NatureWorks Summer Camp

PRAIRIE HILL offers nature-centered day camp programs for children ages 6-9 and 9-12 and mini-camps for ages 3-6 on our historic farm, just seven miles south of Lincoln, Nebraska.

Download 2013 registration forms by clicking on the camp titles.

Pre-Summer Camp: June 10-14, 2013

Survival and Awareness – with BJ Spring

Join survival expert and PRAIRIE HILL favorite, BJ Spring, and learn survival and awareness skills by fox-walking, practicing sensory exercises, building shelters in PRAIRIE HILL’s wooded areas, basket/rope-making, and more…

Survival and Awareness – Registration Form

Summer Camp Session I: June 17-28, 2013

Pasaporte (Passport) PRAIRIE HILL – Travel Camp

Travel ‘round the world at PRAIRIE HILL! With an emphasis on Mexican culture and the Spanish language, experience the games, customs, and dances of a variety of countries. “Let’s Celebrate Summer!” ~ “¡Celebremos el verano!”

Pasaporte (Passport) PRAIRIE HILL – Registration Form

Summer Camp Session II: July 8-19, 2013

Summer Strategies ~ Game On! – Strategy Camp

Using the games of “GO”, Capture the Flag, and Chess as a foundation, strategize your way through this camp session. Extend the definition of “strategy” to include how you approach gardening, horsemanship, and even your friendships!

Summer Strategies ~ Game On! – Registration Form

Summer Camp Session III: July 22-August 2, 2013

Art À La Carte – Creativity Camp

Interact with a master artist using a variety of mediums while enjoying imaginative art experiences indoors and out. Participate in the collaborative design of a permanent PRAIRIE HILL memento. The process of creation is refreshing, and we look forward to helping each camper release his/her inner artist.

Art À La Carte – Registration Form

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All NatureWorks Camp Sessions are for ages 6-9 and 9-12

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Camp PRAIRIE HILL – Mini-camp for ages 3-6

This six day mini-camp for children ages 3-6 (Tuesday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.) is offered during all three NatureWorks camp sessions. Your child will enjoy the rich and natural PRAIRIE HILL experience with garden work, leisurely walks in the pasture, egg gathering, pony rides, building shelters in the woods, singing, stories, and much more. A picnic lunch from home will taste particularly delicious under the shade trees! Very limited spaces.

Mini-Camp PRAIRIE HILL – Registration Form

Camp PRAIRIE HILL Daily Schedule*

*Schedule may vary depending on more time devoted to . . . watching a caterpillar crawl across a leaf . . . feeling the morning breeze in the meadow . . . picking juicy cherries in the orchard . . . enjoying a longer ride on Dolly, the Shetland . . . or, well . . . you get the idea.

9:00 a.m. Drop-off: greeting and getting ready for the day

9:15 a.m. Circle Time: flag raising, songs, movement games

9:30 a.m. Garden Time/Nature Walk

10:15 a.m. Pony Rides

11:15 a.m. Lunch Preparation/Story Time

11:30 a.m. Picnic Lunch

12:15 p.m. Prepare for Pickup (12:30 p.m.)

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PRAIRIE HILL Learning Center
17705 South 12th Street
Roca, NE 68430
(402) 438-6668
Email: prairiehillschool@yahoo.com
“Just 7 miles south of Lincoln, NE”