Little Wilderness Camp
New!
LITTLE WILDERNESS CAMP!
Ages 7-8
Monday - Friday $395
(discounted first year price, next year will be full price)
M-F 9am-4pm
Designed for adventurous second graders (ages 7-8) who have attended Critter Camp, Animal Camp, Cold Blooded Camp, Campfires and Forts, or completed at least one Off The Path (No first time campers, sorry. Even though this is a very small group, prior risk assessments are important for this outdoor camp.) Little Wilderness Camp is a week long day camp designed kids who crave unstructured outdoor play!
Every day is an outing to a private nature preserve that is never open to the public. Kids experience their choice of hiking, creek exploration, birding, frogging, snake hunting, orienteering, trailblazing, and even an introduction to fort building! Or they can just relax and do nothing for a change. Our group has exclusive access to the entire property all week. No strangers! Each day we'll begin and end with free time at Pet World in Lawrence during parent drop off and pick up (or parents can choose to drop off and pick up at the Nature Preserve, 15 minutes north of downtown Lawrence, if we sell out of our 12 seatbelts).
Why Little Wilderness Camp? Because unstructured outdoor play is a critical part of growing up! We are honored to now extend this opportunity to younger kids as part of our responsible stewardship to our world. Wilderness Camp sells out every year and the older kids always wish they could have started younger so this was their idea!
LITTLE WILDERNESS CAMP!
Ages 7-8
Monday - Friday, 9am-4pm
After Mar 14, Click here to ENROLL NOW in Little Wilderness Camp
This year's Enrollment Form will be activated at 10am, March 15
Campers navigating trails (L).
Camp counselor teaching the kids how to start a campfire to cook their lunch - take note of the MUD (R).
Campers with wild, baby ringneck snakes they found herping with camp counselors.
Brave camper crossing the famous tree bridge.
Click here to ENROLL NOW in Wilderness Camp
Enrollment Forms are activated at 10am, March 15
Please e-mail questions to info.NatureObjective @ gmail . com
The Fine Print: Online registration forms are updated by 10am on March 15. Please check the year on the form before submitting or the price may be incorrect. Parents, please submit completed forms at your earliest convenience. We call our programs "summer camps" for convenience but actually they are classified as instructional, topic/task specific classes under K.S.A. 65-501 which are exempt from licensing requirements (similar to a sports training camp or Vacation Bible School). Our programs are private and sometimes used for childcare, however, because they are less than five weeks in duration, they are not classified as daycare. Even though licensing is not required, our instructors and leaders are fully trained in animal husbandry, local nature, certified in rescue, first aid, and CPR, and we maintain an adult to child ratio of 1 adult to 6 kids or less. Enrollment is limited because we keep our groups very small.
Open Enrollment
Registration with no additional fees is first come, first served, beginning when the store opens on APRIL 15 (tax day).
Early Enrollment
It's possible to pay an additional, early registration fee and register beginning March 15 ($75 extra) or April 1 ($50 extra). Early, prepaid registrations are processed in the order received as long as they are accompanied by the early fee. First time camp parents can stop by in person and we'll help you through the process or you can enroll from your own computer. The numbers of available spots are updated every day from March 15 until all camps are sold out (which happens every year).