Outdoor Discovery Summer Camp
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Play, explore, and discover at our Outdoor Discovery Camp at the Peabody Mill Environmental Center this Summer!
This summer, the Outdoor Discovery camp has gone to full day. Each day, Campers will take part in all camp games, sports, art, nature and water play geared around that week's theme. Every week, campers will have to option to attend our weekly field trip (they are listed below). If you cannot attend the field trip, we will have activites back at camp.
On Tuesdays and Thursdays we will go to Baboosic Lake for swim time from 1-3pm. Half the camp will go one day and the other half the second day.
Campers will need to bring: a labeled water bottle, change of clothes, bathing suit, towel, snacks, lunch (no peanut or tree nut products please!), sunscreen, bugspray, closed toe shoes for hiking, sandals for water play.
PMEC is a Peanut & Tree Nut free facility! (cashews, almonds, walnuts, pecans)
Who: Entering grades 1-5
What: Outdoor Discovery Camp
Where: Peabody Mill Environmental Center
When: Start Date of June 22nd-August 7th
Early Bird Fee: $135R; $175NR
* Prices will increase by $20 after 4/15
Full Summer Rates: $895R; $1,175NR (extended care not included)
Extended Care from 7:30am-5:30pm
Fee: $14 per day, or $60 per week
Daily Schedule
Daily Schedule
9-9:15am: Drop Off- Ampitheater
9:15-10am: Community Time - We will have a large group game or activity
10-10:15am: Snack Time
10:30-11:15am: Activity Period One (Sports Block)
11:15-Noon: Activity Period Two (Art/Nature)
12-1pm: Lunch
1-3pm: Water activities/hiking
3-4pm: Stations/Pick Up
Weekly Themes
Weekly Themes
Week One (6/20-6/24): Funk in the Forrest
Let's kick off the summer with a music festival at PMEC. It's time to make your own instruments using the materials of nature, and get ready to put on a show!
Week Two (6/27-7/1): Where the Wild Things Are
What wild things can be discovered at PMEC? let's see what we can find!
Week Three (7/5-7/8): Builders Quest
Let's build! What materials can we build with this week? Legos? Sticks? ropes? Let's find out as we use different materials to build fairy houses, lego castles, and even forts for campers to escape to!
Week Four (7/11-7/15): Kid's Choice Week
Campers will vote the week before on a theme of their choice!
Week Five(7/18-7/22): To the Moon and Back
3,2,1, blast off! Join us as we encounter aliens as we travel to infinity and beyond! We will be making beautiful art pieces showcasing the moon, and diving into our aliens vs. humans battle of the fittest game.
Week Six (7/25-7/29): Survivor
It's time for a little friendly competition! It's the survival of the fittest at PMEC. We will be hiking, building, and creating different ways to attack the outdoors!
Week Seven (8/1-8/5): Wet n' Wild
It's all things water for our last week at camp! Squirt fights, water balloon challenges, and of course swimming. Make sure to pack your bathing suit for this water-filled week at camp!
Field Trip Information
Field Trips- Outdoor Discovery Camp with join our friends at Babosic Lake for Field trip days. All on Wednesdays! (Some dates may be subject to change)
Week 1 6/24- Canobie lake Park -$39
Week 2 7/1- Boston Aquarium- $35
Week 3 7/8- Hampton Beach- $20
Week 4 7/15- Ice Skating at Conway Arena and a Movie (Movie TBA)- $27
Week 5 7/22- Fisher Cats Game- $25
Week 6 7/29- Vertical Dreams (Rock Climbing)- $29
Week 7 8/5- Water Country-$42
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