Fairy House Building AM

  • 4 & 5 Years
Schlitz Audubon Nature Center 1111 E. Brown Deer Road, Milwaukee, WI, United States

Children have been crafting fairy houses for hundreds of years. This camp blends nature-play with arts and crafts. Some stories and folklore about fairies and other enchanted creatures will be included.  Children must be age 4 by June 1, 2025, and fully potty-trained before camp begins.  Members $180 | Non-Members $215 

Alumni Camp: The Adventures of Chippy the Chipmunk AM

  • Nature School Alumni
  • 3 Years
  • 4 & 5 Years
  • Entering 1st Grade
Schlitz Audubon Nature Center 1111 E. Brown Deer Road, Milwaukee, WI, United States

Who is Chippy the Chipmunk? If you come to this camp, you’ll find out! Enjoy sending and receiving letters back and forth with Chippy and checking out chipmunk favorite spots on the trails. Discover what chipmunks like to eat, how they spend their days, and learn all about their fun...

Fairy House Building PM

  • 4 & 5 Years
Schlitz Audubon Nature Center 1111 E. Brown Deer Road, Milwaukee, WI, United States

Children have been crafting fairy houses for hundreds of years. This camp blends nature-play with arts and crafts. Some stories and folklore about fairies and other enchanted creatures will be included.  Children must be age 4 by June 1, 2025, and fully potty-trained before camp begins.  Members $180 | Non-Members $215 

Alumni Camp: Adventures of Chippy the Chipmunk PM

  • Nature School Alumni
  • 3 Years
  • 4 & 5 Years
  • Entering 1st Grade
Schlitz Audubon Nature Center 1111 E. Brown Deer Road, Milwaukee, WI, United States

Who is Chippy the Chipmunk? If you come to this camp, you’ll find out! Enjoy sending and receiving letters back and forth with Chippy and checking out chipmunk favorite spots on the trails. Discover what chipmunks like to eat, how they spend their days, and learn all about their fun...

Summer at the Ponds AM

  • 4 & 5 Years
Schlitz Audubon Nature Center 1111 E. Brown Deer Road, Milwaukee, WI, United States

The ponds in summer are bursting with life and every stop at a pond brings surprises: frogs and tadpoles, turtles and muskrats, or ducklings and dragonfly nymphs. Come explore some of the diverse pond habitats at the Center through hands-on ponding experiences. You never know what you will observe!  Children...

Alumni Camp: Nature Artists AM

  • Nature School Alumni
  • 3 Years
  • 4 & 5 Years
  • Entering 1st Grade
Schlitz Audubon Nature Center 1111 E. Brown Deer Road, Milwaukee, WI, United States

Many artists take their inspiration from nature. Just like them, we’ll create nature-inspired art using materials from nature. We’ll spend our days painting “en plein air,” creating ephemeral sculptures, exploring loose parts work, and recognizing the beauty that surrounds us. Our studio classroom is all outdoors!   These camps are designed...

Summer at the Ponds PM

  • 4 & 5 Years
Schlitz Audubon Nature Center 1111 E. Brown Deer Road, Milwaukee, WI, United States

The ponds in summer are bursting with life and every stop at a pond brings surprises: frogs and tadpoles, turtles and muskrats, or ducklings and dragonfly nymphs. Come explore some of the diverse pond habitats at the Center through hands-on ponding experiences. You never know what you will observe!  Children...

Alumni Camp: Nature Artists PM

  • Nature School Alumni
  • 3 Years
  • 4 & 5 Years
  • Entering 1st Grade
Schlitz Audubon Nature Center 1111 E. Brown Deer Road, Milwaukee, WI, United States

Many artists take their inspiration from nature. Just like them, we’ll create nature-inspired art using materials from nature. We’ll spend our days painting “en plein air,” creating ephemeral sculptures, exploring loose parts work, and recognizing the beauty that surrounds us. Our studio classroom is all outdoors!   These camps are designed...

Storybooks & Animal Nooks AM

  • 4 & 5 Years
Schlitz Audubon Nature Center 1111 E. Brown Deer Road, Milwaukee, WI, United States

This camp celebrates some of our favorite book characters and fictional locations. Join us as we spend our days reading books, writing, and illustrating our own stories, playing with puppets, and hiking to special spots on the trails where we can let our imaginations soar to create our own stories. ...

Alumni Camp: Ponds, Painting, & Poetry AM

  • Nature School Alumni
  • 3 Years
  • 4 & 5 Years
  • Entering 1st Grade
Schlitz Audubon Nature Center 1111 E. Brown Deer Road, Milwaukee, WI, United States

This camp is the perfect combination of things that Nature School students love: exploring the various macroinvertebrates that live in our ponds, experimenting with a variety of different paints and techniques, (even painting “en plein air”), and writing and listening to seasonal poems about the phenology of what is happening...

Storybooks & Animal Nooks PM

  • 4 & 5 Years
Schlitz Audubon Nature Center 1111 E. Brown Deer Road, Milwaukee, WI, United States

This camp celebrates some of our favorite book characters and fictional locations. Join us as we spend our days reading books, writing, and illustrating our own stories, playing with puppets, and hiking to special spots on the trails where we can let our imaginations soar to create our own stories. ...

Alumni Camp: Ponds, Painting, & Poetry PM

  • 3 Years
  • Nature School Alumni
  • 4 & 5 Years
  • Entering 1st Grade
Schlitz Audubon Nature Center 1111 E. Brown Deer Road, Milwaukee, WI, United States

This camp is the perfect combination of things that Nature School students love: exploring the various macroinvertebrates that live in our ponds, experimenting with a variety of different paints and techniques, (even painting “en plein air”), and writing and listening to seasonal poems about the phenology of what is happening...