We have Kindergarten Openings for school year 2024-25. Scholarships for Indigenous students available until funding is used.
Click here for info about our Forest School and Waldorf-Inspired Private Kindergarten: Apple Blossom Outdoor Kindergarten
Summer Day Camps 2024! Register below for Summer Camps!
Our camps are immersion camps! Kids get immersed in the storyline and their imagination. Please choose a camp week when your child does not have other scheduled activities so they can fully immerse themselves in the theme. Especially offsite camps where we hike, Families need to plan to bring their child on time and let them remain at camp for the day. (exceptions can be made for medical or other appointments)
Apple Blossom Summer Day Camps 2024
Summer Camp Line up 2024!
Email: naturalchildhood@gmail.com
Registration is open!
We will update COVID 19 policies 2 weeks before camps begin. We follow CDC guidelines on quarantine and isolation.
PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE REGISTERING! Follow this process to complete your registration.
Read the Summer Camp Handbook
Register and choose to pay the down payment or pay for the entire camp for one child at a time. Select the payment option and “add to cart” for child #1.
Enter the shopping cart at the top of the page, filling out the registration form. Finish check out.
Begin registration process for child #2.
Do you want multiple camps or have multiple kids? We have payment plans available if your family is registering for more than 3 camps. Email Dacia at naturalchildhood@gmail.com to find out more.
June 10 - 13, 2024 9:00 - 3:00, ages 8 - 12 Lake Bemidji State Park
COME SURVIVE THE WILD WITH US! LEARNING SURVIVAL SKILLS BY ORDER OF IMPORTANCE, EACH DAY TAKES US INTO THE WOODS ON A NEW TRAIL AND A NEW ADVENTURE! (SNACK PROVIDED) Be prepared to take daily hikes as we build up our stamina for an adventure walk on day 4!
June 17 - 20, 2024 Ages 4 - 8 years 9:00 - 3:00
Enter a world of imagination in Fairytale Village! EACH DAY WE HEAR A FAIRYTALE AND THEN JUMP INSIDE THE STORY WITH A SNACK, PLAYTIME, AND ARTS AND CRAFTS INSPIRED BY THE STORY! COME DRESSED AS YOUR FAVORITE FAIRYTALE CHARACTER OR WEAR ONE OF OUR COSTUMES! Join us for this magical Midsummer Week as we eat porridge with the Three Bears, find gold with Jack from Jack and the Beanstalk, play the harp with the fairies, and see a Fairytale puppet show acted out by the neighboring Puppetry Camp! (SNACK PROVIDED) Families are welcome to join us for our Midsummer Fest Event in the Fairytale Village on Friday June 21st from 4 - 7 pm (optional)!
July 15 - 18, 2024 9:00 - 3:00 Ages 6 to 11
DISCOVER TREES IN A WHOLE NEW WAY AS WE PLAY AND LEARN IN THE FOREST at Lake Bemidji State Park. Just as we communicate with our words, trees have a hidden unspoken language of their own. Join us for a fresh look at trees in this wonder filled week!
July 29 - August 1, 2024 9:00 - 3:00 Ages 6 to 11
Step back into medieval times filled with knights and dragons, wizards and royalty! Choose your character, build a shop, and try your hand at archery. NEIGHBORING THE DRAGON KEEPERS VILLAGE IS KING ROHAN’S VILLAGE. JUMP INTO THE SAGA OF KING ROHAN AND BUILD, COOK, WHITTLE, SEW, FELT WOOL AND MORE! ALAS, WE MAY NEED TO CONSULT THE DRAGON KEEPERS NEXT DOOR IN ORDER TO TAME THE HATCHING DRAGONS! (SNACK PROVIDED) Be prepared to set up shop and practice a handcraft to contribute to life in the village!
