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Please donate to support our Fall Youth program, so all kids can play in the sun, learn, grow, and have fun this autumn in a safe outdoor environment!
Summer-to-Fall Camp
Wednesday, Sept 9 through Tuesday, Sept 15 (weekdays), 12 Noon - 6pm
Ages 4 to 14 and up
Many children have an abrupt transition at Labor Day-- from running through water sprinklers in the sun to sitting at desks under fluorescent lights. Our youth program is primarily outdoors, and follows nature's gradual fall from summer into autumn on the farm.
The first post-Labor Day week of September programs will be full of exciting experiential projects led by the ideas and enthusiasm of of the children-- just like summer camp!-- but to accommodate and complement many children's morning online school work, the programs will run from 12 noon through 6pm. Let us know in advance if your child has specific school requirements during the time they are at camp, as our program's focus is not to support academic work, but to provide a space for building relationships with the land, for healthy social-emotional and physical development, and for nurturing curiosity and intellectual development through projects in which children's ideas and enthusiasm come first.
Our theme for the week is "Beautiful, Bountiful Summer-to-Fall on the Farm". Projects that will begin this week include:
This week of primarily outdoor programming is offered as a week-long day camp. All of the same county health department immunization documentation requirements will apply, as will NYS Covid19 Camp Guidelines. The number of children will be limited. If we don't fill all spaces with full-week participants, we'll consider any partial week or partial day applicants and contact those parents. Some funds are available for scholarships for low-income families, please indicate the amount you are requesting on your application, or inquire.
For Rates, Details, and to Register, continue scrolling down to the bottom of this page.
NOTE: Following this program, beginning September 16 2020, the structure changes to 3-hour blocks from 12-3pm and 3-6pm weekdays. Registration from then until the end of the year and into 2021 requires a different form, and has requirements different than that of the camp program. Please CLICK HERE to view our offering of year-round daily Youth Farm & Nature Programs Beginning September 16, 2020, including registration information.
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We've restructured our youth education program to serve our community's evolving need amid Covid concerns and changes in the public school offering. Our primarily outdoor program now runs every weekday year-round.
Connecting with the natural environment, growing our food, and celebrating our land together, besides playing an essential role in healthy human development, will ultimately heal and protect our community.
We are committed to continuing, within shifting health agency guidelines and the common sense of the moment, to provide such opportunities for families, and to meet our mission to the fullest extent possible:
Re-kindle cultural reverence for the land
by making healthy farm food and experiences available to ALL.
Please support this work if you are able! Contribute HERE
Keep updated via our newsletter! just scroll down after clicking HERE or on the 'Home' Tab.
Your feedback is welcome.
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Wednesday, Sept 9 through Tuesday, Sept 15 (weekdays), 12 Noon - 6pm
Ages 4 to 14 and up
Many children have an abrupt transition at Labor Day-- from running through water sprinklers in the sun to sitting at desks under fluorescent lights. Our youth program is primarily outdoors, and follows nature's gradual fall from summer into autumn on the farm.
The first post-Labor Day week of September programs will be full of exciting experiential projects led by the ideas and enthusiasm of of the children-- just like summer camp!-- but to accommodate and complement many children's morning online school work, the programs will run from 12 noon through 6pm. Let us know in advance if your child has specific school requirements during the time they are at camp, as our program's focus is not to support academic work, but to provide a space for building relationships with the land, for healthy social-emotional and physical development, and for nurturing curiosity and intellectual development through projects in which children's ideas and enthusiasm come first.
Our theme for the week is "Beautiful, Bountiful Summer-to-Fall on the Farm". Projects that will begin this week include:
- Building with Haybales
- Sunflowers and the Three Sisters (Corn, Beans, Squash)
- Cozying-Up the Livestock Housing
- Designing the educational Wild Meadow Maze
This week of primarily outdoor programming is offered as a week-long day camp. All of the same county health department immunization documentation requirements will apply, as will NYS Covid19 Camp Guidelines. The number of children will be limited. If we don't fill all spaces with full-week participants, we'll consider any partial week or partial day applicants and contact those parents. Some funds are available for scholarships for low-income families, please indicate the amount you are requesting on your application, or inquire.
For Rates, Details, and to Register, continue scrolling down to the bottom of this page.
NOTE: Following this program, beginning September 16 2020, the structure changes to 3-hour blocks from 12-3pm and 3-6pm weekdays. Registration from then until the end of the year and into 2021 requires a different form, and has requirements different than that of the camp program. Please CLICK HERE to view our offering of year-round daily Youth Farm & Nature Programs Beginning September 16, 2020, including registration information.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
We've restructured our youth education program to serve our community's evolving need amid Covid concerns and changes in the public school offering. Our primarily outdoor program now runs every weekday year-round.
