Opportunities From: Wilderness Awareness School

Summer Camp Volunteers act as assistant instructors for our summer camps and receive training in our unique approach to mentoring youth in nature, which focuses on curiosity, play and asking questions as much or more than a delivery of facts. You can learn more about this approach by exploring Coyote’s Guide to Connecting with Nature, available from our web store.

Nature Detective Day Camp invites young adventurers to follow the trail of nature’s clues while solving mysteries, exploring habitats, and developing keen observation skills in the wild.

This camp invites children to step into the role of a nature detective. They’ll follow clues, notice patterns, solve mini-mysteries, and discover the living world through hands-on exploration and curiosity-driven play.

Nature Detectives spend their days searching for animal tracks, identifying feathers and plants, exploring habitats, and playing games that build awareness and teamwork. Every day is an adventure and every discovery tells a story.

Summer Camp Volunteers act as assistant instructors for our summer camps and receive training in our unique approach to mentoring youth in nature, which focuses on curiosity, play and asking questions as much or more than a delivery of facts. You can learn more about this approach by exploring Coyote’s Guide to Connecting with Nature, available from our web store.

At Survival Skills Day Camp, kids learn skills to survive and thrive in the wilderness using techniques that have been used throughout all of human history.

Campers will learn real-life survival skills in fun and exciting ways! Campers will gain techniques for making and tending fire. We’ll teach knife safety, how to identify and harvest wild edible plants, water purification, and delicious campfire cooking techniques. Campers will build shelters and create fun and useful crafts such as baskets, tools, spoons, or cordage (natural rope)

Summer Camp Volunteers act as assistant instructors for our summer camps and receive training in our unique approach to mentoring youth in nature, which focuses on curiosity, play and asking questions as much or more than a delivery of facts. You can learn more about this approach by exploring Coyote’s Guide to Connecting with Nature, available from our web store.

At Nature Adventure Camp, kids can just be kids through exciting games, stories, songs, and challenges while simultaneously gaining foundational naturalist skills.

Campers will have an unforgettable week immersed in nature at our flagship, award-winning summer camp! Nature Adventure Camp cultivates curiosity and excitement for plants and animals while forming life-long relationships with the natural world. 

Campers play in diverse ecosystems through games, exploration, challenges, stories, and songs. Our skilled instructors, trained in the art of Coyote Mentoring (our unique teaching philosophy), will strategically draw on engaging moments and activities that will leave kids inspired and in awe of our planet.

Each week of camp is unique, and many campers return year after year or attend multiple weeks in one summer!

Summer Camp Volunteers act as assistant instructors for our summer camps and receive training in our unique approach to mentoring youth in nature, which focuses on curiosity, play and asking questions as much or more than a delivery of facts. You can learn more about this approach by exploring Coyote’s Guide to Connecting with Nature, available from our web store.

Campers will step into a magic realm of imaginative quests, forest hideouts, and nature-crafted treasures.

Your child will have an enchanting week in nature at Mythical Creatures Day Camp! This whimsical program invites young adventurers to explore the outdoors through imaginative play, hands-on discovery, and guided quests inspired by mystical beings said to roam the land.

At Mythical Creatures, the forest becomes a realm alive with stories and imagination. Our adventures use mythical creatures to teach real ecology, tracking skills, wildlife awareness, and plant knowledge. From studying the flight patterns of a phoenix to tracking unicorns,  observing  the clues left by their closest real world relatives, nature becomes a world of personality and learning becomes an unforgettable quest. Campers may set out on a dragon egg hunt, design whimsical faerie houses, craft mystical artifacts from natural materials, or try to catch a mischievous gnome hidden along winding woodland paths. Each day invites them into story-driven quests that encourage them to move, think, and explore like the mythical creatures they love.

Summer Camp Volunteers act as assistant instructors for our summer camps and receive training in our unique approach to mentoring youth in nature, which focuses on curiosity, play and asking questions as much or more than a delivery of facts. You can learn more about this approach by exploring Coyote’s Guide to Connecting with Nature, available from our web store.

A week of fun, wonder, and adventure awaits! At Wilderness Wizards Day Camp, the forest is full of magic.

