Farm Experience Day Camp
The Midway Farms “Farm Experience Day Camp” provides your child with the opportunity to develop character, learn valuable life skills, make new friends, and discover new interests, all while experiencing real life on a bio-diverse local family farm.
Daily Activities
Each day there will be a time set for reflection and review of the day’s lessons, art projects such as coloring egg cartons and free time. The campers will be provided with log books in which they will write and draw pictures depicting the day’s events, what they learned and how they may make use the information and experience they gained in their day to day lives. (Instructors help the younger children fill out there log books.) Other daily activities include feeding the chickens, ducks, geese and turkeys and bottle feeding the calf.
Instructor’s Experience
We have been teaching for years, providing an educational venue for countless field trips to our farm for everyone from preschoolers to University students, hosting tasting tables in area schools, and homeschooling our own children.
For more descriptions, please see below.
CAMP DATES AND TIMES
- · Monday – Friday
- · 10 am to 2 pm
Choose from:
- date to be announced
LOCATION
- · Midway Farms, located midway between Albany and Corvallis on Highway 20
- · Street Address: 6980 NW Highway 20, Albany, OR 97321
- · Google Map: http://tinyurl.com/2b9yt22
- · Phone: (541) 740-6141 cell
AGES
Camp is geared to children ages 5 – 12.
Some exceptions allowed—please contact us for details.
COST
to be announced
A 10% discount is offered for siblings or returning campers.
We accept checks and credit cards
- · Sack lunch and beverage. Fresh water provided.
- · Clothing & jackets suitable for weather and play.
- · CLOSED TOED SHOES REQUIRED FOR SAFETY – campers will be turned away without them.
- . Bike helmets should be brought on the pony care days
- · Please have camper’s name on their belongings.
- . Signed Authorization for Emergency Medical Treatment, Liability Waiver and Photo Release Form.
For application please send an email request to daycamp@midwayfarmsoregon.com. To get an application online click here
Camp Class Descriptions
MONDAYS
Cow Care Day: : The campers will learn about the care necessary for the maintenance of a milking cow. They will learn about the nutritional needs of cows. They will see and participate in the grooming, cleaning and preparation of a cow for milking. Each child will have a chance to try their hand at milking our family milk cow. The day’s snack includes organic chocolate milk from a local dairy.
TUESDAYS
Pony Care, Day 1: Campers learn about the care and grooming necessary for a Welsh Pony. They learn about saddling and riding techniques. Children will brush our pony and learn how the hooves are cleaned. They also learn about the nutritional needs for ponies and horses. Each child will have a chance to ride our pony, Dutch.
WEDNESDAYS
Planting & Harvesting: The campers will learn about the ways of organic planting and harvesting. They will plant seeds in a pot to take home so they may share their experience with their parents. They will harvest a crop or crops that are ripe at the time of the camp. Examples include strawberries, broccoli, shallots and lettuce. While in the garden the children will have a chance to weed, water and otherwise care for seasonal fruits and vegetables. We will discuss the benefits of organic farming.
THURSDAYS
Pony Care, Day 2: The campers will review the lessons of the first Pony Care Day and perhaps cover additional topics pertaining to horse and pony care. They will then saddle and practice to improve their riding skills. Each child will ride with confidence drawing on the skills they have learned in the previous lesson.
FRIDAYS
Poultry Care Day: The campers will learn about the care and maintenance of chickens, ducks, geese and turkeys. They will refresh nest boxes with straw and collect the multi colored eggs. They will learn how to inspect, wash and place eggs into cartons. Each child will bring home the eggs they collected that day.
For an application please send an email request to daycamp@midwayfarmsoregon.com or to get application on line click here
We found this wonderful article on the benefits of gluten free summer camps for children with Celiac disease. We decided to pass on this information to you. (See article below)
Gluten-free Camp Reduces Stress and Improves Self-perception for Children and Adolescents with Celiac Disease
Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, found that children with celiac disease who attended a gluten-free camp demonstrated an improvement in overall quality of life. The study, funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, “is the first to evaluate the short-term effect of a specialized summer camp on children with celiac disease in the United States,” the researchers stated. To learn more about the study, visit http://www.celiac.nih.gov/NewsletterWinter11.aspx#1.
For more information about our gluten free products for sale click here.
To view a video of Heidi, our extreemly friendly milk cow, click here.
Author : Cheryl
Comment:
Our daughter just finished a week at Farm Camp, and had a wonderful time. She learned a lot, made friends, and enjoyed all of the animals.
Farmer Cynthia has a great balance with learning, fun, and of course there were the snacks! Corn, salsa, blueberries, cucumbers and yummy blackberries were just a few of the treats our daughter bragged about having at the farm.
Thanks so much and we will be back again next year!
Parent Kris writes:
“Curtis has been talking about the experience he had at camp last summer, since last summer and is very much looking forward to doing it all again this summer.”
Parent Katie writes:
“Greetings, I would like to request an application for your farm camp. My neighbors are currently sending their children, and they LOVE it.”