For the first time Wild Bear! Explore and discover at the Mountain Ecology Center, Middle Boulder Creek, Chipeta Park and Pond, Barker Reservoir, the willows, the woods and the community.
- Programs run 8:00am-3:30pm (with an after care option until 5:30) in Nederland, Colorado.
- Choose any or all days of the week.
- Inquire about our shuttle service from and to Boulder!
- To register, download the registration form, $60/day ($55/day 15 days or more)
Busy Beavers ~ June 4-8 Slap! That’s what the Beaver’s tail does to warn predators! Let’s meet the beaver and other animals and learn about the homes they build. Can you build like an animal in the wild? Use your imagination and create your own burrow, nest or den!
Crawling and Flying Creatures ~ June 11-15 Get up close and personal with some arthropods and discover their important jobs in nature. Lift up the rocks to find those ground dwellers! Beetles, worms, and roly polys! Soar through the air and find those winged creatures, the dragonflies, damselflies, honey bees and more!
Animal Musicians ~ June 18-22 Did you know that wild animals make a lot of music that they all understand? Do you understand them and can they understand you? Let’s learn their tunes and explore music in time with nature! Create an instrument of the earth the take home.
Sprouts ~ June 25-29 Get your hands in the soil and explore the life of a seed. Will it grow? Will it bloom? Take home your own mini-garden and find out!
Icky Sticky Wacky Tacky ~ July 2-6 Discover the ooey gooey smelly and tasty qualities of the natural world! Tree sap, honey, mud, chocolate, and….oobleck!?
Fossils, Rocks and Dinosaurs ~ July 9-13 Search for rocks! Smooth, flat, rough and colorful. Make a collection to treasure forever. Sometimes rocks can tell us stories of the animals that lived long ago. Become a paleontologist and discover the dinosaurs and other ancient animals.
Wild Wind Crafts ~ July 16-20 Learn about the wonders of the air and create flying birds, planes, windsocks and pinwheels! Create your own kite to soar through the sky. Fly kites with us!
Aquatic Adventures ~ July 23-27 Perfect timing to play in the water! Discover the creek, the pond and the reservoir. Who lives in the water, down deep? Let’s experiment with the water, sinking and floating and making our own boats out of natural materials!
Magic Mountain Mystery ~ July 30-August 3 Explore the many mysteries of the forest through games, scavenger hunts and more! Build houses for our magical mystery friends, the Wood Faeries and Forest Gnomes! Use your imagination in the forest.
- Camps run 8:00am-3:30pm in Nederland, Colorado.
- After care from 3:30-5:30pm in Nederland OR shuttle service from Boulder available.
- Choose any or all days of the week!
- Online registration will be available soon. Meanwhile, please print this form, fill it out with your desired dates, mail it in, phone us or email it to registrar@wildbear.org.
- REGISTER BEFORE MARCH 15 and receive a 5% discount on program tuition (does not apply to payment plans).
Pricing:
- Sign up for any combination of days: $60/day (8-3:30), $15/day after care (3:30-5:30)
- Bulk rate: Sign up for 15 days or more: $55/day (8-3:30) and $10/day (3:30-5:30)
- Shuttle fee: $8/child/day between Boulder and Ned (Drop off your child at 8am in Boulder and pick up at 4pm in Boulder).
