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By: Hannah Gillespie As part of A Rocha USA’s commitment to environmental education, Wild Wonder Camp curriculum was designed to help children learn and wonder about God and nature, get kids outside, and spark their imaginations as they learn and explore. Research on children overwhelmingly …
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This summer, nine churches around the country piloted Wild Wonder Year Two: Care. Mary Anne Inglis hosted a group at her home in North Carolina and shares some reflections on her experience. “Awesome!” “This is so neat!” “Why can’t school be like this?” are just a few of the quotes I have heard …
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Krista Vossler and Blake Mathews live in Austin, Texas. Last summer, they coordinated Wild Wonder with Blake as camp director and Krista as a group leader. The camp served twenty students, aged four to ten. Below is a conversation about their experience. What do you think were the students' …
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By Chelsea Lam Despite my caffeine, car worship, lavender oiled temples, and the rockstar volunteers that surrounded me, morning four of camp had me feeling less like a ‘granola Mary Poppins’ and more like Katniss in the arena. “Hawks, Coyotes, find your groups and have a seat please!” I …
Wild Wonder | A Rocha Creation Care Camp from A Rocha USA on Vimeo. In some parts of the country, the long, hot days of summer are still in full swing. In other parts, the nights are already cooler, and school is already back in. Across the country, families are starting to ease out of summer …
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This post was originally published in The Rabbit Room. By Bethany Winz Little faces crowd around the table, counting together as drops fall into the Mason jar. “62, 63, 64…” The water balloons over the rim. Sixty-five drops ago, Flo asked the kids if the jar was full. “Yes!” they answered. …
Earlier this month, we published a piece about Grace Spriggs, Children’s Pastor in Nashville and coordinator of the Creation Care Camp there. During our conversation about the camp, she shared with me a story that resonated deeply, and stuck with me long after we talked. She told me that this …
Creation Care Camp began in 2008 with A Rocha’s first chapter in Santa Barbara, California. It then moved up the coast to Santa Margarita, where it was piloted and further developed in partnership with the Santa Margarita Community Church. It is now being adopted by communities around the nation and …
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“Faith-based communities and religious organizations could play a much larger role in helping children and adults know the world, and beyond, through nature.” – Richard Louv Last fall, Richard Louv, author of Last Child in the Woods and founder of the Children and Nature Network, wrote a blog …
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By Tom Rowley, A Rocha USA Executive Director Nature is good for us. Obvious as that may be, Richard Louv’s celebrated Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder provides study upon study substantiating and quantifying the notion: Time outside engaged in nature …
