Events & Programs: Youth
- Salt Marsh Nature Explorations
Wednesday May 1, 2013 – Monday Sep 30, 2013
9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Daily by registration only - Salt Marsh by Canoe
Monday May 6, 2013 – Monday Sep 30, 2013
9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Daily by registration only - Nature Art via the Marsh
Tuesday Aug 6, 2013 10:30 am – 12:00 pm - Nature Art via the Marsh
Tuesday Jul 23, 2013 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Tuesday - Nature Art via the Marsh
Tuesday Jul 9, 2013 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Tuesday - Tiny Tot Tour
Thursday Aug 15, 2013 10:30 am – 11:30 am - Tiny Tot Tour
Thursday Jul 11, 2013 10:30 am – 11:30 am - Introducing the Salt Marsh Through Pottery
Tuesday Jul 16, 2013 10:30 am – 12:00 pm - Curious Cubs
Tuesday Apr 2, 2013 – Tuesday Jun 11, 2013
10:30 am – 1:00 pm
Tuesdays - Family Fun
Wednesday Apr 3, 2013 – Wednesday Jun 12, 2013
10:00 am – 11:00 am
Wednesdays - Good Night Nature
Tuesday May 28, 2013 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm - Family Fun
Tuesday Apr 2, 2013 – Tuesday Jun 11, 2013
9:15 am – 10:15 am
Every Tuesday - Water World
Monday Aug 5, 2013 – Friday Aug 9, 2013
9:00 am – 3:00 pm - The Big and Small of It All
Monday Jul 29, 2013 – Friday Aug 2, 2013
9:00 am – 3:00 pm - Nature Time: Spring Session
Monday Apr 22, 2013 – Monday Jun 3, 2013
10:00 am – 11:00 am
Mondays - Summer Family Fun
Monday Jul 22, 2013 – Monday Aug 12, 2013
9:15 am – 10:15 am
Monday mornings - Summer Family Fun
Monday Jul 22, 2013 – Monday Aug 12, 2013
10:30 am – 11:30 am
Monday mornings - Summer Family Fun
Monday Jun 24, 2013 – Monday Jul 15, 2013
10:30 am – 11:30 am
Monday mornings - Summer Family Fun
Monday Jun 24, 2013 – Monday Jul 15, 2013
9:15 am – 10:15 am
Monday mornings - Summer Squash
Wednesday Jul 17, 2013 – Friday Jul 26, 2013
9:15 am – 1:00 pm
Wednesdays and Fridays - Summer Squash
Wednesday Jun 26, 2013 – Wednesday Jul 3, 2013
9:15 am – 1:00 pm
Wednesdays and Fridays - Summer Squash
Wednesday Aug 7, 2013 – Friday Aug 16, 2013
9:15 am – 1:00 pm
Wednesdays and Fridays - Sprouts
Tuesday Jul 9, 2013 – Friday Jul 12, 2013
9:15 am – 2:45 pm - Summer Squash
Tuesday Aug 6, 2013 – Thursday Aug 15, 2013
9:15 am – 1:00 pm
Tuesdays and Thursdays - Summer Squash
Tuesday Jul 16, 2013 – Thursday Jul 25, 2013
9:15 am – 1:00 pm
Tuesdays and Thursdays - Summer Squash
Tuesday Jun 25, 2013 – Tuesday Jul 2, 2013
9:15 am – 1:00 pm
Tuesdays and Thursdays - EcoExplorers
Monday Jul 15, 2013 – Friday Jul 19, 2013
9:00 am – 3:00 pm - Sprouts
Tuesday Jul 30, 2013 – Friday Aug 2, 2013
9:15 am – 2:45 pm - Natural Expressions
Monday Aug 5, 2013 – Friday Aug 9, 2013
9:00 am – 3:00 pm - Secrets of the Wild
Monday Jun 24, 2013 – Wednesday Jul 3, 2013
9:00 am – 3:00 pm - Nature Detectives
Monday Jul 8, 2013 – Friday Jul 12, 2013
9:00 am – 3:00 pm - Blooming Discoveries
Monday Jul 15, 2013 – Friday Jul 19, 2013
9:00 am – 3:00 pm - Water Worlds
Monday Jul 22, 2013 – Friday Jul 26, 2013
9:00 am – 3:00 pm - Wonders of Wildlife
Monday Jul 29, 2013 – Friday Aug 2, 2013
9:00 am – 3:00 pm - Incredible Explorations
Monday Aug 5, 2013 – Friday Aug 16, 2013
9:00 am – 3:00 pm - Awesome Adventures
Monday Aug 19, 2013 – Friday Aug 23, 2013
9:00 am – 3:00 pm - Snowy Egret 5K Run/Walk
Monday May 27, 2013 8:30 am – 12:00 pm - Nature Time for Children: Summer Session
Monday Jul 15, 2013 – Monday Aug 26, 2013
10:00 am – 11:00 am
Mondays - Birdathon Celebration Dinner
Friday Jun 14, 2013 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm - Butterfly Walk
Saturday Jul 13, 2013 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm - Nature Art via the Marsh
Tuesday Aug 20, 2013 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
- May
- Snowy Egret 5K Run/Walk
Run or walk at one of the most scenic and special places in Maine and support the Scarborough Marsh.
