This year we have the extraordinary opportunity to work with a Lenape Educator to step back in time and experience the estate the way the Lenape Native American people did. Storytelling will help to guide the Campers through lessons on Lenape culture. The Campers will learn to make tools, games, track, hunt, fish, farm, forage, cook, build a shelter, and make art and music while respecting the Lenape culture. We will complete the summer with a family campout with storytelling with our Lenape Educator and a campers’ exhibition of the skills that they have learned.

This summer we are offering 10 weeks of programming beginning June 13 for children entering 1st grade through age 14. Full payment due 2 weeks before the camp session starts. Please review the camp manual for our refund policy.

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Explore the Estate- the Lenape Way | June 13-17 It’s a fun week of exploring, climbing and playing as we learn about the Lenape and the Estate. Learn to identify wilderness risks and find safe ways around the forest and water. Learn how to do basic first aid.

Wilderness Structure Building | June 20 – June 24 Learn how to build shelters as we build a Wigwam.

Finding Food | June 27 – July 1. This week we learn how the Lenape gathered and grew food. We will make tools. Learn to plant, forage, track and make a bow for archery.

Lenape Handcrafts | July 5 – July 8 Campers will create art and instruments from things they find in nature. Campers will make dyes, brushes and musical instruments from plants and create a mural based on a Lenape legend.

Wonderful Water | July 11 – July 15 We’ll design ways to catch and save rainwater the way the Lenape did. We will explore the microscopic world of ponds and creeks. Be prepared for playing in the water!

Let’s go Fishing | July 18 – July 22 Learn about the creek and fish the Lenape way!

Birds, Bees and Butterflies | July 25 – 29 Meet our Bird Bander and Bee Keeper. Hold a living bird in your hand as you learn to identify birds, bees and butterflies by sight, sound and behavior. Build feeders for the fall..

The Art of Storytelling | Aug 1 – 5 Explore the Lenape legends and create new ones from our adventures that we take this week. The campers will have a traditional circle at the end of the week to share their stories.

The Art of Tracking| Aug 8 – 12 Study the animals of the estate- Learn to recognize and read their behavior, while developing a close relationship to the natural world. Make a sit spot, draw and take nature notes.

Lenape Way Campout | Aug 15 – 19 Celebrate the end of summer on the farm on a special evening led by our Lenape Educator as Campers use the knowledge and skills that they have learned to create an authentic Lenape meal, play Lenape games and show the other practical and wilderness skills they learned this summer. Families are welcome to camp overnight!