summer registration 2021
is open!
catch the early bird discount now!
2021 Early Bird with Payment deposit!
$50 discount until 4/30
Pay Only $100 Deposit
You may pay $100 non refundable deposit towards your child's registration NOW AND PAY REMAINDER BEFORE May 21st!
Dear BEan Summer Camp 2021 Families,
our staff is currently planning an exciting summer camp program that strictly adheres to new health and safety state-mandated protocols.
We will now be at 4 locations for the summer
Bernal Church, Bernal Road San Jose
Anderson lake park, morgan hill
thompson road, near lakeside school, los gatos
stevens creek county park, cupertino
summer camp descriptions
REAL ANIMALS, WILD FUN, WILD SKILLS AND WILD CRAFTS
Bernal Church, SAn Jose
June 14,15,16,17; M-TH
Join us for time connecting with nature with handcrafting and traditional skills from our abundant earth's bounty, such as: plants, trees, water, and air!
- Come explore our garden at our A Team San Jose Base site for taste testing and garden based learning time.
- Learning traditional skills is a form of honoring the Earth for providing to us all we need to create, and using these skills allows us to connect to nature and each other, in fun and creative ways.
- Investigate and learn in a hands-on, child led, exploration rich, play based, engaging outdoor class
- During the week we will provide a direct, safe animal encounter with some combination of reptiles, amphibians, insects, arthropods, mammals and birds from our home zoo!
Here are a few of the wild skills and wild crafts your Wild one may explore and engage in ...TBA:
- wild map making
- make pouches and bags
- stone tool making
- weaving
- cordage made from plants and fibers
- wild herbal tinctures
- bird language
- stealth and camouflage
- nature journaling and crafting our nature notebooks, stone painting art, clay working
- nature awareness games and team building educational games
- Each Day gathering in Opening and Closing community time, to set a positive environment as we gather together.
Wilderness Survival Skills
camp description
Learn the skills of wilderness survival, to strengthen our connection to the earth and its creatures. Master the most important tools in the wilderness through skills and projects designed to strengthen your child's wilderness survival.
Learning traditional skills is a form of honoring the Earth for providing to us all we need to create, and using these skills allows us to connect to nature and each other, in fun and creative ways.
We will do all this and more: Learn archery! Shoot an arrow! Learn how the skills of throwing knives! Aim a ninja rubber throwing knife and hatchet! Find shelter, track animals, learn to safely use a wood carving knife, make fire from what you find, cook food over a fire and learn the uses of wild plants to make your own salve, tick spray and more!
Some of our Summer Camp themes are:
Learning traditional skills is a form of honoring the Earth for providing to us all we need to create, and using these skills allows us to connect to nature and each other, in fun and creative ways.
We will do all this and more: Learn archery! Shoot an arrow! Learn how the skills of throwing knives! Aim a ninja rubber throwing knife and hatchet! Find shelter, track animals, learn to safely use a wood carving knife, make fire from what you find, cook food over a fire and learn the uses of wild plants to make your own salve, tick spray and more!
Some of our Summer Camp themes are:
- Wilderness Survival Skills: Fire, Food Medicine and Knives: Learn how to craft a fire, carve and whittle, create food over the fire and find medicinal plants to make medicine!
- Wilderness Explorers Evenings: Forest Ninja: Learn to flow through the forest both on and off trail. Master the ancient arts of camouflage and stealth in the shadows of the grasses and woodlands.
- Wilderness Skills: CoEdForest Fairies, Elves and Very Tricky Dragons...more soon
- Wilderness Survival Skills: Fire, Food, Forts and Tools: more soon
- Making your own Wild Emergency Tool Kit: potions, lotions, salve, wild crafting, cooking and more!
- Tools and Skills: Use a variety of skills to craft and throw, aim and shoot, carve and whittle, to create tools and more!
- Wilderness Survival Games: Learn Skills through games! Learn to flow through the forest both on and off trail. Master the ancient arts of camouflage and stealth in the shadows of the grasses and woodlands.
- Tools and Skills: Use a variety of skills to craft and throw, aim and shoot, carve and whittle, to create tools and more!
- Wilderness Survival Games: Learn Skills through games! Learn to flow through the forest both on and off trail. Master the ancient arts of camouflage and stealth in the shadows of the grasses and woodlands.
Ancestral Survival Skills
camp description
Cultivate your Kung Fu Ancestral Survival Skills! With Diamond Dahlstrom and the BEan Crew
The original meaning of kung fu is not a martial art. It means to develop a skill through work and effort. ~John Muir Laws
Youth will interact with nature by familiarizing themselves with different aspects of ancient survival living.
