Tuesday, June 16, 2026

Stough Canyon Nature Center's Nature Camp

2026 Jun 16

What FUN! Two 1 hr sessions with ~15 kids each at Stough Canyon Nature Center's Nature Camp. We brough nature in... did leaf tracing, leaf crayon rub, compared a lizard and snake, and compared a diabolical beetle and a June bug.

We started with a presentation that showed kid journal pages, introduced the concepts of nature journaling prompts to get started. I was pleased that about 40% of the kids knew what nature journaling was! And several kids were really into it... writing and drawing and measuring (we had rulers). Words, pictures, numbers.... AND used INIWIRMO! I did not get good photos of their pages... it was a lot to do in 1 hr, but I think the loose structure and pace was really fun for Summer Camp.

Special thanks to all the staff at Stough Canyon that made this event happen, especially Sam! (He created the workbooks).