Your child will have an unforgettable week in nature at Wilderness Wizards Day Camp! This imaginative program blends nature connection with playful storytelling, creative exploration, and the joy of discovering magic in the natural world.

Throughout the week, Wilderness Wizards explore the forest through immersive, story-rich play and hands-on connection with the land. They may step into character during wizardly quests, learn the ways of local animals, craft talismans from natural materials, or gather in circle beneath the trees for tales of ancient magic.

✨ Wand and Staff Crafting
Campers will choose a branch that calls to them and learn the lore of different types of wood. Campers can decorate their wands or staffs with feathers, shells, stones, and other forest-found treasures.

✨ Stone Magic
We’ll explore common stones, combining naturalist awareness with imagination. Campers may use these stones in crafting, spell-play, treasure hunts, or as tools for grounding and focusing their “magic.”

✨ Potions, Wild Teas & Plant Scrolls
Campers will create their own illustrated scroll of common edible plants and the playful “magic” each one carries. Throughout the week, they’ll use these ingredients to safely make potions or wild teas, practicing sensory awareness while learning real-world plant knowledge.

✨ Runes and Nature Glyphs
A simple, camp-created rune system introduces symbolic writing. Campers can carve runes into their crafts, draw them in sand or soil while “casting spells,” or use them in quests and scavenger challenges.

Summer Camp Volunteers act as assistant instructors for our summer camps and receive training in our unique approach to mentoring youth in nature, which focuses on curiosity, play and asking questions as much or more than a delivery of facts. You can learn more about this approach by exploring Coyote’s Guide to Connecting with Nature, available from our web store.

Nature Detective Day Camp invites young adventurers to follow the trail of nature’s clues while solving mysteries, exploring habitats, and developing keen observation skills in the wild.

This camp invites children to step into the role of a nature detective. They’ll follow clues, notice patterns, solve mini-mysteries, and discover the living world through hands-on exploration and curiosity-driven play.

Nature Detectives spend their days searching for animal tracks, identifying feathers and plants, exploring habitats, and playing games that build awareness and teamwork. Every day is an adventure and every discovery tells a story.

Summer Camp Volunteers act as assistant instructors for our summer camps and receive training in our unique approach to mentoring youth in nature, which focuses on curiosity, play and asking questions as much or more than a delivery of facts. You can learn more about this approach by exploring Coyote’s Guide to Connecting with Nature, available from our web store

Campers will learn skills to be the expert on their next camping trip and gain tactics for an outdoor survival situation.

At Knife and Knot, campers learn an array of practical survival skills through hands-on and engaging activities! Kids will spend their week learning knife safety and carving, navigation, knots, shelter-making, water filtration, and the essentials of a survival kit. They’ll have fun learning the craft of knot-tying and using knife skills for a carving project. Campers will also learn to track their surroundings as they learn basic mapping skills.

Summer Camp Volunteers act as assistant instructors for our summer camps and receive training in our unique approach to mentoring youth in nature, which focuses on curiosity, play and asking questions as much or more than a delivery of facts. You can learn more about this approach by exploring Coyote’s Guide to Connecting with Nature, available from our web store.

Nature Detective Day Camp invites young adventurers to follow the trail of nature’s clues while solving mysteries, exploring habitats, and developing keen observation skills in the wild.

This camp invites children to step into the role of a nature detective. They’ll follow clues, notice patterns, solve mini-mysteries, and discover the living world through hands-on exploration and curiosity-driven play.

Nature Detectives spend their days searching for animal tracks, identifying feathers and plants, exploring habitats, and playing games that build awareness and teamwork. Every day is an adventure and every discovery tells a story.

Summer Camp Volunteers act as assistant instructors for our summer camps and receive training in our unique approach to mentoring youth in nature, which focuses on curiosity, play and asking questions as much or more than a delivery of facts. You can learn more about this approach by exploring Coyote’s Guide to Connecting with Nature, available from our web store.

This is the ultimate day camp for kids who love to move, play, and discover the magic of nature while becoming true Guardians of the Wild!

At Ranger Skills Camp, kids will learn to move silently and fluidly, discover the art of camouflage, and mimic wild animals. They’ll be free to run, jump, and engage in wild play in the woods while learning safe and easy natural movement techniques.