The race starts at 9 a.m. at the Nature Center on Route 9. A 1K Fun Run for kids started at 8:30 a.m.
Entry fee:
• $14 preregistration
• $17 race day registration
• $4 Kids 1K Fun Run (12 and under) - Good Night Nature
Please join us for this gentle moonlit hour based around a bedtime story about animals of the night. Come in your pajamas, but prepare to venture outdoors. We’ll play, sing, create art and have a snack before you head home to sleep.
Accompanying adults and siblings under two of registered children are welcome at no charge.
- June
- Birdathon Celebration Dinner
Sponsors and birders alike are welcome to this rollicking potluck dinner. Come with a dish and birding stories! Or, come with a dish and listen to birding stories. Some of the teams even put on skits. Winning teams will be announced. All ages welcome.
- Secrets of the Wild
In this eight day session, campers will discover the mysteries of wildlife living at the sanctuary by rolling over logs, examining tree cavities, and playing educational games in forest habitat.
- Summer Family Fun
Join your child in these playful sessions as we explore, sing and create together accompanied by the sights and sounds of the sanctuary in summer. Perfect for families with children of mixed ages.
- Summer Family Fun
Join your child in these playful sessions as we explore, sing and create together accompanied by the sights and sounds of the sanctuary in summer. Perfect for families with children of mixed ages.
- Summer Squash
Drop your child off for this half day program full of adventure, exploring the forest, meadow, salt marsh, and pond at our sanctuary. Themes include: Teeny Tiny Critters, Paddlers and Hoppers, and Feathered Friends.
Learn more - Summer Squash
Drop your child off for this half day program full of adventure, exploring the forest, meadow, salt marsh, and pond at our sanctuary. Themes include: Teeny Tiny Critters, Paddlers and Hoppers, and Feathered Friends.
Learn more - July
- Nature Detectives
Junior detectives learn investigative skills to search for evidence of wildlife around the sanctuary during this five day session. Campers will develop critical thinking skills to understand what animals are moving around the refuge and why, all while playing fun nature detective games and activities.
- Sprouts
Come to Sprouts, our extended day program, designed to coordinate with our multi-age summer camp. Children will discover firsthand the wildlife that lives here. They may look under logs in the forest, scoop tadpoles from the pond or net insects in the meadow. Children from both programs will lunch together, hear a story and play games before the younger children have a quiet rest period.
Learn more - Nature Art via the Marsh
Through various art forms we will discover some of the secrets of the marsh. Children will explore the marsh and then participate on a craft activity. All sessions are different.
- Tiny Tot Tour
Introduce your wee folk to this unique habitat through interactive hands-on activities (an adult needs to accompany each child). They will experience the marsh first hand, looking through algae for small critters, jumping in the mud, looking at insects and more.
- Butterfly Walk
Help count butterflies for the North American Butterfly Count. Counts are held nationwide, and the Fields Pond Butterfly Count supplies important data about declines or increases of butterfly populations. Anyone interested in counting (and identifying) butterflies on that date elsewhere within the count circle should contact Pat Snyder for details at 567-3137 or dorine38@aol.com. The circle is 7.5 mile radius centered on Fields Pond.
- EcoExplorers
Take it Outside…Explore, Play, and Learn this Summer with Fields Pond day camps!
Time to don your explorer’s cap and take it outside to discover the thrill of adventure as we explore the different ecosystems here at Fields Pond. Experience the diversity of life and habitat in a different ecosystem each day. Come explore our wonderful world and enjoy the thrill of exercising your body and your mind!
Learn more - Blooming Discoveries
Gilsland Farm sanctuary provides an excellent training ground for campers to learn nature appreciation skills that deepen their caring and love for nature. Campers will develop skills like nature sketching, plant identification, and bird watching while being inspired by the history of famous naturalists to take action in the future. This week long session includes a field trip and sanctuary-wide games.
- Nature Time for Children: Summer Session
The summertime is made for getting out into nature! Parents with children ages 2 to 4 come to a nature-based program with movement, stories, art projects and an outdoor adventure. Parents participate too. Be prepared to be outside nature detectives for a portion of each program.
