Tadpole Summer Camps
2024 Summer Nature Camps for Ages 3 - 5
“Summer is when the children go barefoot and their hearts are just as free as their toes.”
At Tadpole Camps, our littlest campers will have adventures on the land, engage in creative outdoor play, try out crafting with the raw materials that nature provides, sing and move along with whimsical songs, play active games, enjoy storytelling and acting out stories, and more! We like to keep our mentor/child ratio small to create a cozy community, so spaces are limited. Parent participation is always welcomed, but not required.
Tadpole Camp Info:
Days: Monday - Friday
Time: 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Tuition: $310/Week
Location: El Chorro Regional Park and SLO Botanical Gardens, and
Camps fill up fast. Don't miss out!
Forts and Fairy Houses!
JUNE 24 - JUNE 28, 2024
Ages: 3 - 5
Mentors: TBA
Let's get building! We’ll find secret hiding spots under the trees and bushes; gather sticks, leaves, long grass and treasures. Then, we’ll invite our friends (and also the gnomes and the fairies) to the shelters we create for ourselves and for them! Our imaginations and our developing sense of belonging in the natural world will inspire games, stories, nature crafts, shelter-building, and more!
Animal Games!
JULY 01 - JULY 06, 2023 (Mon-Sat with no program on Thursday, July 4th)
Ages: 3 - 5
Mentors: TBA
Let’s head out to where the animals go...down the creek, up a tree, out in the hills, and into the fields to look for tadpoles and frogs, grasshoppers and ladybugs, lizards and snakes, crows and hawks. What other animals live at El Chorro? We will creep and sneak and catch up with them, if we can! Games, stories, and crafts will be inspired by local animals and how they live.
Earth Art!
JULY 08 - JULY 12, 2024
Ages: 3 - 5
Mentors: TBA
Let's make something! Bows and arrows; weavings and wands all start with a good stick! Nature provides the materials for endless creativity: mud, stones, sticks, seeds, leaves, grasses, bark, berries, and more. Found objects will inspire our nature crafts, games, stories, and creative play. We’ll hike and gather and create together with our summer friends.
Grasshoppers, Ladybugs, and Crickets!
JULY 15 - JULY 19, 2024
Ages: 3 - 5
Mentors: TBA
Sometimes the most fun and magic happens right there in the grass, right in front of our eyes! We don’t have to go far to find the grasshoppers, stick bugs, ladybugs, tadpoles and water striders. With the opportunity to explore the Children’s Garden and the nearby creek we will find that there are endless things to spark our imagination everywhere we look. Can you imagine what it would feel like to hop like a grasshopper? To be still like a praying mantis? We will let these wonderful creatures inspire our play, stories, and curiosity as we flow through the long summer days!