Traditional survival skills
Deep in all of our lineages are traditions that connect us all to the earth. The skills your child will learn in Ancestral Survival camp will tap into their instinctual knowledge and offer immediate feedback, they are our teachers of ecology, resiliency, focus, cultivating rich sensory awareness, humility towards life and responsibilities to care take our earth.
Ancestral Survival Skills:~The Art of the Scout: With stealth and awareness, become a protector of the unseen and unheard in the forest! Learn skills, wild craft and more!
Ancestral Survival Skills~ Wild Bush Crafts and Skills: Train to cultivate the skills of ancestral survival. Find shelter, track animals, learn to safely use a wood carving knife and much more. Kids work together in a team, embarking on outdoor adventures and discovering community!
Girls Ancestral Survival Fairy Camp
camp description
Come join us for a week in nature, full of adventures, skills, wild crafts, games, and gratitude.
This will be a chance to connect to the earth and all it's elements.
We will deepen our connection to nature through direct experience and guided learning.
TEEN Leadership
nature mentorship camp training
nature mentorship camp training
camp description
Mentor In Training and Camp Interns will take an active role in helping us build communities of outgoing nature stewards! A major role for the Junior Camp Mentors and Interns will be their contagious enthusiasm while assisting. Junior Mentors can apply if they have been students with us for 1 year or more in our outdoor programs. An Intern can apply if they have had 1 year or more with our program, or another outdoor and/or camp program working with children. Both will assist the Camp Mentor with various wild projects and outdoor activities throughout the day. Every day is different and flexibility and willingness to take direction and change direction at a moments notice are imperative. Most importantly, they will interact and engage with the campers, sharing stories, promoting enthusiasm, energy, fun in games and nature awareness skills.
6 OPENINGS ARE AVAILABLE-
Upon meeting the prerequisites, apply by emailing marisa@beaninnature.com. Registration fee for training see schedule - more dates TBA!
6 OPENINGS ARE AVAILABLE-
Upon meeting the prerequisites, apply by emailing marisa@beaninnature.com. Registration fee for training see schedule - more dates TBA!
Why we do what we do?
Our mission, at BEan In Nature, is to support and care for the earth and her fragile ecology, helping children connect with wonder and amazement to the natural world, growing their innate curiosity and passions for the earth and its flora and fauna. All while having epic adventures, creating memorable stories to share, and sharing our contagious enthusiasm out on the earth. Come play with us at SESH!
Our mission, at BEan In Nature, is to support and care for the earth and her fragile ecology, helping children connect with wonder and amazement to the natural world, growing their innate curiosity and passions for the earth and its flora and fauna. All while having epic adventures, creating memorable stories to share, and sharing our contagious enthusiasm out on the earth. Come play with us at SESH!
Learn skills, create awareness, build community, and build confidence!
"I am a mom to a 6 yr old girl and 9 yr old boy. We have participated in BEan in Nature's classes and camps over the last couple years. There were many things that went into our decision to homeschool, and one of them was our children's love for nature. We wanted to foster this love and teach them in a way they really enjoyed. When we found BEan in Nature, we were really thankful for a class that came alongside our families' learning in such an amazing way! Their program is very hands on and interactive. My children stay engaged the whole time, and are always excited for their BEan in Nature classes. The teachers have a spirit of fostering a love for nature, and opening the students' eyes to the beauty of our earth."
~In gratitude, Jennie...mom to 3 nature loving kids
Testimonials
BEan In Nature has hands down been the best camp and organized outdoor experience for my son. We love outdoors and are always camping or doing something with scouts. However often it doesn’t leave time for just experiencing nature and learning about it in a casual way. Diamond was the best camp leader I could ask for. He was relaxed and laid back. He has great stories, a kind personality, and exceptional knowledge of wildlife and survival skills. My son loved exploring and didn’t even know he was learning! The games and activities were so fun - that he didn’t want to leave early the last day to fly to see his cousins for vacation. The whole next year he talked about camp - and ended up gathering 4 more friends to go with him because he loved it so much. It was a wild success. His ONLY request for his summer break is to spend time at this camp. And that speaks volumes.
Marisa the camp director is amazing. She is kind and patient. And very accommodating to make sure every child is comfortable. I loved leaving my son and all his friends in their hands. It was like family.