Connecting with the natural environment, growing our food, and celebrating our land together, besides playing an essential role in healthy human development, will ultimately heal and protect our community.
We are committed to continuing, within shifting health agency guidelines and the common sense of the moment, to provide such opportunities for families, and to meet our mission to the fullest extent possible:
Re-kindle cultural reverence for the land
by making healthy farm food and experiences available to ALL.
Please support this work if you are able! Contribute HERE
Keep updated via our newsletter! just scroll down after clicking HERE or on the 'Home' Tab.
Your feedback is welcome.
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| Farm Camp RECIPES! |
2020 Farm Camp (June,July,August, September 9-15)
* We have updated our safety protocol and parent orientation using NYS and CDC guidelines regarding COVID-19. Breakout group will be contained to no more than 10 campers, staff will wear masks during drop-off, registration and pickup, and we have created more outdoor spaces. Frequent hand washing at our outdoor wash station is part of our daily flow. Our farm, forest and creek will provide a safe, and restorative space for you and your children.
Summer on the Farm! Camp allows children to experience the farm and surrounding creek and woodlands through active, creative, and fun activities. The program nurtures an understanding of and deep reverence for our land and the food that it provides, and incorporates the arts to allow us to imagine how the plants, animals, and elements of the farm and wilderness shape and strengthen us, giving us special power.
Staff and participants work and learn together, as an extended farm family does, to accomplish basic daily farm tasks such as feeding the sheep, collecting the chickens' eggs, planting and harvesting herbs and vegetables and flowers, building structures, and cooking and eating together. Surrounding these activities, we explore and celebrate the wondrous nature around us, learn some of the sustainable ways of the area's earlier inhabitants, and process these experiences through games and the arts to transform ourselves into superheroes with special powers drawn from the land.
"...weaving information, history, insight, hands on activity, and song truly engaged our children which will inevitably spark future stewards of the land. We look forward to many more collaborative experiences with Seed Song Farm!"
-Holly Heppner, teacher and volunteer at the AJ Williams African Roots Library, Kingston NY
"Joey my 11-year old grandson absolutely loves Seed Song Farm!!! All the way home after an afternoon spent singing, exploring, planting, and learning about and collecting and cooking maple syrup, he just kept saying can we go back, I had so much fun and everyone is so nice there! Thanks, Seed Song Farm!"
-Carol Warren, grandparent
Please register for our programs early, as the size of the program will be limited.
Please note that prior to attending one-week camps, parents will need to submit the immunization records and other medical/dietary/behavior treatment plans requested on the camp registration form, prior to the child(ren)'s first day of camp.
REGISTRATION FORMS:
.DOC ---> summer_and_fall_2020_camp_registration_editable.doc
PDF ----> summer and fall camp registration 2020 to print.pdf
FORMA DE REGISTRACIÓN: forma_de_registración_.doc
Current COVID-19 NYS Summer Camp Guidelines:
ocfs.ny.gov/main/news/2020/COVID-2020Jun08-Day-Camp-Summary.pdf
NYS laws regarding Summer Camps:
https://www.health.ny.gov/publications/3601.pdf
* We have updated our safety protocol and parent orientation using NYS and CDC guidelines regarding COVID-19. Breakout group will be contained to no more than 10 campers, staff will wear masks during drop-off, registration and pickup, and we have created more outdoor spaces. Frequent hand washing at our outdoor wash station is part of our daily flow. Our farm, forest and creek will provide a safe, and restorative space for you and your children.
Summer on the Farm! Camp allows children to experience the farm and surrounding creek and woodlands through active, creative, and fun activities. The program nurtures an understanding of and deep reverence for our land and the food that it provides, and incorporates the arts to allow us to imagine how the plants, animals, and elements of the farm and wilderness shape and strengthen us, giving us special power.
Staff and participants work and learn together, as an extended farm family does, to accomplish basic daily farm tasks such as feeding the sheep, collecting the chickens' eggs, planting and harvesting herbs and vegetables and flowers, building structures, and cooking and eating together. Surrounding these activities, we explore and celebrate the wondrous nature around us, learn some of the sustainable ways of the area's earlier inhabitants, and process these experiences through games and the arts to transform ourselves into superheroes with special powers drawn from the land.
"...weaving information, history, insight, hands on activity, and song truly engaged our children which will inevitably spark future stewards of the land. We look forward to many more collaborative experiences with Seed Song Farm!"
-Holly Heppner, teacher and volunteer at the AJ Williams African Roots Library, Kingston NY
"Joey my 11-year old grandson absolutely loves Seed Song Farm!!! All the way home after an afternoon spent singing, exploring, planting, and learning about and collecting and cooking maple syrup, he just kept saying can we go back, I had so much fun and everyone is so nice there! Thanks, Seed Song Farm!"
