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Poemtree After School Nature Club for K-12
Poemtree After School Nature Club is an outdoor program inspired by forest schools for youth ages 5-12, led by experienced outdoor educators. We offer sessions on Wednesdays and Fridays each week, with a choice of attending full-time (each week) or half-time (alternating weeks). *****We are also offering the Bridge to Woods Wednesdays program--see below!***** NOW ENROLLING: Winter/ Spring 2022 Poemtree After School Nature Clubs Who: For youth ages 5-12 What: Creative play-based (mostly) outdoor nature club When: Woods Wednesdays meet 2:30-5:30 (early start) & 3:30-5:30 (later start) Wednesdays; Forest Fridays meets 3:30-5:30 Fridays Where: Prairie Flower Children’s Center 2807 Duff Ave (Campfire’s Camp Canwita) How: Apply on our website, www.prairieflowercc.org. Parents or caregivers transport children to PF; we encourage making carpool arrangements together! Why: To give your child or pre-teen the gift of free time and space to play, explore their own imaginations, and build creative outdoor skills--with their friends in the woods! What Goes on During Poemtree? ★Our main activity is free play in our wonderful 14-acres of ravines, creeks, riverbanks, and woods. However, on any given day at Poemtree Nature Club you may find your child: learning woods & garden care, trading jokes, poems, & riddles, playing, climbing, hiking, keeping a nature journal, drawing, playing classic youth games like Mother-May-I and Capture the Flag, learning knot-tying, foraging, wood-working, whittling, building fires, learning tree and plant identification, climbing trees, playing music, hearing nature stories & writing our own, making maps, inventing games, building forts, building a dam in the creek or a rock museum, relaxing in a hammock and all manner of other outdoor projects! During the winter months when days are shorter, we are at times forced indoors, where our main activities will be playing board games, cooking, making art, and other forms of crafting/ handwork (like weaving, knitting, sewing, and painting) following the impulses/interests of the children. Seasonally, we explore different themes or skills. ★Woods Wednesdays, early start, 2:30-5:30 Winter/ Spring Semester Cost: $400/ full-time semester-20 weeks (monthly payment $80) $220/ half-time semester-11 weeks (monthly payment $44) Payment due first meeting of each month. ★Woods Wednesdays, later start, 3:30-5:30 Winter/ Spring Semester Cost: $300/ full-time semester-20 weeks (monthly payment $60) $165/ half-time semester-11 weeks (monthly payment $33) Payment due first meeting of each month. ★ Forest Fridays Winter/ Spring Semester Cost: $285/ full-time semester--19 weeks ( monthly payment $57) $150/ half-time semester--9 weeks (monthly payment $30) Payment due first meeting of each month. ★One month’s tuition deposit is required at registration to hold spot, deposit is applied to last month’s tuition. Dates for Poemtree Winter/ Spring 2022 Programs:
Full-time Woods Wednesdays Club meets every Wednesday January 5th--May 25th, EXCEPT March 16th for Spring Break (20 weeks). The half-time, 11-week session of Woods Wednesdays Club--Both halftime groups meet the first & last date of the full-time Woods Wednesday session. Otherwise, the groups will alternate weeks; choose only one half-time group: MAPLES GROUP will meet on: Jan. 5, 12, 26, Feb 9, 23, March 9, 30 April 13, 27, May 11, 25 SYCAMORES GROUP will meet on: Jan 5, 19, Feb 2, 16, March 2, 23, April 6, 20, May 4, 18, 25 Full-time Forest Fridays Club meets every Friday January 7th-May 20th, EXCEPT March 18th for Spring Break (19 weeks). The half-time, 10-week session of Forest Fridays Club meets in two different groups--the two half-time groups will both meet on January 7th, then alternate meeting every week after that; choose one half-time group: OAKS GROUP will meet on: Jan 7, 14, 28 Feb11, 25, March 11, April 1, 15, 29, May 13 HAWTHORNS GROUP will meet on: Jan 7, 21, Feb 4, 18, March 4, 25 April 8, 22, May 6, 20 Bridge To Woods Wednesday Program
****new offering**** This new program offers a peaceful way to bridge the gap between morning and afternoon programming. As we work to make Prairie Flower more accessible for more families, “Bridge to Woods Wednesday” offers parents and guardians another way to integrate Prairie Flower into their personal schedules and their children’s lives. Preschool children too young for Woods Wednesday can benefit from extended quiet time at Prairie Flower, while preschoolers who are old enough to be enrolled in Woods Wednesday can stay at the center during this gap time. Woods Wednesday students coming from elsewhere now also have the opportunity to come earlier.
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Apply Today!
Give your child or pre-teen the gift of free time, space to play a chance to build creative outdoor skills with their friends in the woods!
Note: Space is limited. Once you apply, a member of Prairie Flower's enrollment team will contact you.
Poemtree Nature Club Motto
In woods, creeks & ravines We swear to care for bees and trees and all living things between In words, deeds & responses We strive to be kind and mindful to ourselves, our teachers, and our fellows In works, dreams & creations We will go forth playfully to build and imagine new things |
