Get your children outdoors this summer and book them in a Growing Up Wild Summer Camp. Our nature camps are hands-on, fun-filled learning at Allan Brooks Nature Centre! Children will learn about our local ecosystems and wildlife through outdoor lessons, play, crafts, games, and activities!
Our Growing Up Wild Camp is a day camp for children ages 4 – 5. These are half-day camps that run for 4 days from 9 am – 12 pm, Tuesday – Friday.
Growing Up Wild Theme: Nature’s Wardrobe
Nature changes outfits all year long. Campers explore seasonal colour, weather, and animal changes through outdoor games and simple crafts. We’ll do leaf rubbings, match nature colours, go on a weather walk, make windsocks, and build tiny “season shelters” with natural materials.
Day 1: Colour changes
Indoor: Introductions, Rules, Ice Breaker/Seated Name Game. Leaf rubbings and make colour wheel
Outdoor: Match nature colours to colour wheel, collect fallen leaves/cones/pine needles
Day 2: Weather changes
Indoor: Make windsocks
Outdoor: Test windsock, wind and cloud games, simple “weather walk”
Day 3: Animal changes
Outdoor: “Migration” obstacle course, “store food”, Marmot hibernation game
Indoor: Four-season animal matching craft
Day 4: Build a season shelter
Outdoor: Tiny “season shelters” in teams (pine needles/leaves)
Indoor: Group seasons mural and closing circle
Once you are registered for a camp you must fill out this Family Information Form.
For inquiries about our 2026 summer camps please contact the ABNC office. Email: education@abnc.ca Phone: 250-260-4227.
