Outdoor Education at Sherwood Forest Camp is designed to emphasize team building, and group dynamics. In addition, the program helps students build self-esteem, increase self-awareness, enhance communication, problem-solving and conflict resolution skills, social skills and promote independence with responsibility.
Our program can be two to five-days in length with additional activities that will deepen students' awareness and appreciation for journaling, math, natural history and environmental science. We can also work with schools to develop a special program to fit their particular students' needs. Our program works well with students from the fifth through eighth grades, with group sizes ranging from twenty to thirty students.
A typical day of Outdoor Education includes flag rising and lowering ceremonies, three meals, group based curriculum, evening programs and campfires. Depending on the length of stay, students will participate in activities such as; the tango tower, nature hikes, journaling, orienteering, tie dying, team building, initiative games, archery and teams challenge course.
Evening Program Options: Action Auction (problem solving skills), Night Hike (learning about senses), Stargazing, Talent Show/Campfire Skits, The Beast (communication skills), 2-3 Campfires, Bats, Snakes & Civil War history.
Sherwood Forest Camp is a pioneer in Outdoor Education, establishing the first program in the Midwest in 1948.
WHAT IS INCLUDED:
- Group Leaders/Instructors
- Meals/Evening Snacks
- Program that includes:
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Tango Tower
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Day/Evening Activities