Nature Center Offers Great
Lineup of Summer Day Camps
(TROY,
MI) – The Lloyd A.
Stage Nature Center offers a great lineup of summer camps. The 100-acre facility, including a beautiful
interpretive center, trails, climbing boulders, children’s nature area and
beautiful gift shop, is a great summer destination. Summer camps include:
Summer Ecology Days, June 22-25, 9
am-4 pm, for ages 6-7 and 8-10: Give your child a special opportunity to
study the science of ecology. Every
adventure-filled day will include fun interactive games, activities, and
crafts. Children will use pond nets to
catch aquatic animals, sweep for insects in the meadow,
explore life on a log using bug boxes and magnifiers, look for signs of
wildlife along the trail, and much more.
Camp is held rain or shine. Bring
a sack lunch each day, refreshments and an afternoon snack will be provided.
Outdoor Skills Camp, June 29-July 2, 9
am-4 pm, for ages 9-12: Participate in many outdoor exploration
activities including fire building, campfire cooking, orienteering, geocaching, putting up a tent, building an emergency
shelter, making a survival kit, lashing, sampling
backpacking food, making a hiking stick, etc.
On Friday, you will cook your own lunch over a campfire. Dress to be outside. Bring a sack lunch Tuesday - Thursday;
snacks, beverages and Friday’s lunch will be provided. There will be lots of exciting things to do
each day, rain or shine. Fees are $110
for residents and $115 for non-residents.
Preschool Earth Explorers Camp, July
6-9, 9:30 am-11:30 am, for ages 4-5: Children will explore animals, pond life,
bugs, wildflowers and other wonders of nature. They will make their own nature book, press
flowers and leaves, and plant an egg head. Each child will receive a net and bug hotel to
catch and observe butterflies, grasshoppers, and other creatures found during
daily explorations! At the end of the
program, children will take home the net and bug hotel for future explorations
in nature. Fees are $50 for residents
and $55 for non-residents.
River Camp, July 27-30, 9 am-4 pm, for
ages 6-10: If your child has a fascination with water,
pond life, streams and more then this is the camp for them! This new four-day
camp will teach kids about the importance of our freshwater habitats. Activities will include pond dipping, water
quality testing, and studying the critters that depend on water such as frogs,
turtles, and salamanders. The week will culminate as we discuss how humans use
water and build our own boats to race down the Rouge River! Children should prepare to get dirty and come
daily with boots and a sack lunch – refreshments and an afternoon snack will be
provided. For the last day of class children also need to bring a toy or action
figure that is seaworthy enough to navigate their boat. Fees are $100 for residents and $105 for
non-residents.
Stirring Up
Science Camp, August 3-6 from 9 am-12 pm for ages 5-7 or from 1-4 pm for ages
8-10: Captivate your kid’s creativity this summer with our camp
full of science surprises! Kids get to dive-in hands first to amazing science projects. They will learn the secret formulas to
concoctions like slime, putty, moons and soap.
Kids will also grow crystals, make ice cream, build a UV detector and
design a pop bottle rocket. Don’t miss
out on their chance to explore simple yet startling science phenomena. Fees are $119 for residents and $124 for
non-residents.
Registration
is required. Before and after child care is available in
some cases. For more information or to
register, call 248.524.3567.The Nature Center is located at 6685 Coolidge
Highway in Troy.
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