Fox Camp

Fox Camp

Ages 6-8

Fox Camp is at the center of our camp program, in terms of age, location on the land, and connection with the other camp groups. Fox Camp uses the grassy lawn outside our Meeting Room (also Fox Camp’s indoor home) as a base camp, from here the Foxes play and work in all directions. Up the steep hill to the east is the Highlands with the swingset and forest beyond. To the south is the Midland, and traveling west, you will find the Chickadees, and then a stream and Lil’ World. Crow Land is to the north, and Fox Campers enjoy visits to this wondrous and wild land. And it is the Fox circle in which all the camps gather in the afternoon – and the Foxes learn to steward this place as well as the land around it, and welcome with joy and care both the younger and older camp groups.

Each week of Fox Camp centers around a nature-based theme, such as insects, forest animals, trees, water, birds, and land & sky. Centered around this theme, counselors weave together weeks that connect campers with each other, inspire campers, give campers time to create (in free play and organized activities), offer campers space to run and jump and play, and provide time to rest and reflect.

In the late mornings, after greetings and games, campers settle into small groups for activities related to the weekly theme: making puppets, taking woods and stream walks, making props for a skit, sewing animal stuffies, and building storyboards from natural materials. In the afternoons, after lunch and free play, Fox counselors share their favorite summertime activities with the campers during choice time. Choices range from friendship bracelets, hikes, group games, watercolor painting, ukulele playing, to leatherwork and more! Camper interests help guide both the small group activities and choice time offerings.

Campers quickly learn the rhythm of the days: 

Morning circle, hike or group game, and snack

Small group theme-related activities

Lunch and Story

Group games and free play

Choice time and clean-up

Closing circle

Counselors work throughout the day to build a caring community in which individuals, the group, and the land are tended to and held as important parts of camp. Fox Camp also travels in our school bus one day each week to a nearby nature preserve, such as Broad Cove Reserve, for a day of exploration and fun.