Summer Sessions

Nature Immersion Summer Sessions

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Monroe & Deer Isle | 9am – 3pm

Outdoor, self-directed, all weather nature immersion.

Deepen sense of wonder through games, stories, crafts and hands-on exploration of field, forest, and stream ecology. We’ll co-create and learn by investigating curiosity, exploring the water, land, and meeting the beings that live there. Naturalist skills, crafting, laughter, and unknown adventures will make these exciting weeks for all ages.

Each session shares similar activities and daily flow. We play games upon arrival, then transition to morning circle to hear about the day’s projects, sing songs, and share naturalist knowledge about our surroundings. Activities include archery, wood craft, fire tending, shelter building, swimming in the stream in Hampden or the pond in Monroe, and plenty of time to explore trails and our surroundings.

Attending multiple weeks? Participants have the opportunity to select a skills based competency badge to work on or complete one they began during Spring Semester.

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Nature Immersion Overnight Sessions

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Thistle Pond in Monroe | Ages 7 – 14

Sleeping under the stars, opportunities to experiment with various sleeping systems, including individual and group shelters, cooking on the fire, working on handcrafted projects and crafts, with plenty of time to swim and play games will shape our time together. We’ll spend the week on Thistle Pond in Monroe where we’ll build camp together. Participants should be excited to be away from home and outdoors in all weather for the duration of the session. Contact us if you have questions about readiness for overnight camp.

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Monroe

Day and Overnight Sessions

Monroe, ME 04951

Unceded Wabanaki Territory

Deer Isle

Day Session

19 Fieldstone Road

Deer Isle, ME 04681

Unceded Wabanaki Territory

Just a few of the benefits of a nature-based learning environment:

• Whole child development
• Increased fine and gross motor skills
• Increased language and communication skills
• Integrative approach to incorporating academic subjects
• Self-directed: based on participant interests and observations
• Practice regulating one’s own behavior
• Increase competence in social interactions and collaborative skills
• Development of problem solving skills and independent thinking
• Curriculum is not pre-scripted but instead inspired through nature-based play and skill building
• Deepening relationship with the more than human world

We wanted to say a massive thank you for camp! The kids had such a wonderful time and learned a lot. They have been telling us things they learned about crows and fires, and we have observed an increased sense of confidence and independence in both kids.

Winter camp really helped us break out of a rut and open our eyes again to possibility.

Warren loved both weeks he did this summer with White Ash. He especially loved the Monroe location. We’ll be doing it again!!

My 10 yr old LOVES these camps. Only organized program that he has ever unequivocally LOVED and thrived in like this.

I have noticed beautiful expansion of Birch’s personality and self autonomy since starting this program. The container you all create for him and his peers to gather together outdoors and play and learn and support one another has brought him so much joy and built his confidence. I am so thankful for finding this program. Thank you deeply.

My 10 yr old LOVES these camps. Only organized program that he has ever unequivocally LOVED and thrived in like this.

Curtis has a lot of fun with the experience and looks forward to it every day!

I couldn’t be happier with Clover’s experience with White Ash Learning, the value it adds to her life to just be a free kid in nature supported by loving individuals is invaluable. If you’ve been considering sending your little one, I highly reccomend you do!!!

My sons have been enjoying the program immensely. I hope you continue to offer it!

Thanks for putting so much time and energy into all this. Avi really enjoys her days with you.