Campers will learn to calm their mind like a Jedi, move in rhythm with the forest like Aragorn, and explore the world as a Ranger!  

Summer Camp Volunteers act as assistant instructors for our summer camps and receive training in our unique approach to mentoring youth in nature, which focuses on curiosity, play and asking questions as much or more than a delivery of facts. You can learn more about this approach by exploring Coyote’s Guide to Connecting with Nature, available from our web store.

At Nature Adventure Camp, kids can just be kids through exciting games, stories, songs, and challenges while simultaneously gaining foundational naturalist skills.

Campers will have an unforgettable week immersed in nature at our flagship, award-winning summer camp! Nature Adventure Camp cultivates curiosity and excitement for plants and animals while forming life-long relationships with the natural world. 

Campers play in diverse ecosystems through games, exploration, challenges, stories, and songs. Our skilled instructors, trained in the art of Coyote Mentoring (our unique teaching philosophy), will strategically draw on engaging moments and activities that will leave kids inspired and in awe of our planet.

Each week of camp is unique, and many campers return year after year or attend multiple weeks in one summer!

Summer Camp Volunteers act as assistant instructors for our summer camps and receive training in our unique approach to mentoring youth in nature, which focuses on curiosity, play and asking questions as much or more than a delivery of facts. You can learn more about this approach by exploring Coyote’s Guide to Connecting with Nature, available from our web store.

At Survival Skills Day Camp, kids learn skills to survive and thrive in the wilderness using techniques that have been used throughout all of human history.

Campers will learn real-life survival skills in fun and exciting ways! Campers will gain techniques for making and tending fire. We’ll teach knife safety, how to identify and harvest wild edible plants, water purification, and delicious campfire cooking techniques. Campers will build shelters and create fun and useful crafts such as baskets, tools, spoons, or cordage (natural rope)

Summer Camp Volunteers act as assistant instructors for our summer camps and receive training in our unique approach to mentoring youth in nature, which focuses on curiosity, play and asking questions as much or more than a delivery of facts. You can learn more about this approach by exploring Coyote’s Guide to Connecting with Nature, available from our web store.

Campers will step into a magic realm of imaginative quests, forest hideouts, and nature-crafted treasures.

Your child will have an enchanting week in nature at Mythical Creatures Day Camp! This whimsical program invites young adventurers to explore the outdoors through imaginative play, hands-on discovery, and guided quests inspired by mystical beings said to roam the land.

At Mythical Creatures, the forest becomes a realm alive with stories and imagination. Our adventures use mythical creatures to teach real ecology, tracking skills, wildlife awareness, and plant knowledge. From studying the flight patterns of a phoenix to tracking unicorns,  observing  the clues left by their closest real world relatives, nature becomes a world of personality and learning becomes an unforgettable quest. Campers may set out on a dragon egg hunt, design whimsical faerie houses, craft mystical artifacts from natural materials, or try to catch a mischievous gnome hidden along winding woodland paths. Each day invites them into story-driven quests that encourage them to move, think, and explore like the mythical creatures they love.

Summer Camp Volunteers act as assistant instructors for our summer camps and receive training in our unique approach to mentoring youth in nature, which focuses on curiosity, play and asking questions as much or more than a delivery of facts. You can learn more about this approach by exploring Coyote’s Guide to Connecting with Nature, available from our web store

Campers will learn skills to be the expert on their next camping trip and gain tactics for an outdoor survival situation.

At Knife and Knot, campers learn an array of practical survival skills through hands-on and engaging activities! Kids will spend their week learning knife safety and carving, navigation, knots, shelter-making, water filtration, and the essentials of a survival kit. They’ll have fun learning the craft of knot-tying and using knife skills for a carving project. Campers will also learn to track their surroundings as they learn basic mapping skills.

Summer Camp Volunteers act as assistant instructors for our summer camps and receive training in our unique approach to mentoring youth in nature, which focuses on curiosity, play and asking questions as much or more than a delivery of facts. You can learn more about this approach by exploring Coyote’s Guide to Connecting with Nature, available from our web store.

Nature Detective Day Camp invites young adventurers to follow the trail of nature’s clues while solving mysteries, exploring habitats, and developing keen observation skills in the wild.

