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Camp RIO and IDEA Public Schools have partnered up to launch a new year-long outdoor program designed for kindergarten students called Nature Buddies.
The program will offer kindergarteners an educational journey to explore the magic of nature through hands-on activities and adventures, a news release stated, adding that the program will have each student visit Camp RIO for five sessions throughout the year.
“’Not every classroom has four walls’ is a concept we believe in deeply,” Camp RIO Director Nancy Mance said in a news release. “Children at this age especially learn best through interaction with the world around them, and the natural world is one of the best teachers of creativity, problem-solving and community.”
The release stated that a new designated area has been built specifically for the program at the camp, which will include various activities designed to improve kindergarten students’ cognitive growth, physical development, and emotional and social well-being, as well as environmental stewardship.
Some activities include:
>> Sensory exploration that will engage all senses through hands-on environmental discovery such as learning different textures of soils, leaves and plants;
>> Guided hikes that will be a quarter mile of exploring native habitats to spark curiosity and creativity;
>> Woodland rhythms which will consist of creating music and art that can be found in nature or the play area, such as onsite instruments or finding tools to create sounds; and
>> Wildwood play that will feature free time of uninstructed play in Camp RIO’s Australian Pine Forest using nature’s elements.