-- Michelle
My 6 year old loved Bean In Nature camp and it was a fantastic experience for her. This was her first Summer Camp and I am glad that she loved it immensely. Everyday she would wake up excited about the camp. I think that itself speaks volumes about the time she spent with Marisa and her team. Marisa is an excellent communicator and makes everyone feel at ease - parents and kids alike. I loved that my daughter felt included in the group right from day one and made friends with other kids.
- Mother of 6 year old
My daughters have been attending Bean In Nature Summer camps and Saturday Nature Connection classes for three years and they never tire. A day in the redwoods crafting, hiking, creating and playing does wonders for mind and body. My girls have learned knife skills, plant-based first-aid, how to make cordage, wildlife biology, and campfire safety. Bean In Nature provides a friendly, comfortable setting that promotes both cooperation and independence. In fact, my older daughter wants to become a junior counselor- highly recommend this program!
- Mother to 2 preteens:)
At first I was a little nervous about sending my almost 6 year old to a camp from 9am – 3pm. She had done camps before but not one that lasted almost all day and definitely not one that was completely outside. But after seeing her reaction after the first day, I realized this camp was definitely worth it! She had a wonderful time and loved talking about what she did every day. From the face painting, to archery, to walking through the creek, she spent the week doing such worthwhile things with new friends while spending it outside in nature. I will definitely be looking at this camp for her every summer because it made such a difference in her life and I couldn’t have been happier.
Thanks so much Marisa for offering this program to kids!
-Rachel
My daughters loved The fairy themed wild crafting camp at Bean in Nature!
They learned about herbs and how to use them as medicinals. They enjoyed creating fairy art in the forest. Everyone there was inspiring and positive.Every day I picked them up they were upbeat and positive about their experience and eager to return the next day. They have asked to continue to do weekend classes through the school year.
Sincerely, Mary Ann Salyards
BEan In Nature has hands down been the best camp and organized outdoor experience for my son. We love outdoors and are always camping or doing something with scouts. However often it doesn’t leave time for just experiencing nature and learning about it in a casual way. Diamond was the best camp leader I could ask for. He was relaxed and laid back. He has great stories, a kind personality, and exceptional knowledge of wildlife and survival skills. My son loved exploring and didn’t even know he was learning! The games and activities were so fun - that he didn’t want to leave early the last day to fly to see his cousins for vacation. The whole next year he talked about camp - and ended up gathering 4 more friends to go with him because he loved it so much. It was a wild success. His ONLY request for his summer break is to spend time at this camp. And that speaks volumes.
Marisa the camp director is amazing. She is kind and patient. And very accommodating to make sure every child is comfortable. I loved leaving my son and all his friends in their hands. It was like family.
-- Michelle
My 6 year old loved Bean In Nature camp and it was a fantastic experience for her. This was her first Summer Camp and I am glad that she loved it immensely. Everyday she would wake up excited about the camp. I think that itself speaks volumes about the time she spent with Marisa and her team. Marisa is an excellent communicator and makes everyone feel at ease - parents and kids alike. I loved that my daughter felt included in the group right from day one and made friends with other kids.
- Mother of 6 year old
My daughters have been attending Bean In Nature Summer camps and Saturday Nature Connection classes for three years and they never tire. A day in the redwoods crafting, hiking, creating and playing does wonders for mind and body. My girls have learned knife skills, plant-based first-aid, how to make cordage, wildlife biology, and campfire safety. Bean In Nature provides a friendly, comfortable setting that promotes both cooperation and independence. In fact, my older daughter wants to become a junior counselor- highly recommend this program!
- Mother to 2 preteens:)
At first I was a little nervous about sending my almost 6 year old to a camp from 9am – 3pm. She had done camps before but not one that lasted almost all day and definitely not one that was completely outside. But after seeing her reaction after the first day, I realized this camp was definitely worth it! She had a wonderful time and loved talking about what she did every day. From the face painting, to archery, to walking through the creek, she spent the week doing such worthwhile things with new friends while spending it outside in nature. I will definitely be looking at this camp for her every summer because it made such a difference in her life and I couldn’t have been happier.
Thanks so much Marisa for offering this program to kids!
-Rachel
My daughters loved The fairy themed wild crafting camp at Bean in Nature!
They learned about herbs and how to use them as medicinals. They enjoyed creating fairy art in the forest. Everyone there was inspiring and positive.Every day I picked them up they were upbeat and positive about their experience and eager to return the next day. They have asked to continue to do weekend classes through the school year.
Sincerely, Mary Ann Salyards
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