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youth day camps
2025

week 1     Earthlings

June 16-20     ages 6-11     $300

To start the summer, we like to focus on orienting ourselves to the landscape and re-discovering the wilderness surrounding Wright Park. We will come into the rhythm of camp life together and connect with the land through careful observation of our surroundings, playing games, building, crafting, learning and adventuring in classic Terrahana fashion. We’ll make sure to send the campers home each afternoon nice and dirty after a long day of playing in our forest home and experiencing the joys of living outside together!

Monday through Friday, 9:00am-3:00pm

Location:   Wright Park in Middlebury

week 2     Smoke Signals

June 23-27     ages 7-11     $325

This is the week where we go deeper into the theme of Fire together. Fire plays a very important role in our experience at camp and is typically one of the most fascinating aspects of life in the woods for most of our village. Campers develop their own relationship with this element, learning safety, their comfort zone, new skills, building and tending abilities in a supervised environment. We explore some different methods to make fire and discuss origins and ways of fire shaping land and humanity. Children hopefully come away with a new awareness, appreciation and respect for this element. Heat and transformation play a role in the majority of our activities and projects this week in Terrahana Land.

Monday through Friday, 9:00am-3:00pm

Location:   Wright Park in Middlebury

week 3     Animal Forms

July 7-11     ages 6-11    $300

In this session we give special attention to our local wildlife, appreciating the animal neighbors around us and explore their characteristics, routines and relationship to the land. Mentors bring in artifacts found in the woods to share and discuss, and perhaps we find some of our own together during the week. Emphasis will be on stories and games that ask us to embody our animal relations, perhaps gaining deeper understandings and respect for all life while mimicking animal behavior and seeing through their eyes.

Monday through Friday, 9:00am-3:00pm

Location:   Wright Park in Middlebury

week 4     Elderberries

July 21-25     ages 10-13     $400
*this camp ends on Friday morning

Elderberries is a session for the older kids, Terrahana’s budding elders, to either return or come for the first time. Enjoy the land in true Terrahana fashion whether playful, free or focused. This week is great for those independent minds who would like to delve deeper in an aspect of camp life whether its creating something, working on a skill, or just doing that thing they love which brings them happiness within the natural world and our village. Campers may be challenged to focus and reflect as they work independently or in a group. We will end the week with an overnight camp-out — bring something to cook over the fire, and be ready for silliness, games and good times as the sun goes down and on into the night!

Monday through Wednesday, 9:00am-3:00pm,

Thursday 9:00am to Friday at 9:00am (last day overnight camp out)

Location:   Terrahana Forest in Ripton

Enrollment period for Summer 2025:

Wednesday, 2/5 at 6pm to

Sunday, 2/9 at Noon

 

see below for further details!

registration information

Thank you for your interest in registering for Terrahana Summer Camp! Please read the following carefully prior to registering, so that you know what to expect from our process.



 

Terrahana offers an open registration period of four days, during which we collect all forms. Once the window closes, we sort through the applications and select the roster for each week based on a few criteria. Preference is given to returning campers and siblings, and next to campers who have tried to sign up in the past but have not yet gotten a space. We do our best to make sure that as many campers as possible get to attend at least one of their requested sessions, though we cannot make any guarantees of this. Additionally, we do take into account the order in which applications were received, so signing up as soon as possible once the registration period opens is recommended. You may also submit a form after the open registration period ends, in which case sign-ups will switch to a first-come basis for any remaining spaces and the waitlist.


Because summer camps are so popular, depending on interest levels and how the registration requests pan out, we may limit each camper to a maximum of 2 of their requested weeks (this is not a promise of 2 weeks each, but a potential maximum limit on enrollments per person).



 

When you are registering, you may select one or more weeks on the same form. We kindly ask parents to be thorough in answering the questions on the form, even if we already know your child. This helps us understand our campers and group dynamics a bit before summer starts. This information is obviously important for our newcomers, and for those returning campers, it informs us of new interests and favorite activities that they enjoyed with us previously. We really appreciate a little time looking over the questions with your child as it helps us be better prepared to offer activities that try and reach everyone.



 

The open registration period for all weeks of camp lasts from Wednesday, February 5 at 6:00pm to Sunday, February 9 at Noon. You may submit your form at your convenience during this timeframe. Once the window closes, we will take some time to put together the roster for all weeks of camp. You will hear back from us regarding enrollment via email in about a week. For enrolled sessions, a non-refundable deposit of $75 per session is required to confirm your space(s). Please only send payment once you receive email notification of enrollment. Deposits must be received no later than March 1. The remainder of the tuition for all sessions of camp is due by May 5. If either payment is late, your space may be given to the next camper on the waitlist. If you are not enrolled in a requested session, you will be automatically waitlisted for that session, and only need to submit payment if and when a space becomes available.

 



If you need to cancel enrollment for any reason, you will receive a full refund (minus the deposit) if you inform us at least 6 weeks prior to the beginning of the session you are cancelling. Cancellations made with fewer than 6 weeks until the start of the session cannot be refunded. For additional refund policies, please follow the link at the bottom of the page.



 

Thank you for taking the time to read about our process. If you have any further questions, please email campterrahana@gmail.com.

You may find our general program policies and information here.

These reflect our current operations and apply to all upcoming programs.

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