:30pm each day upon request for an additional $25 fee for the week.
GET OUTDOORS CAMP (FULL)
Register by July 6, 2018
This 5-day camp will teach children to be creative with nature and discover new ways to get OUTside and play! Each day will be full of art projects utilizing materials we find outdoros, activities such as orienteering, games in our natural habitats and more!
Date: July 16-20 Ages: 8-13 years old
Time: *9:00am - 3:00pm Cost: $135.00 (includes all materials)
*Before & After Care is available at 8:30am and until 3:30pm each day upon request for an additional $25 fee for the week.
GREEN CHEF CAMP (FULL)
Register by July 20, 2018
Students will be cooking with nature in this 5-day camp. Learn about the plants we have in our gardens, how to grow them and use them to make delicious dishes. We will explore our native Missouri plants and learn about their medicinal uses, hunt for wild edibles and learn about chickens. Only hungry kids need apply!
Date: July 30-August Ages: 8-13 years old
Time: *9:00am - 3:00pm Cost: $135.00 (includes all materials)
*Before & After Care is available at 8:30am and until 3:30pm each day upon request for an additional $25 fee for the week.
Spend the summer at one of The Green Center’s Nature Explorer Camps! Each camp will have students explore our prairie, forest, wetland, greenhouse and discovery garden outdoor classrooms. Programming will take place both indoors and outdoors. Please note: Students do need to bring a lunch each day.
NATURE PLAY CAMP (FULL)
Register by May 25, 2018
This 5-day camp will reconnect children to nature and offer them experiences to explore, discover and interact with the natural environment. Students will use their senses in the outdoors, learn about different habitats, identify plants and animals, create art projects and explore our outdoor spaces each day!
Date: June 4-8 Ages: 5-7 years old
Time: *9:00am - 3:00pm Cost: $135.00 (includes all materials)
*Before & After Care is available at 8:30am and until 3:30pm each day upon request for an additional $25 fee for the week.
NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY CAMP (FULL)
Register by June 1, 2018
Learn how to take nature photographs in our beautiful outdoor spaces in this 5-day camp. Students will learn the basics of using a digital camera, develop their photography skills by taking pictures in the natural settings of our outdoor spaces and participate in a variety of photography projects using their own photos. Cameras will be provided for students to use.
Date: June 11-15 Ages: 8-13 years old
Time: *9:00am - 3:00pm Cost: $135.00 (includes all materials)
*Before & After Care is available at 8:30am and until 3:30pm each day upon request for an additional $25 fee for the week.
GET OUTDOORS CAMP (FULL)
Register by July 6, 2018
This 5-day camp will teach children to be creative with nature and discover new ways to get OUTside and play! Each day will be full of art projects utilizing materials we find outdoros, activities such as orienteering, games in our natural habitats and more!
Date: July 16-20 Ages: 8-13 years old
Time: *9:00am - 3:00pm Cost: $135.00 (includes all materials)
*Before & After Care is available at 8:30am and until 3:30pm each day upon request for an additional $25 fee for the week.
GREEN CHEF CAMP (FULL)
Register by July 20, 2018
Students will be cooking with nature in this 5-day camp. Learn about the plants we have in our gardens, how to grow them and use them to make delicious dishes. We will explore our native Missouri plants and learn about their medicinal uses, hunt for wild edibles and learn about chickens. Only hungry kids need apply!
Date: July 30-August Ages: 8-13 years old
Time: *9:00am - 3:00pm Cost: $135.00 (includes all materials)
*Before & After Care is available at 8:30am and until 3:30pm each day upon request for an additional $25 fee for the week.
Show Me Science & Art Summer Experience (SASE)
We currently have groups scheduled for the Summer of 2018. If your group would like to be considered to participate in this FREE program during the Summer of 2019, contact us!
"Show Me" Science & Art Summer Experience (SASE) Program for youth agencies & schools offered by The Green Center and Missouri State Parks and connects children to nature near where they live. During this camp, children explore the outdoor classrooms at The Green Center and Missouri State Parks. Two weeks (Monday-Thursday) are available each summer. Please contact The Green Center if your school or youth agency would like to participate in one of these camps scheduled for June or July in 2019.
Sample Student Poem: The Prairie Speaks
I am like a big, big city
full of life at rush hour –
underground, moles digging,
constructing tunnels,
above, rabbits digging ditches,
ladybugs rushing home,
plants bumping,
spraying seeds,
and sparkling flowers
and blazing stars
dancing like everyday
it’s Mardi Gras.
The program is funded by the Missouri Parks Association, The Green Center and our partner the Missouri State Parks.
For more information contact us at 314-725-8314 X 105 or classes@thegreencenter.org.
Sample Student Poem: The Prairie Speaks
I am like a big, big city
full of life at rush hour –
underground, moles digging,
constructing tunnels,
above, rabbits digging ditches,
ladybugs rushing home,
plants bumping,
spraying seeds,
and sparkling flowers
and blazing stars
dancing like everyday
it’s Mardi Gras.
The program is funded by the Missouri Parks Association, The Green Center and our partner the Missouri State Parks.
For more information contact us at 314-725-8314 X 105 or classes@thegreencenter.org.