This camp invites children to step into the role of a nature detective. They’ll follow clues, notice patterns, solve mini-mysteries, and discover the living world through hands-on exploration and curiosity-driven play.

Nature Detectives spend their days searching for animal tracks, identifying feathers and plants, exploring habitats, and playing games that build awareness and teamwork. Every day is an adventure and every discovery tells a story.

Summer Camp Volunteers act as assistant instructors for our summer camps and receive training in our unique approach to mentoring youth in nature, which focuses on curiosity, play and asking questions as much or more than a delivery of facts. You can learn more about this approach by exploring Coyote’s Guide to Connecting with Nature, available from our web store.

A week of fun, wonder, and adventure awaits! At Wilderness Wizards Day Camp, the forest is full of magic.

Your child will have an unforgettable week in nature at Wilderness Wizards Day Camp! This imaginative program blends nature connection with playful storytelling, creative exploration, and the joy of discovering magic in the natural world.

Throughout the week, Wilderness Wizards explore the forest through immersive, story-rich play and hands-on connection with the land. They may step into character during wizardly quests, learn the ways of local animals, craft talismans from natural materials, or gather in circle beneath the trees for tales of ancient magic.

✨ Wand and Staff Crafting
Campers will choose a branch that calls to them and learn the lore of different types of wood. Campers can decorate their wands or staffs with feathers, shells, stones, and other forest-found treasures.

✨ Stone Magic
We’ll explore common stones, combining naturalist awareness with imagination. Campers may use these stones in crafting, spell-play, treasure hunts, or as tools for grounding and focusing their “magic.”

✨ Potions, Wild Teas & Plant Scrolls
Campers will create their own illustrated scroll of common edible plants and the playful “magic” each one carries. Throughout the week, they’ll use these ingredients to safely make potions or wild teas, practicing sensory awareness while learning real-world plant knowledge.

✨ Runes and Nature Glyphs
A simple, camp-created rune system introduces symbolic writing. Campers can carve runes into their crafts, draw them in sand or soil while “casting spells,” or use them in quests and scavenger challenges.

Summer Camp Volunteers act as assistant instructors for our summer camps and receive training in our unique approach to mentoring youth in nature, which focuses on curiosity, play and asking questions as much or more than a delivery of facts. You can learn more about this approach by exploring Coyote’s Guide to Connecting with Nature, available from our web store.

At Nature Adventure Camp, kids can just be kids through exciting games, stories, songs, and challenges while simultaneously gaining foundational naturalist skills.

Campers will have an unforgettable week immersed in nature at our flagship, award-winning summer camp! Nature Adventure Camp cultivates curiosity and excitement for plants and animals while forming life-long relationships with the natural world. 

Campers play in diverse ecosystems through games, exploration, challenges, stories, and songs. Our skilled instructors, trained in the art of Coyote Mentoring (our unique teaching philosophy), will strategically draw on engaging moments and activities that will leave kids inspired and in awe of our planet.

Each week of camp is unique, and many campers return year after year or attend multiple weeks in one summer!

Summer Camp Volunteers act as assistant instructors for our summer camps and receive training in our unique approach to mentoring youth in nature, which focuses on curiosity, play and asking questions as much or more than a delivery of facts. You can learn more about this approach by exploring Coyote’s Guide to Connecting with Nature, available from our web store.

Campers will step into a magic realm of imaginative quests, forest hideouts, and nature-crafted treasures.

Your child will have an enchanting week in nature at Mythical Creatures Day Camp! This whimsical program invites young adventurers to explore the outdoors through imaginative play, hands-on discovery, and guided quests inspired by mystical beings said to roam the land.

At Mythical Creatures, the forest becomes a realm alive with stories and imagination. Our adventures use mythical creatures to teach real ecology, tracking skills, wildlife awareness, and plant knowledge. From studying the flight patterns of a phoenix to tracking unicorns,  observing  the clues left by their closest real world relatives, nature becomes a world of personality and learning becomes an unforgettable quest. Campers may set out on a dragon egg hunt, design whimsical faerie houses, craft mystical artifacts from natural materials, or try to catch a mischievous gnome hidden along winding woodland paths. Each day invites them into story-driven quests that encourage them to move, think, and explore like the mythical creatures they love.