Entering kindergarten — Entering 7th grade
Fieldston Campus, Riverdale, NY

Returning for its 28th summer, Fieldston Outdoors is a six-week, coed day camp for children entering kindergarten through those entering 7th grade in fall 2009. The program offers a full range of activities, including art, physical education, swimming, dance/movement, nature study, gardening, and music. Fieldston Outdoors offers a special focus on the environment, nature,and the Hudson River, about which campers learn through songs, stories, folklore, and crafts presented by staff specialists and visiting artists. Trips are an important feature of the camp, where children engage in activities that relate to the Hudson River and its history. Activities include hiking along the Palisades or Hudson Highlands, canoeing the Piermont marshes, and sailing on the Clearwater sloop. Campers in first grade and above take overnight trips geared to their level. Besides regularly scheduled classes, children engage in activities of their own choosing on specified afternoons. A typical “choice” session might offer cooking, ceramics, sushi-making, fishing, photography, baseball, bookmaking, woodworking, rock jewelry, insect hunting, kickball and soccer. Transportation is available to Manhattan and Riverdale for an additional cost.