Under this broad theme, a variety of learning activities is offered, including swimming and water safety, forest, freshwater, and marine ecosystems study, gardening, creative arts, drama, leadership, outdoor living, and low-impact camping. Tanglewood has provided a wholesome, nurturing, and affordable camp experience for thousands of young people, in a beautiful wilderness environment. The values that Tanglewood teaches and holds sacred include individual self-reliance, tolerance, leadership, love of the natural world and all living things, and awareness and appreciation of other peoples and cultures .values that will help our youth make responsible social and environmental choices. After morning circle and breakfast, it s focus time. Focus choices include Wildlife, Gardening, Art, Drama, Outdoor Living, Nature Study, Group Challenge or Watershed Ecology.
Many campers remember their focus experiences more than anything else.
Some examples are nature hikes, pond study, field and court sports, creative art projects, woodworking, musical instruction, cooking and swimming. Each day concludes with an exciting evening program with the entire camp community participating. Some popular evening programs are variety shows, treasure hunts, singdowns, guest performances, games in the field, parachute games and the Thursday night campfire. For most current schedule of dates and fees click here. Day Camp Ages 6-8 Day Camp at Tanglewood is a unique and special experience designed for younger children.