08/26/2021
What a wonderful last day of camp! Fort building, pond dip, making wax crayons from charcoal, painting murals, face paint and fun!
Qu’est ce que c’est Explore Français ? A high quality nature-based day camp experience taught by caring adults and with a strong focus on French.
08/26/2021
What a wonderful last day of camp! Fort building, pond dip, making wax crayons from charcoal, painting murals, face paint and fun!
08/25/2021
A beautiful busy day at French Nature Camp today. We caught frogs, enjoyed the thrill of the zip line, drew with charcoal, planted trees, played baseball and explored the pond.
08/23/2021
It was a wet day but a great day to kickoff Explore Francais this year. We made our own charcoal, Mod Podge collaged some special box tins, played get to know you games, learned how to macrame and roasted Bannock and Marshmallows under our own tarp shelter! The campers were resilient problem solvers!
08/22/2020
Thank you all for joining us for Explore Francais last week. Here are pictures from Thursday and Friday.
Working together to find all 22 hidden Animal Allies, and practicing our French counting words.
08/20/2020
A few more pictures from today.
08/20/2020
Another great day at camp!
08/18/2020
Having an awesome (but hot) start to our week at Explore Francais 2020!
08/18/2020
Having a great week of camp 2020!
03/05/2020
Registration for 2020 French Nature Camps is now open. Register today for the three day pre-k camp, Aug. 11th-13th or the five day K-3 camp August 17th-21st. www.explorefrancais.com
Building bridges and confidence!
This week our fort was the big highlight for all the campers. The area in the back corner of the Pioneer Museum grounds has a small group of trees and some logs that were cleared from the field a couple decades ago. And today it has a special magic about it. Trampled paths, rope railings, story spaces, bridges, forts and all kinds of memories took shape in this otherwise unused space. These “left over places” are disappearing and it is these spaces where kids can learn teamwork, planning, building skills, resilience and so much more!
I do research and education about this type of nature play and there is a huge campaign to try and bring back these kinds of experiences into childhood.