Summer Day Camp
Program Details
2024 Camp Registration is open!
Summer camp is designed to foster children’s curiosity in a fun, safe, and supportive environment. Our days are unstructured and we follow the group energy and what we find on the land.
Experienced and engaging instructors will help campers learn essential leadership and team building skills, develop confidence, and become stewards of the land and local communities.
Please note, we do a fair bit of hiking/wandering on the land so kids need to expect this and be prepared with appropriate gear & backpack.
Explore! Play Games! Learn Wilderness Skills! Activities may include:
Rope making
Safe fire making
Shelter building
Wildlife tracking
Flora and Fauna I.D.
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Ages: 7-12
Must be 7 years of age by the time camp begins.
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Session 1- June 24-28, 2024
Session 2- July 1-5, 2024 (this week is the full 5 days, including July 4th)
Session 3- July 8-12, 2024
Session 4- July 15-19, 2024
Session 5- July 22-26, 2024
Session 6- July 29 - August 2, 2024
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Mon-Fri, 9am-3pm.
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Montague, MA
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$395/session
Please consider using the ECheck option at check-out. Credit card fees are very expensive and cause program fees to increase. Thank you!
Important Registration Notes:
Registration is on a first-come, first-serve basis. We have space for 36 kids/week, which will be placed into 3 groups of 12. You may request that your child be placed in a group with particular kids prior to June 1st.
Your spot is confirmed once we receive your complete registration form, including immunization record & full payment. There is a $25 late fee applied for Immunization Records received after June 1st.
Frequently Asked Questions:
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This is a day camp running from 9 a.m.- 3 p.m. The camp is an outdoor adventure camp. Our schedule is organized in a way to give kids a fun, safe, learning experience in nature.
The kids will arrive around 9 a.m. and play some fun, engaging group games followed by a daily check-in circle. Then we will split off into field groups and head out to our daily activities. We will meet back up around 2 p.m. as a big group and tell the story of the day followed by some more group games and/or songs and skits.The kids will have snacks around this time. We will split back up into field groups to wrap up the day and be back to the pick-up area at 3 p.m. to greet the parents.
In our daily activities we will explore, play group games, learn about the forest, build fires, learn outdoor cooking skills, learn basic wilderness living skills including rope making, fire by friction, natural shelters, animal tracking, and many more, sing songs and just have a great time in nature. It is designed for children to feel more comfortable in nature and learn about the natural world. It is also about character building.
The core of what we do is to help kids develop self-confidence, leadership skills, team building skills, positive communication skills, respect, responsibility, and healthy approaches to growing up.
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Licensing and Safety: The camp is licensed through the town Department of Public Health. Recreational camps require that all staff members must have CORI/SORI (background) checks done as well as be CPR and First Aid certified. The law also states that all staff must go through a staff training which is held and completed before camp begins. Furthermore, all camp lead staff are adults whose years of work with children ages 6-17 years old in an outdoor setting have been verified and come highly recommended.
All activities are led by carefully chosen staff with many years of camp experience.
We have an indoor space available during inclement weather.
Each field group will have counselors who are at least 18 years of age with CPR and First Aid certifications.
This camp must comply with regulations of the Massachusettes Department of Public Health and be licensed by the local board of health.
Parents may request copies of staff background checks, health care and discipline policies as well as procedures for filing grievances.
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For a cancellation of a session that happens more than 30 days before the first day of that session, tuition is refundable minus $100. For a cancellation of a session that happens 15-30 days before the first day of that session, tuition is refundable minus $150. Tuition for a session canceled 14 days or less before the first day of that session, or during the session, is non-refundable. Exceptions to this policy are possible in the case of doctor-verified health emergencies.
We budget each program based on attendance and commit pay to staff, overhead, and administrative work based on our enrollment numbers. When people cancel, we need to be able to keep those commitments.
Thank you for your understanding!
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Weather Cancellation Policy:
Wolf Tree programs happen in all kinds of weather, from the icy and golden days of winter, to the sunny and stormy days of summer. Given that our programs occur outdoors, we may need to cancel due to multiple factors that include extreme cold or wind chills, strong winds, lightning, unsafe driving conditions, and others. If we need to cancel program days, we will do our best to schedule a make-up day if possible.
We are unable to provide refunds for weather cancellations. Our wonderful staff commit themselves to each program day, and take time to prepare for our programs in many ways - it's important to us to honor our staff's commitment to our programming, regardless of the weather conditions on a given day. By choosing a Wolf Tree program, you are supporting our mission and values and the time and efforts of our team, even when the weather has other plans. Thank you!
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In each group there will be a lead counselor, an assistant, and a Leader in Training with no more than 8 campers.