Summer Camps

In a Child’s Path Farm School in Boring, OR is offering summer camps to children aged 3 to 6 this summer with a main focus on the farm and a variety of minor focuses each week. The camps are structured in a way that the learning ties together. For example, if a child attends camp for three consecutive weeks, the learning will not seem staggered; it will flow respectfully in a way that a child will learn best. On the other hand, if a child attends only one week or a week each month there learning will flow nicely as well. We will meet at camp starting each new week with a song that is relevant to our subject of learning along with open-ended activities at different stations. The yard that the campers work in when they arrive each morning is comprised of six flower beds, a jungle gym, a large sandbox, a playhouse, a rock wall, and tons of room to run! After breakfast, we could be found anywhere on the eight acres.

A Day at Camp

Campers start each day by helping with morning chores, such as collecting eggs, cleaning stalls, and feeding. By keeping the numbers small we are able to give each child the opportunity to learn how to handle different types of animals. Children learn how to interact and relate to the animals, developing trust and their own self-confidence. After the farm work, the children will spend up to 4 hours focusing on whatever minor focus they would like from eggs, chicks, and chickens to making strawberry jam. We will have gardening incorporated into each week. Each child will be given their own journal when they arrive on their first day at camp along with their own equipment for the week’s activities. The last hour of camp will be spent wrapping up the day in review and journaling our experiences. Afterward, we will enjoy lunch together.

Children of all ages love being on our farm. We provide children with an opportunity to:

• Have fun in a safe, supportive environment
• Participate in a working farm
• Learn about the natural environment through play and exploration
• Develop a love of nature
• Feel a connection to the earth and a desire to care for it

2024 Camp Schedule

*Each week has a different and unique theme outside of regular farm activities

Week 1: June 3 – June 7 (Growing Things/Planting)
Week 2: June 10 – June 14 (Bugs, Insects and Creepy Crawlies)
Week 3: June 17 – June 21 (Rocks and Geology)
Week 4: June 24 – June 28 (Science!)
Week 5: July 1 – July 3 (Wilderness Survival Skills)
Week 6: July 8 – July 12 (Weaving)
Week 7: July 15 – July 19 (No Waste Recycling)
Week 8: July 22 – July 26 (Drama)
Week 9: August 12 – August 16 (Cooking, Baking and Dehydrating)
Week 10: August 19 – August 23 (Camping)
Week 11: August 26 – August 30 (Arts and Crafts)

All camps are Monday through Friday from 8:45 am to 12:45 pm.
Breakfast and lunch will be provided to all campers.
All fees are due in full at the time of registration.

*Please submit camp forms early, as they tend to fill up quickly. As of now, we have less than 10 openings available.

Download the 2024 Camp Registration and USDA forms

Down on the Farm

While at In a Child’s Path Farm Camp, the camp kids will be learning about farm animals and how to provide care for them. The children will be given the opportunity to learn hands-on about horses through learning how to properly groom them, feed them and everything else that falls under the spectrum of caring for horses, chickens, ducks and the many other animals on our farm. Campers start each day by helping with morning chores, such as collecting eggs, cleaning stalls, and feeding. By keeping the numbers small we are able to give each child the opportunity to learn how to handle different types of animals. Children learn how to interact and relate to the animals, developing trust and their own self-confidence. Children will be given time and interaction with all parts of our working farm. Each day’s focus will be determined by the unique group of campers and could range from the life cycle of a chicken to making strawberry jam.

The children will direct our learning each day, however here are some examples of things that we might focus on in a given day or week:

• Horses • Chickens • Ducks • Goats • Gardening • Strawberry Jam • Pond Life

Art will be Available Daily

One thing that nearly every child enjoys doing is art. Whether it’s painting, gluing, piecing together a collage or clay, children love art! This is why every day at our camp we will have stations devoted to creating artwork. The children will have access to both the suggested art for the day as well as any art supplies they may request.

“No one has been able to define or synthesize that precarious, splendid, and perhaps untidy instant when the creative process begins. This is what the uniqueness of the artist is all about. The transcendent right of artists is the right to create even though they may not always know what they are doing.” – Norman Cousins

Registration Policy

Registration packets are due one month prior to the start of camp. All fees are due in full at the time of registration. If it is nearing the week of camp you are interested in and you have not registered yet, please call us to check availability.