- Summer Squash
Drop your child off for this half day program full of adventure, exploring the forest, meadow, salt marsh, and pond at our sanctuary. Themes include: Teeny Tiny Critters, Paddlers and Hoppers, and Feathered Friends.
Learn more - Introducing the Salt Marsh Through Pottery
Explorers search the marsh for natural artifacts, shells, grasses and flowers from the salt marsh then incorporate these treasures into their own handmade pottery.
- Summer Squash
Drop your child off for this half day program full of adventure, exploring the forest, meadow, salt marsh, and pond at our sanctuary. Themes include: Teeny Tiny Critters, Paddlers and Hoppers, and Feathered Friends.
Learn more - Water Worlds
Gilsland Farm sanctuary provides an ideal setting for campers to explore life in and around wet and wild areas like salt marshes and ponds. In this five day session, we’ll go searching for bullfrogs, and play aquatic games.
This session includes a field trip to MacWorth Island where campers can get their feet wet exploring marine creatures up close.
- Summer Family Fun
Join your child in these playful sessions as we explore, sing and create together accompanied by the sights and sounds of the sanctuary in summer. Perfect for families with children of mixed ages. Maximum of three children per adult. No charge for children under two with a registered sibling.
- Summer Family Fun
Join your child in these playful sessions as we explore, sing and create together accompanied by the sights and sounds of the sanctuary in summer. Perfect for families with children of mixed ages. Maximum of three children per adult. No charge for children under two with a registered sibling.
- Nature Art via the Marsh
Through various art forms we will discover some of the secrets of the marsh. Children will explore the marsh and then participate on a craft activity. All sessions are different.
- The Big and Small of It All
Join us as we take it outside to savor and amaze at how big and small our wonderful world is. From exploring our climax forest to micro-hikes, you’re camper will be on a roller coaster of magnificent proportions as we move through big ideas like interdependence on down to microscopic larvae in the pond.
- Wonders of Wildlife
In this five day session, campers will explore the pond, forest, meadow and salt marsh using scientific tools to uncover the little known facts about critters living on the sanctuary. We will play stimulating nature games that are both fun and educational.
- Sprouts
Come to Sprouts, our extended day program, designed to coordinate with our multi-age summer camp. Children will discover firsthand the wildlife that lives here. They may look under logs in the forest, scoop tadpoles from the pond or net insects in the meadow.
Learn more - August
- Natural Expressions
Time to take it outside…
What could be more valuable than an appreciation of art and nature? An appreciation of art IN nature! Let all of Fields Pond be your muse as we couple explorations and observations in nature with expressions of creative freedom. Campers will take it outside to draw, paint, build, write and act their way through an amazing week looking at our wonderful world through an artist’s lens.
Learn more - Water World
Water will drive our adventures this week, steering us into motion on a global and local level. Activate your body and mind as we take it outside to explore the properties of our watershed and assess its value as an important part of our wonderful world. Experience your journey as a drop of water, a frog in a pond, and a fish in the river. Enjoy visits from guest scientists dedicating their time to improving water quality for all living things.
Learn more - Incredible Explorations
In this ten day session, campers get their hands dirty with in-depth exploration of the natural world. We will put their newfound skills to practise by going on a field trip to MacWorth Island. We will go on another incredible off-site adventure as well, and play sanctuary-wide games.
- Summer Squash
Drop your child off for this half day program full of adventure, exploring the forest, meadow, salt marsh, and pond at our sanctuary. Themes include: Teeny Tiny Critters, Paddlers and Hoppers, and Feathered Friends.
Learn more - Nature Art via the Marsh
Through various art forms we will discover some of the secrets of the marsh. Children will explore the marsh and then participate on a craft activity. All sessions are different.
- Summer Squash
Drop your child off for this half day program full of adventure, exploring the forest, meadow, salt marsh, and pond at our sanctuary. Themes include: Teeny Tiny Critters, Paddlers and Hoppers, and Feathered Friends.
- Tiny Tot Tour
Introduce your wee folk to this unique habitat through interactive hands-on activities (an adult needs to accompany each child). They will experience the marsh first hand, looking through algae for small critters, jumping in the mud, looking at insects and more.
- Awesome Adventures
In this five day session, campers will learn about and explore animal habitat on the sanctuary. We’ll play nature games based on the everyday adventures of animals like red-tailed hawks and groundhogs.
- Nature Art via the Marsh
Through various art forms we will discover some of the secrets of the marsh. Children will explore the marsh and then participate on a craft activity. All sessions are different.
