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World Story Exchange - Summer Youth Program

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Outdoor Skills & Explorations - Summer Youth Program 


FOR AGES 9-13


Location: 25 New Boston Rd, Norwich, Vermont (.5 miles from Huntley Meadow)



Mondays: July 5 - August 23 from 3-5:00pm 
Register for 4, 6, or 8 MONDAY - (Schedule Mondays now or later)
Drop off between 2:45-3pm, and pick up will be between 5-5:15pm.
 
TO SIGN UP, Please fill out this REGISTRATION FORM: https://forms.gle/noZ3YdJmVB3ezbZN9 

4 Mondays - $260
6 Mondays - $375
8 Mondays - $480 
Costs include workshop series fee, materials and end-of-summer Skills Demonstration Event.


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World Story Exchange is proud to offer a new program for youth called Outdoor Skills and Explorations.  The program is developed and led by Scott McClure Miller and is based on his decades of experience exploring and appreciating the wild places where nature reigns supreme - “The Great Outdoors.”  Students will learn a series of skills to develop the confidence and comfort to explore the outdoors.  Along with practical skills, students will learn how nature works by doing basic scientific identification of plants, animals and ecological systems.  Above all this the program will encourage kids to develop an ethic of respecting nature and finding peace in the beauty of natural places.  This combination of practical skills, scientific inquiry and ethics will help students understand their role as stewards of the land for future generations.  
Each session includes short, recurring activities providing structure for primary themes occupying the majority of each session.  

Recurring Principals:
     - Confidence: activities designed to build individual strength and preparedness
     - Teamwork: activities requiring individuals to work together to be successful
     - Respect for Nature: meditative time to open our senses and be at peace

Primary Themes:
Survival Skills: make a shelter, start a fire, find/purify water
Orienteering: use a compass and topographical maps to find the way
Clothing: what to wear for different seasons and activities
Backpacking: what to carry and how to carry it
Observation: employ the senses
Documentation: camera, notebook, sketchpad
Identification: what’s that called?
Ecosystems: how does all this work?