June 10 - 13, 2024 9:00 - 3:00 Ages 4 - 8
JOIN US FOR 4 DAYS ON THE TRAIL! HEAR A NATURE STORY, MAKE A SNACK POUCH, AND GET ON THE TRAIL! (SNACK PROVIDED) We will explore hidden spaces and investigate seasonal signs of the animal and plant life, learning through play and hands on art and activities. Bemidji State Park Picnic Shelter
June 24 - 27, 2024 9:00 - 3:00 Ages 6 - 11
Enchanters, wizards, sorcerers, and magical beings, GET READY FOR AN ENCHANTING WEEK AS WE PRACTICE OUR SPELLS, MAKE POTIONS, AND LEARN ABOUT HERBS AND PLANT REMEDIES! Magic happens as we set up our shops and enchanters village.
July 22 - July 25, 2024 9:00 - 3:00 Ages 4 - 8
Join the fairies and magical creatures in the Enchanted Garden as we help the pollinators weather the storm while learning strategies to calm ourselves. We will try out garden yoga, belly breathing, and learn problem solving skills all while playing imaginatively outside! Children help with garden tasks each day and we will create a fairy garden to take home. SEND A CONTAINER ON DAY 2!
August 12 - 15, 2024 9:00 - 3:00 Ages 5 - 9
Land Ahoy! GET READY TO SET SAIL AS WE JOURNEY ACROSS THE SEA. BEWARE THE WINDS THAT BLOW US ASHORE ON A LOST ISLAND WHERE WE DISCOVER A NEW SHIP ARRIVING, AND LEARN TO SURVIVE ALONG WITH OUR NEIGHBORS IN THE NORSE VILLAGE!
August 12 - 16, 2024 9:00 - 3:00 M-Th and 9:00 - 2:00 F Ages 10 - 13
Take on an ancient character, row across broad waters, and explore cryptic runes. Mythology and a variety of traditional nordic crafts are all part of creating this working community where we build shelters, cook over the fire, weave, work with wood and leather, and so much more. Day 1 drop off at Diamond Point to row the Dragon Boat to Apple Blossom via lake Bemidji and Lake Irving. We arrive at our “unknown land” where we build, garden, craft, barter, practice archery , play Viking games, and lend a hand to the neighboring village. Last day ends at 2:00 pm with a Viking Feast and Tour of the Village for parents. (SNACK PROVIDED) Be prepared to set up a shop and bring a handcraft to do! Classes in handcrafts and skills will be given throughout the week as well.
June 17 - 20, 2024, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm, and optional performance at 4:30 and 6:30 pm Friday June 21 at Midsummer Fest! ages 8 - 12 years
Discover the elements of storytelling as we turn an Irish Midsummer fairytale into a puppet show! This camp includes a guest artist from Headwaters School of Music and Arts to help us build our puppets! stay tuned for details Something for everyone with stage and props, puppet making, writing/rewriting, and performing for parents and the neighboring camp on the last day! Plus optional performances at Apple Blossom Midsummer Fest on Friday June 21st. In between puppet making there will be time in the Midsummer Village for Maypole dance, games in the great outdoors, sampling fairytale foods, storytelling, and crafts. Looking for kids who like art, handcrafts, sewing, and performing!
July 15 - 18, 2024 Ages 3.5 - 6 9:00 am - noon
Perfect for our youngest campers, this gentle morning camp begins with songs and fingerplays led by an experienced and nurturing early childhood teacher. After we greet the day and each other, the children are read a beautifully written and illustrated storybook. Imagination brings the story to life as we allow children to express the artist within through drawing, painting, building, and cooking, inspired by the story! This year’s theme is gardening! Your child must be age 3 by March 1st, 2024 and potty trained to attend this camp.
July 29 - August 1, 2024 9:00 - 3:00 Ages 5 - 9
GET READY FOR A WEEK OF DRAGON HATCHING, DRAGON TAMING, AND DRAGON TRAINING! LOCATED NEXT DOOR TO KING ROHAN’S MEDIEVAL VILLAGE, WE MAY NEED TO LEND A HAND WITH THEIR UNRULY DRAGONS!