Camp Kaniksu 2018
Tuesday, 28 August 2018
I’ve come to believe that given enough time and an encouraging adult, any child will come to love nature. There are some like my nieces, Nala and Nishta, who need no convincing and are up for any adventure outside. Others who have grown up with less outdoor time and more screen time take more encouraging
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Camp Kaniksu 2018 Registration
Wednesday, 18 April 2018
Camp Kaniksu is back for more fun outside in 2018! Session One: Ages 6-9, June 11-15 Session Two: Ages 9-12, June 18-22 Session Three: Ages 6-9, June 25-29 $80 per session, full and partial scholarships are available. Camp Kaniksu will be held at the University of Idaho property on Boyer Ave in Sandpoint. Lunch will
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Camp Kaniksu 2017
Thursday, 21 September 2017
The summer flew by in a wonderful kaleidoscope of sounds, smells, texture: bird calls, giggles, wet grass, cottonwood sap, oozing mud, smooth bark, and clear refreshing water. Each day a different adventure around the wheel, the book of nature, opening up mysteries and making them touchable, tangible, real. This was my childhood and now I
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“Bees Bees”
Monday, 10 July 2017
I recently took up beekeeping for the first time…I received my package of bees and installed them in their new hive and started observing them daily. The energy of the hive is amazing to watch, so many individuals but all working together as part of a colony. It is a bit like Camp Kaniksu our
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Camp Kaniksu Fundraiser
Monday, 17 April 2017
Join us for a special evening “Children are drawn to nature. Plop any five-year-old down in the middle of the forest of a field, sit back and watch. Within minutes he or she will begin to look around, touch blades of grass, or pick through leaves and acorns. Leave her a while longer and the
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