Overnight Scout Events are held from Friday night starting at 5:00 pm until 12:30 pm on Saturday or Saturday starting at 5:00 pm until 12:30 pm on Sunday. Cost per child: $28.00.
Come spend an overnight at our outdoor classroom where we will use a teepee and long house as our shelters. Set among 10 acres of woodlands and fields, scout leaders and scouts can enjoy a fun-filled time of learning in nature's elements. It will be a memorable event for everyone. Troups will need to bring their own overnight gear and dress for the outdoors.
Upon arriving the first night scouts will participate in stringing Indian Corn while awaiting an authentic Native American "Three Sisters" organic evening meal made over the campfire. They will then learn about Astrology and Horoscopes and how they relate to them. Relax while stargazing under the night sky and learn to identify the North Star and related constellations, then create a drumming circle followed by Native American story telling.
In the morning scouts will begin their day with a Nature's Own and fruit breakfast. Followed by a trail trek, learning trail signs and completing a nature hunt. After a snack break, they will learn the simple skills of shelter building and finally make their own nature bag to keep their most prized possessions. During the closing Nature's Own, scouts will receive their Nature Skills Badge to honor this memorable event.
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Overnight Schedule First Day
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Second Day
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| Notes: Arrival - Write name on wood slice necklace Organic Dinner - Rice, beans, corn and squash, fresh bread, homemade seed butter, maple syrup, apple juice and Three Sisters story Drumming - to include several instruments Nature's Own Closing - Native American Song and Blessing Sessions Descriptions Trail Treks & Trail Finds: We will hike on one of our many trails observing and identifying trees and animal signs, as well as woodland plants that serve for first aid and natural insect repellents. The students will then participate in a scavenger hunt. Lost Proofing, Shelter Building & Nature Craft: We will discuss what to do if we become lost in the woods and then build a debris hut shelter. We will make a nature bag out of cotton cloth and hemp string and decorate it with leaf and flower imprints that will be hammered onto the cloth. |
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Register
To register for classes download the registration
form, print it out and mail it to:
The Nature School Foundation, 173 Merriam Hill Road, Greenville, NH 03048
Note: the form is in Acrobat pdf format and can be read with Acrobat Reader. If you do not have Acrobat Reader you can download it here, free of charge.