-Carol Warren, grandparent
Please register for our programs early, as the size of the program will be limited.
Please note that prior to attending one-week camps, parents will need to submit the immunization records and other medical/dietary/behavior treatment plans requested on the camp registration form, prior to the child(ren)'s first day of camp.
REGISTRATION FORMS:
.DOC ---> summer_and_fall_2020_camp_registration_editable.doc
PDF ----> summer and fall camp registration 2020 to print.pdf
FORMA DE REGISTRACIÓN: forma_de_registración_.doc
Current COVID-19 NYS Summer Camp Guidelines:
ocfs.ny.gov/main/news/2020/COVID-2020Jun08-Day-Camp-Summary.pdf
NYS laws regarding Summer Camps:
https://www.health.ny.gov/publications/3601.pdf
Summer Camp Fees
NOTE: Scholarships are available for low income and immigrant campers. Inquire at info@seedsongfarm.org
One Child:
Cash/Check PayPal (+3% Processing Fee)
1 Week $350 $360.50
2 Weeks $665 $684.95
3 Weeks $980 $1,009.40
4 Weeks $1,295 $1,333.85
Two Children (10% off second child):
Cash/Check PayPal (+3% Processing Fee)
1 Week $665 $684.95
2 Weeks $1,264 $1,301.92
3 Weeks $1,862 $1,917.86
4 Weeks $2,461 $2,534.83
Checks can be made out to Seed Song Farm & Center and mailed to: Seed Song Farm & Center, 160 Esopus Ave., Kingston, NY 12401
On-line payments can be made through PayPal, below:
NOTE: Scholarships are available for low income and immigrant campers. Inquire at info@seedsongfarm.org
One Child:
Cash/Check PayPal (+3% Processing Fee)
1 Week $350 $360.50
2 Weeks $665 $684.95
3 Weeks $980 $1,009.40
4 Weeks $1,295 $1,333.85
Two Children (10% off second child):
Cash/Check PayPal (+3% Processing Fee)
1 Week $665 $684.95
2 Weeks $1,264 $1,301.92
3 Weeks $1,862 $1,917.86
4 Weeks $2,461 $2,534.83
Checks can be made out to Seed Song Farm & Center and mailed to: Seed Song Farm & Center, 160 Esopus Ave., Kingston, NY 12401
On-line payments can be made through PayPal, below:
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Ages 4 and older:
One-Week SUMMER ON THE FARM! Summer Camp programs (Ages 4 and up):
Cost: Unassisted Cost $350 per week, $315 each additional child. We've received limited funding from the community for our Low Income and Immigrant Camper Fund to make our camp programs available to ALL. please don't let cost prevent your registration- simply write in the amount of scholarship you are requesting (between $50 and $350 per week) below the "Grand Total" line on the registration form.
To contribute; please either (A) Click on the "give" tab, or (B) send a check made out to "Seed Song Center" to Seed Song Center, 160 Esopus Ave Kingston NY 12401 and write "Camp Scholarship Fund" in the memo line.
Times: 9am-3pm, Before & After care available from 8am-5pm or longer by arrangement.
After/ Before Care: available 8am-5pm or longer by arrangement: $15/hr (24 hour advance notice)
What to Bring: Brown bag lunch and two snacks, sunscreen and/or long sleeved clothing, a hat with a brim, shoes and clothes that can get wet or dirty, bathing suit, towel, and a water bottle.
COVID update: Parent/Guardian please stay until child feels secure and be available for lunchtime pickup on the first day if needed.
Ages 12-14 and older: We anticipate having the numbers to offer a middle school track of camp this season. Also inquire about special helper role opportunities for teens.
Registration: Click the links at the top or bottom of this page.
Summer on the Farm! Camp 1-Week Programs
Monday, June 29 to Friday, July 3 – FIRE wind water WORKS
Explore each of the four elements – earth, fire, wind, and water – and their special powers. Build a model boat, make a windmill, cook and dry with the sun, build an earth stove. Taste vegetables grown with earth, water and sun, feed your body and imagination with their powers. Build a fire in our brick oven to make your own farm pizza on the last day of the week. (Friday!)
Monday, July 6 to Friday, July 10 – Return to the Trees
Explore the primate inside you during this week of monkeying in, around, with, and for trees. Food from trees, building with tree material! Meet a tree, swing from a tree. We will be exploring their role in our ecosystem as well as the bugs, fungi, mammals and microorganisms that live symbiotically with them.
Monday, July 13 to Friday, July 17 – Young Seed Song Farmers Week
A whole week of plants, pollinating insects, preparing farm snacks, and exploring the work and play of a Seed Song Sustainable Farmer. Learn permacultural techniques, help staff a farmstand and prepare for CSA distribution, sing songs of food and farming, play in the dirt, and participate in the all aspects of bringing food from seed and soil to table and market.
