Exploring Local Wildlife with 7 & 8-Year-Old Campers

At the heart of every session of Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum Summer Camp is the goal to have fun and foster a love for nature. While all sessions share this same goal, they’re tailored specifically to the campers’ age. For our 7 to 8-year-old campers, we use nature as our “classroom” while we explore and observe the unique spaces, plants, and animals found throughout Lincoln Park and around the Nature Museum!

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What do Summer Camp Counselors do?

From the time a camper is dropped off in the morning to the time they’re picked up in the afternoon, our counselors and head counselors are the friendly faces they know they can go to for guidance, questions, and more. But the work of our camp staff actually begins well before the first day of summer camp.

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