Outdoor Discoveries Program for Children
Summer 2023

Looking for a fun, outdoor program for your children for this summer?

Salt Pond Areas Bird Sanctuaries, Inc. and Kerri Moynihan are partnering to offer hands-on activities, crafts, and games centered on the natural environment for children 4-8 years old. Each program will take place at Bourne Farm, from 9am – 1pm, the perfect setting for discovering the outdoors!

Program Details

For children 4-8 years old.

Registration fee is $175 per child per session.

Registration info at 508-548-8484 or email spabsfal@verizon.net for enrollment forms

Participants are to be dropped off at Bourne Farm by 9 am each day and picked up at 1 pm. Children should bring a light snack, lunch, sun block, and bug spray each day.

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Outdoor Discovery Children's CampParticipants will go on woodland hikes, explore the pumpkin patch, create craft projects to take home, fish from Crocker Pond and play games while enjoying being outside! All sessions include a weekly topic exploration through literature, arts & crafts and exploring all Bourne Farm has to offer! Fishing poles and bait will be provided.

Please join us and let your children enjoy the great outdoors this summer! Each session is $175 per child. Registration info at 508-548-8484 or email spabsfal@verizon.net for enrollment forms.

Kerri Moynihan currently teaches in the Quincy Public Schools.

2023 Program

Session 1

July 11, 12, & 13th, Tues – Thurs.

Farm Week! – Have you ever wondered why farms are important? This week we will learn about the importance of farms as a source of food and other products people use. We will talk about many different farm animals as well as the crops that people grow on farms! We will also add plantings to our Children’s Bee Garden this week.

Session 2

July 18, 19, & 20th, Tues. – Thurs.

Fin-tastic Friends! – Do you know what would happen if sharks disappeared? This week we will learn all about how these misunderstood creatures who call our Cape Cod waters their home help keep our oceans healthy and balanced!

Session 3

August 1, 2, & 3rd. Tues. – Thurs.

Snakes, lizards and frogs in the bogs – While fishing in the pond and on our many hikes over the past summers, we’ve had the opportunity to come across many different critters. This week we will learn more about these creatures living on Bourne Farm and along the hiking trails!

Session 4

August 8, 9, & 10th, Tues – Thurs.

Harvest Ahead! – One of our favorite times at Bourne Farm! The pumpkins are just about ready, the gardens are bursting and the trees are showing off their fruit! We will discover and explore what a harvest has to offer as well as learn about the history of local Native American harvesting.