Ongoing Programs
Flying Deer Berkshire Programs, Spring 2010, for ages 7-13
Two programs will be held this spring in the beautiful fields and forests at Project Native in Housatonic, Mass. Cost of each two-day program is $95. Camp meets from 10 am to 3 pm.
Survival Camp for Homeschoolers
Thursday, March 25 & Friday, March 26
Keep yourself from getting lost—learn to use map & compass. But in case you DO get lost ... discover secrets of navigation!
Learn what’s edible in early spring; cook a delicious meal with only rocks and water!
How to Hide in the Woods: A Spring Break Adventure
Wednesday, April 21 & Thursday, April 22
Learn how to create an impossible-to-find campsite—and how to disappear in seconds!
Register now: Send us your registration form and health form.
Women in the Woods: Owl and Turtle Clans
Seasonal overnight adventures in wilderness skills, with four weekend gatherings each year. Make crafts from the gifts of the land, share stories around the campfire, learn to make fire without matches, increase your navigational skills, build shelters, and develop your knowledge of the trees and plants of this land. Learn how the earth provides for you, and feel the exhilaration and rejuvenation of meeting natural challenges with the support and fun offered by a community of wild women. Spaces are available now for October 2009.
Chickadee Rain
Weekly wilderness mentoring for homeschooled boys; Tuesdays during the school year from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., with an overnight each semester. Learn about nature, the art of survival, and wilderness awareness through making fire, shelters, and nature crafts; hearing
stories, playing games, and taking adventures; and learning how to survive in the woods in a way that respects the Earth.
In Chickadee Rain we learn to understand nature as a family of friends and relatives who have a great deal to teach and
provide us. Spaces are available now.
12 Tuesdays, beginning Feb. 23, with a sleepover in May; $550.
E-mail info@flyingdeernaturecenter.org for more information.
School programs
Flying Deer Nature Center offers weekly and biweekly nature education programs during school hours, working within each school's and grade's study plans to co-create an exciting and educational cross-curricular experience. Current school programs include a collaboration with Mountain Road School in New Lebanon, NY. For more information on setting up an FDNC program at your child's school, e-mail info@flyingdeernature.center.org.
Sisters of the Earth
Weekly wilderness mentoring for homeschooled girls ages 8 to 13; Tuesdays during the school year from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Girls build nature skills through games, crafts, shelter-building, and study of the land, while growing their strength (internal and external), self-confidence, and self-knowledge within a fun, supportive community of peers. Spaces are available now.
6 Tuesdays beginning March 16, $300.
E-mail info@flyingdeernaturecenter.org for more information.
South Berkshire County Homeschoolers' Program
Begins in March, dates and location to be announced; stay tuned or e-mail info@flyingdeernaturecenter.org for more information.
Moon Tribe
Coming-of-age program for adolescent girls. This program is currently closed; enrollment will begin in late summer 2010.
Sacred Fire: Boys' Rite of Passage
Coming-of-age program for adolescent boys. This program is currently closed; enrollment will begin in late summer 2010.
For more information on our ongoing programs, e-mail info@flyingdeernaturecenter.org or call 518-794-6687.