| Monthly Newsletter: July 2020 What is happening at Rock Hollow Woods? Summer is Just Around the Corner Featured summer camps Poetry Jam and Free Play Children will be immersed in poetry and music in the great outdoors throughout the week and have time for free play! During Poetry Jam and Free Play they will be performing poetry with percussion instruments in a variety of outdoor settings. Each day, children will also engage in music games and drama activities. At the end of the week, children will share a performance with their families! Read more & sign up! Camp Hike About and Nature Photography Capturing the beauty of nature is a gift - can you do it? Each day at Camp Hike About and Nature Photography the children will learn the art of nature photography, followed by a hike to a different part of Rock Hollow Woods or the Ephraim Malickson Wildlife Sanctuary adjacent to Rock Hollow Woods. Hiking destinations will be to wetlands, the Indian Corn Creek, a creek tributary, a deciduous forest, and ponds. The campers will explore different environmental talk points while hiking and have time for exploration of the area with cameras. They will also take breaks for games and free time. Read more & sign up! Mix It Up! Mixed Media Art and 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! Woods, Water, and Wildlife Hands-on exploration, hiking, art projects and storytelling...sounds like a WWW-onderful week! In Woods, Water, and Wildlife camp, children will explore natural habitats contained in and around fields, woods, and streams. Activities will include creek exploration, woodland creations, swamp study and more! Read more & sign up! Fairies in the Forest Wouldn't it be magical to spend a week in fairyland - reading, writing, sharing, and creating all about fairies?! At Fairies in the Forest camp, children will engage in a variety of fairy activities throughout Rock Hollow Woods' 77 acres. Campers will read a variety of fairy stories and write their own. Together campers will also create their own fairy world and share their fairy stories with the other participants. Read more & sign up! Grateful for our volunteers! Meet Ed Scott , the orienteering expert for Rock Hollow Woods. Thank you, Ed for our new orienteering map! Ed has been diligently working on mapping Rock Hollow Woods' property and his perseverance has paid off. Rock Hollow Woods now has an official Delaware Valley Orienteering Association map. The program possibilities this map will give Rock Hollow Woods are endless! We look forward to being able to run workshops and teach children the skills needed to be an orienteer. Ed, the gift of your time and talent will be appreciated forever! Ed’s background includes teaching 7th grade science for 25 years and organizing a Scout Orienteering day at French Creek for the past 30 years. ( http://www.scoutorienteering.com/ ) He’s done many outdoor programs at various Berks County parks, French Creek, Hawk Mountain Scout Camp, and indoor instructional programs for Boy Scouts and scout leaders. He also participates in the Twin Valley’s “Environmental Outdoors Day” at French Creek. Ed’s grandson has attended programs at Rock Hollow Woods and he recommends them to anyone. Great news! You can now support Rock Hollow Woods Environmental Learning Center in the Amazon shopping app on iOS and Android mobile phones! Simply follow these instructions to turn on AmazonSmile and start generating donations. 1 ~ Open the Amazon Shopping app on your device 2 ~ Go into the main menu of the Amazon Shopping app and tap into 'Settings' 3 ~ Tap 'AmazonSmile' and follow the on-screen instructions to complete the process Thank you so much for helping us grow! 💚 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. Please help us spread the word by sharing this with a friend! Visit Our Site Check us out on social media! |
Monthly Newsletter: July 2020
What is happening at Rock Hollow Woods? | |
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Summer is Just Around the Corner | |
Poetry Jam and Free Play
Children will be immersed in poetry and music in the great outdoors throughout the week and have time for free play! During Poetry Jam and Free Play they will be performing poetry with percussion instruments in a variety of outdoor settings. Each day, children will also engage in music games and drama activities. At the end of the week, children will share a performance with their families!
Read more & sign up!
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Camp Hike About and Nature Photography
Capturing the beauty of nature is a gift - can you do it? Each day at Camp Hike About and Nature Photography the children will learn the art of nature photography, followed by a hike to a different part of Rock Hollow Woods or the Ephraim Malickson Wildlife Sanctuary adjacent to Rock Hollow Woods. Hiking destinations will be to wetlands, the Indian Corn Creek, a creek tributary, a deciduous forest, and ponds. The campers will explore different environmental talk points while hiking and have time for exploration of the area with cameras. They will also take breaks for games and free time.
Read more & sign up!
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Mix It Up! Mixed Media Art and 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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Woods, Water, and Wildlife
Hands-on exploration, hiking, art projects and storytelling...sounds like a WWW-onderful week! In Woods, Water, and Wildlife camp, children will explore natural habitats contained in and around fields, woods, and streams. Activities will include creek exploration, woodland creations, swamp study and more!
Read more & sign up!
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Fairies in the Forest
Wouldn't it be magical to spend a week in fairyland - reading, writing, sharing, and creating all about fairies?! At Fairies in the Forest camp, children will engage in a variety of fairy activities throughout Rock Hollow Woods' 77 acres. Campers will read a variety of fairy stories and write their own. Together campers will also create their own fairy world and share their fairy stories with the other participants.
Read more & sign up!
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Grateful for our volunteers! | |
Meet Ed Scott, the orienteering expert for Rock Hollow Woods.
Thank you, Ed for our new orienteering map! Ed has been diligently working on mapping Rock Hollow Woods' property and his perseverance has paid off. Rock Hollow Woods now has an official Delaware Valley Orienteering Association map. The program possibilities this map will give Rock Hollow Woods are endless! We look forward to being able to run workshops and teach children the skills needed to be an orienteer. Ed, the gift of your time and talent will be appreciated forever!
Ed’s background includes teaching 7th grade science for 25 years and organizing a Scout Orienteering day at French Creek for the past 30 years. ( http://www.scoutorienteering.com/ ) He’s done many outdoor programs at various Berks County parks, French Creek, Hawk Mountain Scout Camp, and indoor instructional programs for Boy Scouts and scout leaders. He also participates in the Twin Valley’s “Environmental Outdoors Day” at French Creek. Ed’s grandson has attended programs at Rock Hollow Woods and he recommends them to anyone.
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Great news! You can now support Rock Hollow Woods Environmental Learning Center in the Amazon shopping app on iOS and Android mobile phones! Simply follow these instructions to turn on AmazonSmile and start generating donations.
1 ~ Open the Amazon Shopping app on your device
2 ~ Go into the main menu of the Amazon Shopping app and tap into 'Settings'
3 ~ Tap 'AmazonSmile' and follow the on-screen instructions to complete the process
Thank you so much for helping us grow! 💚
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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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Please help us spread the word by sharing this with a friend! | |
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