Summer Winds Day Camp
A place for kids to be kids
Summer Winds is located on a small farm in Snoqualmie, complete with animals, fields, woods, gardens, creeks, and swings.
Campers explore creative arts and nature through ecology games, art projects, farm chores, and expeditions into the nearby woods and meadows.
Director Becca Hall began Summer Winds in 2000 to share her love of nature, art, and farming with children. Camp has since become a tradition, but it maintains a small group atmosphere, with twelve campers and two staff per session.
Sessions for children ages four through eleven.
"The meaning of our self is not to be found in
its separateness from God and others, but in
the ceaseless realization of yoga, of union."
Rabindranath Tagore
Arts and Crafts
Storytelling and Singing
Hands-on Farm Experiences
Games
Nature Lore
New! Family Day
May 14th, 1-4 P.M. All ages.
Crafty Critters
August 8th -- 12th, Ages 5-8, $250
Like art? Like animals? Feed cows, collect eggs, do printmaking, make recycled paper, make puppets, build forts, and dig for buried treasure.
Woodland Elves -- Full
June 27th -- July 1st, Ages 5-8, $250
Have a magical week on the farm! Make fairy wings and wands, sculpt clay, do print-making, collect eggs, explore the forest, and build a house for an elf.
Forest Animals
August 15th -- 19th, Ages 5-8, $250
Bit by the nature bug? Come explore! Churn butter, build forts, make masks, bury secret treasure, collect eggs, and learn to be invisible in the forest.
Happy Farmers
July 5th -- 8th, Ages 4-7, $215
Ready for farm-fresh fun? Come collect eggs, make and sail toy boats, paint, sculpt clay, hear stories in a secret fort, play games, and forage for berries.
Medieval Merrymakers -- Full
August 22nd -- 26th, Ages 8-11, $250
Experience life in the middle ages! Archery, forts, spinning, ballads, puppetry, herbal salve-making, and cooking and eating a medieval feast.
Sarsaparilla Kids
July 11th -- 15th, Ages 7-10, $250
Come have fun the old-fashioned way! Home-made rootbeer, forts, patchwork, folk-tales, jug-bands, kick-the-can, creek-wading, and other old-time fun.
Summer Winds Sleepover Camp Full
August 26th -- 29th, Ages 10-13, $250
Girls Only. Price includes all food.
5:30 P.M. Friday -- 11:30 A.M. Monday
Can't get enough Summer Winds? Come to this campout extravaganza! Big adventures, campfire cooking, bookmaking, plaster masks, writing games, singing, kick-the-can, for three days and nights.
Nature Scouts -- Full
July 18th -- 22nd, Ages 7-10, $250
Calling all adventurers! Come build forts, follow animal trails, make a plaster mask, play capture the flag, make art from mud, and try archery.
Announcing the first ever
Summer Winds Family Day
Saturday, May 14th,
1:00 -- 4:00 PM
Summer Winds Farm
A Summer Winds experience for the whole family!
Current, prospective, and alumni families welcome.
Come explore the farm, play field games, do art, and take part in a parents versus kids butter-making race.
$10 per person or $25 per family.
Money from Family Day will go to form a
Summer Winds Scholarship Fund.
All ages welcome. No dogs please.
Family Day Registration
Form
"I have three boys who have all enjoyed the Summer Winds experience over the past six summers. In this fast-paced, high-tech world, I love the back to basics experience Becca provides my boys. From archery, wool dying, fort-building, and learning to use a pogo stick, the boys always come home with a great adventure to share."
-- Angela, parent in Carnation
"Summer Winds has what kids need and is so hard to provide: time spent outside with farm animals, tall trees, muddy trails, and gentle, caring adults to guide their adventures. My kids have gone for several years, and it's the highlight of their summer. They get to experience an environment so different from their urban home, and they've made memories and friends that will last a lifetime."
-- Martha, parent in Seattle
"I like to see the animals, pick eggs, and make butter in a jar with a spoon."
-- Alice, age 5
"I love Summer Winds camp because you get to play in the woods and make forts in the woods. I also liked all the craft projects. This camp was the best thing I did all summer. I didn't want it to end."
-- Dawson, age 9
"I have gone to Summer Winds a bunch, and it's really fun, and you get to do arts and crafts and swing and take care of chickens and go on nature walks. You should go."
-- Lucy, age 9
Becca Hall
Becca started Summer Winds in 2000 as a way to share her love of nature, art, and farming with children.
She graduated from Stanford University, and received an M.S. in Environmental Studies from the University of Montana.
When camp is not in session, she lives in Seattle, where she writes fiction and runs Frog Hollow School, a language arts program for homeschoolers.
Registration
To secure a spot, please return the registration form along with a $50 per child per camp deposit to:
39819 SE 60th
Snoqualmie, WA, 98065
Please make checks payable to Becca Hall.
Watch for a confirmation postcard.
Tuition balance and medical release form due July 1st. Tuition non-refundable within two weeks of camp.
Limited scholarships available.
Please ask.
All camps, except campout, 9am to 3pm.
Make checks payable to Becca Hall
