Naturalist in Training

  • Entering 6th - 8th Grade
Schlitz Audubon Nature Center 1111 E. Brown Deer Road, Milwaukee, WI, United States

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a teacher? You’ll get a behind the scenes look at how to be an environmental educator at a nature center! Learn the basics of reptile handling and interpretation, plant and animal identification, canoeing, and public speaking. Professionals will also...

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...

Storybook Adventures AM

  • Entering 1st Grade
Schlitz Audubon Nature Center 1111 E. Brown Deer Road, Milwaukee, WI, United States

Travel the trails with our custom animal-themed story coloring books! You’ll receive a different story each day and hike around the property following the animal’s adventure that takes place in the story. At the end of your journey, you’ll get to meet the animal ambassador that the book is based...

Game On at Audubon!

  • Entering 2nd - 3rd Grade
Schlitz Audubon Nature Center 1111 E. Brown Deer Road, Milwaukee, WI, United States

Let the games begin at Schlitz Audubon – you won’t be “board” in this camp! Play a variety of board games, card games, yard games, and other camp classics like charades with different options each day. In addition, we’ll be doing our favorite nature activities like ponding, hiking, and visiting...

Marvelous Mammals

  • Entering 4th - 6th Grade
Schlitz Audubon Nature Center 1111 E. Brown Deer Road, Milwaukee, WI, United States

Explore the unique adaptations of the magnificent mammals found here in Wisconsin. Learn about mammal characteristics, search for mammals in the wild, write in nature journals, and more! At the end of the week, you’ll be able to take your nature journals home to make future mammal memories.  Members $210...

Working with Wildlife

  • Entering 7th - 12th Grade
Schlitz Audubon Nature Center 1111 E. Brown Deer Road, Milwaukee, WI, United States

Calling all critter enthusiasts! Do you want to work with animals when you grow up? You’ll meet people in the Milwaukee area that professionally work with animals in many different capacities. Join us to spend time with some of the Center’s animal ambassadors, learn about further schooling to consider, practice...

Magical Metamorphosis AM

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

Nature is full of wonder, including the amazing transformation known as metamorphosis. Each day, we will perform the metamorphosis magic trick as we learn how certain creatures such as frogs, dragonflies, and butterflies develop from eggs into adults, in a process that seems almost magical!  Children must be age 4 by June...

Alumni Camp: Adventures of Captain Rainbow Beard 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

A mapping extravaganza! Be ready to hike as we follow a map and clues left by the friendly Schlitz Audubon pirates and their captain, Rainbow Beard, to search the trails in all directions. Perhaps X marks the spot where treasure is hidden.   These camps are designed specifically to extend the...

Audubon Toddler: Rainbow Colors

  • 2.5 - 3 Years w/ Adult
Schlitz Audubon Nature Center 1111 E. Brown Deer Road, Milwaukee, WI, United States

Yellow sunflowers, red Cardinals and green frogs are just a few of the colorful plants and animals we find in nature. Where will you find your favorite color?  These four-day camps are a wonderful way to experience summer side-by-side with your child and prepare them for future preschool experiences. Each...

Storybook Adventures PM

  • Entering 1st Grade
Schlitz Audubon Nature Center 1111 E. Brown Deer Road, Milwaukee, WI, United States

Travel the trails with our custom animal-themed story coloring books! You’ll receive a different story each day and hike around the property following the animal’s adventure that takes place in the story. At the end of your journey, you’ll get to meet the animal ambassador that the book is based...

Winged Wonders

  • Entering 2nd - 3rd Grade
Schlitz Audubon Nature Center 1111 E. Brown Deer Road, Milwaukee, WI, United States

Calling all raptor fans! Join us for the week as we explore what characteristics make a raptor a raptor. Each day we will meet live ambassador raptors and will learn about each species’ survival skills through crafts, activities, and games.  Members $220 | Non-Members $255