| Monthly Newsletter: May 2020 What is happening at Rock Hollow Woods? Nature at Home Rock Hollow Woods misses you dearly, but the great news is that there is SO much that your children (and you too!) can still do to experience and discover the natural world. We encourage you to keep exploring while respecting social distancing and please share with us the ways your family is getting outside! Don't forget to #rockhollowwoods ! There is a new addition to our Rock Hollow Woods website called Nature at Home which offers remote guided learning while experiencing nature at home. You'll find nature tips on outdoor play, nature journaling, honeybees, birds, and more! These fun activities can also be found on our social media platforms, so be sure to follow us on Facebook and Instagram. Nature Pre-K Program Enrollment is still open for our Nature Pre-K Program for the Fall of 2020, so reserve your spot today! Nestled among 77 acres of Rock Hollow Woods, our Nature Pre-K Program immerses children in the outdoors. Through hands-on discovery and inquiry-based learning, children will explore, discover, and grow with all that nature has to offer. We believe that play is an essential method of learning and are inspired by the Reggio Emilia Approach*. Children will be exposed to a wide variety of educational opportunities that encourage self-expression, communication, logical thinking, and problem-solving, all while preparing them for the intellectual, social, emotional, and physical challenges of kindergarten. Our Nature Pre-K Program is appropriate for children ages 4 to 5 (Pre-K.) It will be held on Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 9:30 - 11:30, running from September 2020 through May 2021. "Every cloud has a silver lining." ~John Milton Rock Hollow Woods is very happy to be the recipient of a $4,100 grant that was awarded to us by The Youth Advisory Board of Berks County Community Foundation and Youth Volunteer Corps of Reading. This grant money will be use to continue renovating and remodeling our Learning Center Barn to make it a year-round indoor facility for environmental programs when the weather is too severe to be outdoors. Thank you for being our silver lining this month! Summer is Just Around the Corner Featured summer camps Outdoor STEM Did you ever think about designing and building a boat out of artifacts from nature? In Outdoor STEM, participants will engage in STEM-related challenges utilizing the Engineering and Design Process. They will focus on the Growth Mindset Model and the Power of YET! Read more & sign up! Mix It Up! Mixed Media Art & Outside Adventures During Mix It Up! campers will create projects and by the end of the week have their own mixed media booklet. Following the artistic experiences, the children and teachers will hike, play environmental games, explore the great outdoors and/or have free play each day. Read more & sign up! Team Building & Environmental Games During Team Building & Environmental Games , campers learn to think critically, work together and solve problems through hands-on exploration, games, hiking and more. Campers will participate in a variety of activities that use the natural environment of Rock Hollow Woods’ 77 acres, exploring natural ecosystems in fields, woods and streams. Read more & sign up! Art Journaling in Nature Nature provides unlimited possibilities to express creativity. Our Art Journaling in Nature camp engages children in a variety of environmental experiences followed by opportunities to express themselves creatively in their art journals. Exploring fields, woods, and streams, campers will artistically journal while observing the natural environment. Following field observations and drawing, campers will expand sketches. Read more & sign up! We believe that generosity has the power to unite and heal communities in good times and bad. A global threat like COVID-19 touches every person on the planet, and it presents an opportunity to come together as a global community. #GivingTuesdayNow is a new global day of giving and unity that will take place on May 5, 2020. Let’s come together to create a wave of generosity, citizen engagement, action from business and philanthropy, and support for communities and nonprofits around the world. support rock hollow woods today! Please help us spread the word by sharing this with a friend! Visit Our Site Check us out on social media! |
Monthly Newsletter: May 2020
What is happening at Rock Hollow Woods? | |
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Rock Hollow Woods misses you dearly, but the great news is that there is SO much that your children (and you too!) can still do to experience and discover the natural world. We encourage you to keep exploring while respecting social distancing and please share with us the ways your family is getting outside! Don't forget to #rockhollowwoods!
There is a new addition to our Rock Hollow Woods website called Nature at Home which offers remote guided learning while experiencing nature at home. You'll find nature tips on outdoor play, nature journaling, honeybees, birds, and more! These fun activities can also be found on our social media platforms, so be sure to follow us on Facebook and Instagram.
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Enrollment is still open for our Nature Pre-K Program for the Fall of 2020, so reserve your spot today!
Nestled among 77 acres of Rock Hollow Woods, our Nature Pre-K Program immerses children in the outdoors. Through hands-on discovery and inquiry-based learning, children will explore, discover, and grow with all that nature has to offer. We believe that play is an essential method of learning and are inspired by the Reggio Emilia Approach*. Children will be exposed to a wide variety of educational opportunities that encourage self-expression, communication, logical thinking, and problem-solving, all while preparing them for the intellectual, social, emotional, and physical challenges of kindergarten.
Our Nature Pre-K Program is appropriate for children ages 4 to 5 (Pre-K.) It will be held on Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 9:30 - 11:30, running from September 2020 through May 2021. | |
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"Every cloud has a silver lining."
~John Milton
Rock Hollow Woods is very happy to be the recipient of a $4,100 grant that was awarded to us by The Youth Advisory Board of Berks County Community Foundation and Youth Volunteer Corps of Reading. This grant money will be use to continue renovating and remodeling our Learning Center Barn to make it a year-round indoor facility for environmental programs when the weather is too severe to be outdoors. Thank you for being our silver lining this month!
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Summer is Just Around the Corner | |
Outdoor STEM
Did you ever think about designing and building a boat out of artifacts from nature? In Outdoor STEM, participants will engage in STEM-related challenges utilizing the Engineering and Design Process. They will focus on the Growth Mindset Model and the Power of YET!
Read more & sign up!
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Mix It Up! Mixed Media Art & Outside Adventures
During Mix It Up! campers will create projects and by the end of the week have their own mixed media booklet. Following the artistic experiences, the children and teachers will hike, play environmental games, explore the great outdoors and/or have free play each day.
Read more & sign up!
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Team Building & Environmental Games
During Team Building & Environmental Games, campers learn to think critically, work together and solve problems through hands-on exploration, games, hiking and more. Campers will participate in a variety of activities that use the natural environment of Rock Hollow Woods’ 77 acres, exploring natural ecosystems in fields, woods and streams.
Read more & sign up!
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Art Journaling in Nature
Nature provides unlimited possibilities to express creativity. Our Art Journaling in Nature camp engages children in a variety of environmental experiences followed by opportunities to express themselves creatively in their art journals. Exploring fields, woods, and streams, campers will artistically journal while observing the natural environment. Following field observations and drawing, campers will expand sketches.
Read more & sign up!
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We believe that generosity has the power to unite and heal communities in good times and bad. A global threat like COVID-19 touches every person on the planet, and it presents an opportunity to come together as a global community. #GivingTuesdayNow is a new global day of giving and unity that will take place on May 5, 2020. Let’s come together to create a wave of generosity, citizen engagement, action from business and philanthropy, and support for communities and nonprofits around the world.
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Please help us spread the word by sharing this with a friend! | |
Check us out on social media! | |
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