MindfulNest

Winter Camp - Last Day

We wrapped up another successful winter camp for this year. All the children had come to the camp with the willingness to learn new things, have fun, and make new friends and we hope we succeeded in doing so by making each day enjoyable for them! Though not everyone could make it till the last day due to the weather conditions and other reasons, we had some fun time on our last day making farewell crafts, face paintings, photo sessions, indoor games and a short movie time!

We would like to thank all our children, parents, staff/volunteers, venue providers , well-wishers and everyone concerned and involved for all the kindness and support that we received throughout this camp.

P.S.: Please keep following our page for the notifications and updates about our other camps in the future. We look forward to see you all again next time! Once again, a big THANK YOU! 😊

Winter Camp - Day 11

Field trip to Manjushree Park, Chovar. Children enjoyed every bit of this field trip which involved short hiking, observing caves, and climbing rocks.

Back in the camp, they had video watch session along with popcorn at the end of the day, as they were all tired after the hike!😊

Winter Camp - Day 10

We had another taekwondo session, where children tried more excercises, steps and techniques for self defense.
Children also made corn flour slime as a science activity and were also engaged in free paintings and dance and movements sessions.

Winter Camp - Day 9

Children had a fun dancing session with our Dance Specialist. 💃🕺 Children learnt the dance style of 'locking' and 'house basics' and practiced some techniques related to such style. They also expressed themselves through freestyle dance afterwards. All thanks to our Dance Specialist, Astro Bishal!

Later, our little chefs in the camp also took part in the process of making a pizza. 🍕They learnt about the ingredients, tools and the process of making pizza! It was all happy and cheerful faces when they all tasted the pizza they made! 😊

Winter Camp - Day 8

Children participated in manipulating clay activity which involved squishing, squeezing, pounding, pulling, pushing and moulding the clay into different shapes and patterns expanding their creativity. They also engaged themselves in physical excercises of stretching and basic yoga postures.

Furthermore, they played structured outdoor games, made paper crafts and had creative storytelling and tricky riddles' sessions during group sharing time. 😊

Winter Camp - Day 7

Field trip to Tiger Lilly Petting Farm

Through this field trip, children gained an amazing learning experience ranging from farmland, farm animals, source of food items like rice, wheat, corn, cereal, dairy products, meat and eggs, interaction with farm animals, hands-on experience with farming tools like Janto, dhikki, Mana-pathi, theki-madani and halo-juwa, archery, learning about the process of generating hydro power, horse-riding, riding tractor-drawn hayride, learning about rural culture, techniques and lifestyle and much more. 😊

Winter Camp- Day 6

Children enjoyed the trip to the Natural History Museum where they explored through thousands of specimens of flora and fauna preserved by taxidermy as well as those preserved in preservative liquids.

They also took part in different structured games, learnt new songs and had their snacks as outdoor picnic.

Winter Camp - Day 5

Today, children had a fun learning experience with a hands-on baking activity! Children learnt about the recipe, ingredients, tools and the process involved in baking a basic chocolate cake. They had also created and customized chef hats for themselves before the activity. They enjoyed the cake along with their snacks in the afternoon.

Apart from this, they were also involved in dramatic play, manipulatives play, music sessions, dance, circle time games, outdoor games, and action songs. 😊

Winter Camp - Day 4

Due to the weather conditions, we made some changes in our today's scheduled activities and children were more involved in other alternative activities like, a fun science experiment of tracing secret messages/drawings with 'invisible ink' (lemon juice), music sessions, origami crafts, dance/movements sessions and indoor and outdoor games.

We would also like to kindly inform you all that we have addressed the concerns and valuable suggestions from our parents to include hot meals in the camp and have started providing lunch in the venue instead of snacks. 😊

P.S.: We are still getting a lot of queries from interested parents about the enrollment process, so please be informed that we are still accepting enrollments for the camp, and as few days have already passed, we are offering discounts on camp charges too! Children can be enrolled on individual day basis as well. So, please hurry up and contact us if you want to enroll your child before the camp is over! Thank you. 😊

Winter Camp - Day 3

Children participated in a taekwondo session where they learnt about the warm up excercises that are important before any outdoor sports and also practiced some basic taekwondo moves.

Later, they were also involved in a gardening activity where they planted some seeds in the flower pots that they had created earlier, completed creating their egg shakers and explored and expressed their creativity using manipulatives in a teamwork building activity. 😊

Winter Camp- Day 2

Field trip to Traditional Music manufacturing place/shop where children learnt and became familiar to different tradional Nepali musical instruments. Children also visited Patan Durbar Square after the trip.

Back in the camp, children are in the process of making their own shakers using recycled materials, had dance and storytelling sessions, and played with variety of board games and manipulatives. We had a productive day! 😊

Winter Camp 2020- Day 1

What an amazing start of the first day of the camp! 😊 Children were happy and excited to arrive at the camp and enjoyed all the activities offered in our indoor and outdoor spaces. Our today's activity schedule included activities like, painting 🎨🖌️, creating personalized flower pots for gardening 🌻🌼, feeding pets 🐕🐇🐰, as well as activities like team building , short games, music and movements🎵🎶👯‍♂️💃🕺, indoor and outdoor games ⚽🤾‍♂️and much more. We look forward to tomorrow's field trip. 😊

P.S.: Our enrollment process is still on, and children can be enrolled on individual day basis as well! So, if you want to enroll your child before the camp is over, please contact us. Thank you. 😊