Happy Pollinator Week!
Resources to help you plan a farm or garden-based day camp
Learn about our camps www.lifelab.org/camp
Hear the songs we sing on our Farm and Garden Educator Playlist
See activities we do on our Garden Activity Playlist
Browse our Blog for Lessons and Activities
Visit our store to browse our curriculum & activity guides
To provide a unique experience for campers that return year after year we have a 4 year cycle of camp activity programming.
See the activities and themes we offer across the years.
Running a Day Camp Resource Packet – $85
Over 190 Word Documents for you to modify to plan and run your farm-based camp
(Coming in Mid April, 2019) email admin@lifelab.org to be notified when available
Contents Include:
- Garden Sprouts 4-6 Year Olds
- 3 years of detailed schedules
- How to run a Garden Sprouts day
- Setup and Cleanup checklists
- Snack making instructions and Recipes
- Songs
- Wildlands and Watering Cans 7-11 Year Olds
- 4 years of detailed schedules
- How to run a Wildlands day
- Camper journals
- Camp “Chore” charts
- Setup and Cleanup checklists
- Recipes
- Hike day checklists
- OWLS Youth Leadership 12-14 Year Olds
- OWLS training agenda
- Youth handouts
- Completion award
- Additional Activities
- Tips for cooking with kids
- A variety of activity write-ups and handhelds
- Game descriptions
- List of descriptions of anytime activities
- Administrative & Parent Communications
- Camp pricing spreadsheet
- Registration questions
- Confirmation email templates
- Emergency release form templates
- Sample camp flyer & ad
- Human Resources
- Camp job descriptions
- Camp staff costs spreadsheet
- Sample staff interview questions
- Reference check form
- Volunteer application
- EAGLES youth volunteer application & handouts
- Email template to recruit summer staff
- Health & Safety
- Allergy & Special Needs questionnaires
- Camp med log
- Accident reporting form
- First aid kit checklist
- Dishwashing instructions
- Behavior contract
- Training & Prep
- Training agendas & handouts
- Resource links for more training info
- Prep week lists
- Aftercare leader training agenda
- Camp shopping instructions
- Team building games for staff