Jamestown Audubon Camps

The 2010 Camp schedule is not ready.  But to give you an idea of the kinds of things you might expect, here are the camps from 2009

• Mini-Camp – $58  (FULL:  10 enrolled / 10 maximum)
  Tuesday-Friday, August 4-7, 2009, 9am-noon each day

Campers will spend a fun and action packed three hours at Audubon with a naturalist. We’ll take walks, discover things, play games, get dirty, and spend as much time as possible outside! This is a great introduction to camp and what Audubon is really all about. We’ll meet some animals, use some nature tools, and get your child hooked on nature!

• Music Camp – $88
  (FULL:  18 enrolled / 18 maximum)
  Tuesday-Friday, August 11-14, 2009
  9am-noon each day
  This collaboration with the Children’s Music Studio will feature crafts, nature exploration, and music. Campers will dance, sing, and learn about musical instruments through listening and playing. Based on an internationally renowned curriculum called “Nature Trail” from Musikgarten, this camp is the perfect mixture of music and nature. Each camper will receive a Nature Trail kit.

Grades 1-2

• Wild Discoveries – $115
  3 sessions:
  * Tuesday-Friday, June 30-July 3, 2009, 9am-3pm each day
                 (FULL:  10 enrolled / 10 maximum, this session: grade 1 and
                         younger 2nd graders ONLY)

  * Tuesday-Friday, July 7-10, 2009, 9am-3pm each day
                  (FULL:  10 enrolled / 10 maximum)

  * Monday-Thursday, July 13-16, 2009, 9am-3pm each day
                  (FULL:  10 enrolled / 10 maximum)

  Explore some of the more interesting destinations on our sanctuary… the overlook, the tower, the “forever bridge.” See where the beavers chewed down trees. Learn where the salamanders live. Throw in songs, games, and crafts and you have a full week.

• Creatures of the Sky – $115
  (Group 1 – FULL:  10 enrolled / 10 maximum)
  (Group 2 - 7 enrolled /10 maximum)
  Tuesday-Friday, July 21-24, 2009, 9am-3pm each day
  Let’s see what we can discover together about birds, butterflies, dragonflies, and bats.  We’ll do all the normal fun camp stuff, but we’ll try to become experts on flying things, too! 
• Music Camp – $88 (FULL:  18 enrolled / 18 maximum)
  Tuesday-Friday, August 11-14, 2009, 9am-noon each day
  This collaboration with the Children’s Music Studio will feature crafts, nature exploration, and music. Campers will dance, sing, and learn about musical instruments through listening and playing. Based on an internationally renowned curriculum called “Nature Trail” from Musikgarten, this camp is the perfect mixture of music and nature. Each camper will receive a Nature Trail kit.

Grades 3-4

• Nature Nuts – $115
  2 options:
  * Tuesday-Friday, June 30-July 3, 2009, 9am-3pm each day
      THIS SESSION ONLY – open to grades 3-4 and older 2nd graders  (FULL: 12 enrolled / 12 maximum)

  CANCELLED  * Tuesday-Friday, August 4-7, 2009, 9am-3pm each day  (3 enrolled / 12 maximum)

  This group is nuts about nature! Nuts, yes! And also, pinecones, seeds, beetles, worms, slugs, snakes, frogs, trees, flowers, birds, fungi… You name it, they’ll explore it and report it through maps, art, skits, songs, and games.

Junior Naturalist – $135                  (8 enrolled / 12 maximum)
Tuesday-Friday, August 11-14, 2009, 9am-3pm each day
A naturalist is a student of natural history. Basically, one who seeks to learn everything possible about the world he lives in. In this camp we’ll use a lot of the common naturalist techniques for discovering, from quiet observation to research to catching animals and releasing them. We will provide binoculars, field guides, specimen collection jars, sketchbooks, plant presses and other tools for campers to use.  Each camper will receive a Junior Naturalist kit.

Grades 5-7

• Art Camp – $145 
  (6 enrolled / 12 maximum)
  Tuesday-Friday, July 7-10, 2009
  9am-3pm each day
  Nature artist Lori Rothfus will lead activities outside that help connect campers to the natural world. Campers will express their connection through art. Campers will create some pieces to take home. Some of the creations will become a part of our exhibit.
• Survival Camp – $145
  (Group 1:  FULL:  12 enrolled /12 maximum)
  (Group 2:  FULL:  12 enrolled / 12 maximum)
  Monday-Thursday, July 13-16, 2009
  9am-3pm each day
  People have always had to find ways to survive in the wilderness.  Nature can be a great place to relax . . . or a place that can kill you.   Get comfortable in the woods as you learn how to build an emergency shelter, use basic emergency equipment and play survival games while discovering what to do when you are lost outside. Each camper will receive a survival packet with a flashlight, signal mirror, whistle, water bottle and other survival gear.
• Animals Camp – $130    (8 enrolled / 9 maximum)
  Tuesday-Friday, July 21-24, 2009, 9am-3pm each day
  Everyone loves animals so that’s what this camp is about! Meet Audubon’s captive animals up close – learn how to handle them and care for them. Then we’ll go out and see what we can find and catch and release. Finally, a field trip here and there will show us how animals are a part of our everyday lives and how we are connected to them.
• Nature Safari – $115
  2 options:
  * Tuesday-Friday, July 28-31, 2009
     9am-3pm each day
    (4 enrolled / 12 maximum)
  * Tuesday-Friday, August 11-14, 2009
     9am-3pm each day
    (6 enrolled / 12 maximum)
  Experience nature on a whole new level! Trap and release wild animals so you can see them up close. Explore some of the unexplored territory off the trail. This group will go almost anywhere to see new things!
• Nature Totems – $135   (FULL:  12 enrolled / 12 maximum)
  Tuesday-Friday, August 18-21, 2009, 9am-3pm each day
  For centuries people have formed relationships with nature, for a variety of reasons. It is common to form a connection to a certain animal or tree. In this camp we will delve into those relationships and see how our traits are represented in nature and how nature can offer insight into our own lives. There will be plenty of play and exploration too, as that is an essential part of getting to know your world!

Grades 8-12

Teen Treks – $145
  (FULL:  10 enrolled / 10 maximum)

Tuesday-Friday, July 14-17, 2009
times each day may vary
Travel by Audubon van to a different nature adventure each day. Past trips have included Jake’s Rocks, Chautauqua Gorge, Presque Isle and Arkwright Falls.

Counselors-in-Training (CITs)
A CIT is 13-15 years old, loves nature and wants to help share nature with younger campers.  Because CITs will be providing a valuable service to the camp, their fees will be 1/2 what the campers pay.

Junior Counselors
A Junior Counselor is 16-18 years old.  Like CITs, Junior Counselors should have a love of nature and want to work with younger campers.  Junior Campers do not pay a camp fee and do not receive payment.

Both CITs and Junior Counselors are expected to attend on the day before camp starts to be trained on basic camp safety and program and to help with setup.  During camp, they will assist the adult conuselors with all camp activities.  More responsibility will be assigned as maturity is demonstrated.

Click here to download an application to be a teen assistant.
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