About

Aimed at kids ages 6 to 11, Virtual Summer Nature Camp with the Humber Arboretum offers mornings full of fun and engaging online programming promoting curiosity and nature connection. Through games, challenges, and activities campers will learn about the natural world and discover new ways to explore outdoors. 

Every week of camp will include get-to-know-you and icebreaker games, nature journaling activities, nature mysteries to solve, fun games and activities that help develop observation skills and a deeper awareness of nature, and time for campers to share their own nature discoveries. Other activities will explore the weekly theme (see below).

 

Details

Camp registration is on a per-week basis. You may register for as many of the nine weekly sessions as you wish. Camp programming runs for two hours each weekday morning. 

Camp spaces are booked per family/screen, so siblings can join in together on the same screen with one registration. 

Dates: Seven weeks to choose from (Note: This is cut down from the original nine weeks, based on interest in our weekly themes).

Times: Monday to Friday, 9:30 am to 11:30 am EDT (Tuesday to Friday the week of the August Civic Holiday)

Location: For summer 2021 Nature Camp is entirely online and does not involve visits to the Humber Arboretum in Toronto.

Some of the focus will be on the habitats, plants, and animals of Southern Ontario, and so Virtual Summer Nature Camp will be great for kids from places like Mississauga, Brampton, Markham, Vaughan, Hamilton, London, Oshawa, Whitby, Kingston, Belleville, Guelph, Peterborough, Brantford, Barrie, Kitchener, Waterloo, St. Catharines, Niagara, and everywhere in-between. But most of the activities are adaptable no matter where you live, so nature-loving kids from the rest of Canada and even the rest of the world are encouraged to take part! (Time zone is Eastern Daylight Time)

Cost: $110 per family/device for the week. Multiple siblings may participate through the same screen. 

Optional camp t-shirts will be available for an additional fee.

Cancellation Policy: The cancellation policy is a full refund minus $25 administration fee if you choose to cancel two weeks or more in advance of the first day of camp, or a 50% refund if you cancel with less than two weeks before the start of camp.

 

Already know which weeks you're interested in? Head straight to the camp registration page (external link). If not, read on for all the weekly theme details.