Monday, July 20 to Friday, July 24 - The Land Grows Music ~REGISTRATION CLOSED~
Make home-grown music, songs, and musical instruments. Sing the song of the seed! Ends with a performance of song/dance/music and rhythm on our large spacious lawn special for the camper families.
Monday, July 27 to Friday, July 31 – SuperPlants of the Farm & Forest ~REGISTRATION CLOSED~
Learn about and taste how the wild and cultivated plants at Seed Song Farm can give you super powers including strong muscles, day and night vision, and fast healing. Walk in the woods to find secret wild plants. Use seeds, leaves, and petals to create works of art. Seed, plant, care for, harvest, and eat the vegetables, herbs, flowers, and berries that give us special powers.
August 3 through August 7 - Sheep, Chickens & Wild Animals ~REGISTRATION CLOSED~
Care for the animals of the farm and forest and learn about them. Choose a mammal, reptile, amphibian, insect, bird, fish, or microorganism animal spirit guide, and explore how its gifts may change you. Make an animal mask, listen to animal stories from the many past and present cultural traditions of Kingston. Create a song, dance, costume, or sculpture. At Friday's Council of All Beings, share with the group your animal spirit and the work that it inspired.
August 10 through August 14- Bugs, Pollinators, and Flowers
Explore insects and other pollinators, and their special relationship with the flowers and other plants both wild and cultivated. Hold cecropia caterpillars, watch monarch cocoons come to life, and pick and decorate with the flowers on our fields! We will become invasive vs non invasive animals detectives, and learn about each of their roles on our farm and wetland. We will sprout wings to pollinate, pick and eat wild flowers around the farm and forest.
August 17 through August 21- Esopus Village Back in Time
Travel back in time and explore the lifeways and wisdom of the Lenape people of the 1500's that lived on and farmed this land along Esopus Creek. Work in the wicwam, play traditional games, meet around the fire pit, and cultivate the field of corn, beans, squash, and other heritage crops with members of Neetopk Keetopk (educational Native American and allies group). Explore the woods and creek, find signs of wildlife. Make tools and art from natural materials, sing songs, and tell stories
August 24 through August 28: Best of Seed Song Farm Camp!
Building a rocket stove, Friday farm pizza and farm market, explore bug and build your own bug box, put on a play with song, dance, storytelling, instruments. Slip n slide or fish at the creek! All the favorites are coming back this week with some special guests.
September 9 through September 15: Summer-to-Fall on the Farm
Note: This program begins on a Wednesday, and runs from 12 noon until 6pm.
Building with Haybales and Solar Bottle walls; Sunflowers and the Three Sisters (Corn, Beans, Squash); Cozying-Up the Livestock Housing; Designing the educational Wild Meadow Maze
Frequently Asked Questions:
Training, CPR and background checks of the staff:
- We received our official summer camp permit from the Ulster County Dept of Health through Sept. 15.
- We have on-site staff trained and certified by the Red Cross in first aid, CPR, AED.
- All staff have undergone criminal / sexual offender background check through NYJD
What is the age range of the camp staff? Currently 1 x 50's, 1 x 40's, 1 x 30's, 1 x 20's, teen Counsellors-in-Training (CIT's) & helpers.
What is the ratio of staff:campers? It ranges between 1:6 and 2:10, with a minimum of 2 staff on hand.
How do you prepare for medical emergencies and health issues? Our staff is trained and certified in First Aid by the Red Cross. The training teaches when it is appropriate to call 911. One of Seed Song Center's board members is highly active with, and travels widely as a volunteer for, Red Cross and has put together our emergency plan. Another board member is a Registered Nurse and serves as our Medical Director.
Do you have a typical daily schedule? We have a default schedule, we adapt it as each week progresses based on camper excitement:
9:00 morning hands-on task and play
9:15 morning circle and farm care activities
10:00 learning theme activity
10:45 snack
11:00 game or arts/crafts/building activities
12:00 lunch and play
1:00 learning theme and/or multi-arts and building activities
2:30 singing/ game/ closure
3:00 pickup
Are lunch/snacks provided, or should we send the child with lunch and snacks? There will be fresh farm snacks but lunch and 2 snacks need to be provided (see registration info on website). Please pack lunches that do not need to be refrigerated.
Questions? Please contact education@seedsongfarm.org or leave a message at 845-383-1528 and we'll call you back.
REGISTRATION FORMS/FORMA DE REGISTRO:
| summer_and_fall_2020_camp_registration_editable.doc |
| summer_and_fall_2020_camp_registration_printable.pdf |
| forma_de_registro_.doc |
