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2020 Farm Camp (June,July,August)
* We are updating 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 will be creating more outdoor spaces to host camper groups. Frequent hand washing at our outdoor wash station will become part of our daily flow. We are confident our farm, forest and creek will provide a safe, and restorative space for you and your children. The information below is accurate reflecting this summer's themes. Seed Song honors the commitment to nature education and we will not turn anyone away based on cost.
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_camp_registration__editable_.doc
PDF ----> summer_camp_registration2020__to_print_
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 are updating 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 will be creating more outdoor spaces to host camper groups. Frequent hand washing at our outdoor wash station will become part of our daily flow. We are confident our farm, forest and creek will provide a safe, and restorative space for you and your children. The information below is accurate reflecting this summer's themes. Seed Song honors the commitment to nature education and we will not turn anyone away based on cost.
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_camp_registration__editable_.doc
PDF ----> summer_camp_registration2020__to_print_
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
Ages 5 and older:
One-Week SUMMER ON THE FARM! Summer Camp programs (Ages 5 and up):
Cost: Unassisted Cost $350 per week, $315 each additional child. We've received limited funding from the community for our Immigrant Camper Fund to make our camp programs available to low income and immigrant families. please don't let cost prevent your child from attending.
To start the application; 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 ~REGISTRATION CLOSED~
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
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
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
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.
Frequently Asked Questions:
Training, CPR and background checks of the staff:
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 1:12, 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:
One-Week SUMMER ON THE FARM! Summer Camp programs (Ages 5 and up):
Cost: Unassisted Cost $350 per week, $315 each additional child. We've received limited funding from the community for our Immigrant Camper Fund to make our camp programs available to low income and immigrant families. please don't let cost prevent your child from attending.
To start the application; 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 ~REGISTRATION CLOSED~
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
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
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
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.
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!
- We have on-site staff trained and certified by the Red Cross in first aid, CPR, AED, and Waterfront Safety.
- 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 1:12, 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_camp_registration__editable_.doc |
| summer_camp_registration2020__to_print_ |
| forma_de_registro_.doc |
