Led by a Pediatric Occupational Therapist to support your child's "just right challenge"
Research is showing what occupational therapists have known for a long time: Adequate, unstructured time outside in nature is crucial to children’s overall development. Additionally, access to natural materials like mud, sand, water, and dirt and collaborating in a child-led group setting has multiple benefits:
• Fosters Healthy Development of Sensory Systems
• Promotes Imagination
• Sparks Creativity
• Strengthens Gross & Fine Motor Function and Control
• Develops Problem Solving Skills
• Promotes Emotional Regulation and Management
• Fosters Cooperation & Development of Social Skills
Therapy Monkey Offers the Following Enrichment Camp Opportunities
Nature Play Summer Enrichment Camp at Wooly Hollow State Park
1⁄2 day- 9:00 am -12:00 pm
Aged 4-8 years of age
100% outdoors
Mud, Sand, and Water Play
Art activities, Loose Parts Play with Natural Materials, Hiking and Creek Play, Nature Based Educational Opportunities.
Child led and facilitated by a licensed practitioner with experience working with children of all abilities in nature.
High adult to child ratio. Children will be able to expect predictable rhythms and access to materials within an approved, safety checked space, as well as skilled facilitators who provide social, emotional, and physical support and learning opportunities throughout camp.
Dates:
2025 Schedule TBD
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*Each Child Will Need To Be Pre-Screened Before Signing Up*
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Cost: $250 per week
Messy Mornings in Nature at Camp Beaverfork
1⁄2 day- 9:00 am -12:00 pm Aged 4-8 years of age
100% outdoors
Process art : Mud and Water Play, Loose Parts play, Sensory Play
Children will have access to a variety of art and sensory materials for a calm, rich, immersive experience engaging their entire senses all while being out in nature.
This is a child-led
experience which means the child gets to pick what they want to create or engage with.
Children will
have access to materials such as clay, slime, paint, water, sand, shaving cream, play dough, oobleck, play
“snow”, mud kitchen materials, loose parts, and more.
This is a process art experience meaning that the
learning and skills developed are through the process rather than the product- which has immense benefits for children in this age group.
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