Ursa Farm Camp
Waldorf-inspired fun on the farm and in the forest
Ursa Farm Camp is a bit different than the Farm School program that we offer during the school year. It is more along the lines of a traditional camp, with less structure than the school days. Camp days are still based on Waldorf-education and consider what is helpful and healthy for each unique child, while also balancing the needs of the whole group.
We offer a range of activities, from farm fun with animals, homesteading skills like cooking or baking, bushcraft and nature immersion, building and woodwork, and all kinds of games. We do a lot of arts and craft activities, often including aspects of the natural world. Examples might include willow weaving, leaf and flower printing, natural dying, or herbal teas. We often have a camp fire when the conditions are right and regulations allow us to. There is also plenty of free time for creative free play.
We spend most, if not all, of the day outside in the forest, in the garden and fields, and with the farm animals. We deeply value nature and free imaginative play; and we do not use any technology in our programs.
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Farming activities are flexible depending on what the needs are of all who live here. Some examples of farming activities include:
feeding and caring for animals
collecting eggs
homesteading skills & traditional hand tools
wool shearing, processing, spinning, and crafting
gardening
baking and cooking with ingredients from the farm
fencing care
fixing and building projects
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The actvities vary depending on the needs of the group and the seasons. Here are some example
primitive fire starting (when regulations permit)
making and hauling firewood
building shelters and forts
creating with clay, mud, nature items
nature art projects
hiking
whittling
relaxing in hammocks
foraging
group games
nature meditation using our senses (aka “a sit spot”)
lots and lots of free play to create games and eplore wat they like to!
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Waldorf education aims to teach children through practical experiences with their thinking, feeling, and willing capacities. This enables a deeper understanding and love for learning about the world and ourselves.
We focus on following the rhythms of life and the natural world. We create a flexible agenda for the day that allows children periods of activity and rest, intersperced with periods of focused, directed activities and free play.
Children feel secure when we as leaders create routines that they come to know and can count on, and that reflect the natural world they are living in. This is done throughout the day with the use of verses, music & songs, games, stories and art, which highlight the time of day and season we are living in.
For more information or if you have questions, please feel free to contact us.
Check our listings to see the adventure-filled farm camp programs we have planned! Sign up early to secure a spot for your child.
Ages: 6-14 yrs old
Cost: $250 for five full days, 9am - 3pm
There is a sibling discount of 20% for each sibling of a full paying child.
To help limit financial constraints with affording Farm Camp attendance. Currently, there is one free enrolment position available per farm camp week, to be filled by a family needing support. Ideally each child would get a chance to experience farm camp, therefore we offer this to a different child each available camp week. Please contact for details and how to apply. This is donated by the farmers of Ursa Farm.
To help us support more families send their children to farm school and camp, please donate to our Farm School Scholarship Fund. 100% of these donations go to cover children’s tuition fees.
Upcoming Camps
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Kind words about Farm School & Camps
Farm Camp Leaders
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Suzanna
Camp Leader, Administrator
Suzanna combines her degrees in psychology and health, with her passion for homesteading, Waldorf education and biodynamic farming to create and lead developmentally appropriate programs for all children at Farm Camp.
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Justin
Camp Leader
Justin brings his enthusiasm for forestry, building and farming, together with his MSW degree and experience in the mental health field, to guide children in traditional skills, sports, games and mindfulness activities.
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Leyla
Camp Leader
Leyla offers her gentle and patient guidance together with her artistic abilities to our programs. She is a homeschooling mom of 3, Waldorf educated with a diploma in Visual Arts, and enjoys learning, creating, teaching art to children and time in nature.
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Gabe
Junior Camp Leader
Gabe has grown up farming and exploring the fields and forests. He loves to work with hand tools, whittling and building shelters. He often teaches primitive fire starting and foraged cordage-making, but organizing and playing group games is a favorite activity of his too.
Who We Are
We are so grateful to have a wonderful team of people who work together to create a special atmosphere with thoughtful activities for the children to thrive in their learning. Our programs take into account the whole child and aims to engage with their thinking, feeling, and willing/active capacities.
Our current leaders have a range of experience in Waldorf education, psychology and therapeutic trainings, homesteading and farming skills, fine arts, and working with children of various ages and abilities.
(All leaders are required to have a background and vulnerable sector check,, as well as, CPR/First Aid Level C training).
Work positions available
WE ARE HIRING - Farm Camp Assistant Leaders
This position has been filled - But check back with us, we may need more leaders for summer camps
We are looking to hire camp assitant leaders who have experience working with children and have a love for nature. An interest in Waldorf education and farming is an asset, but we will train and support the right person. Must be comfortable around farm animals, and willing to work alongside children in the gardens etc. First Aid/CPR certification is an asset, but not necessary for assistant leaders. Must be willing and able to be outdoors for long periods of time, in various weather conditions and sometimes on rough terrain. Proper attire is required for this job.
5 days of a camp week, 6 hours per day (9-3), pay is based on experience.
Contact us and send us your resume.
