Four Winds Waldorf Summer Camps are coming!

For full details, download the Camp Waldorf flyer.

Camps for Early Childhood

Early Childhood Wind Play
For children aged 4 – 7
Monday-Thursday 8:30 am – 12:00
Camp Leader: Kristie McHugh
One 1-week session: June 20-23

Early Childhood Camps
For children aged 4 – 7
Monday-Thursday 8:30 am – 12:00
Camp Leader: Kristie McHugh
Three 2-week sessions:
July 11 – 21: Enchanted Forest
July 25 – Aug. 4: Nature’s Gifts
August 8 – 18: Sand & Sea

Parent-Child Camps
For children 1.5 – 3.5 and their parents
Camp Leaders: Mari Cooper & Brenna Hardin
Tuesday & Thursday 9:30 – 11:30 am
Four 2-week sessions:
June 20 –30 July 11 – 21
July 25 – Aug. 4 Aug. 8 – 18

Early Childhood Outdoor Camp
For children aged 4 – 8
Camp Leaders: Karen Hays & Thea Olsen
Monday-Thursday 9:00 am – 12:30
One 1-week session: June 27 – 30

Camps for older children and adults

Mud Magic
For children and adults 6 and up
Camp Leader: Jerry Abend
Monday – Thursday 8:30 am - noon
One 1-week session: June 20-23

Woodworking
For participants 10 years to adult
Camp Leader: Bruce Cooper
Monday – Thursday 8:30 am – noon
Two 1-week sessions:
August 15 – 18

Strings & Dance
For children 11 – up
Camp Leader: Honna Austin
(Min 1 year experience w/instrument required)
Monday – Thursday 9:00 am – 11:00 am
One 2-week session: July 11 – 21

Adventure Camp
Devil’s Lake Hiking and Canoeing Trip
Camp Leader: Bruce Cooper
3-days June 23 – 25


Counselor in Training Program
The Counselor in Training Program is for young people entering 7th grade or above
Monday – Thursday    8:00 am – 12:30
Two 4-week sessions:    June 20 – July 21 (No Camp July 4 – 7)
            July 25 – August 18

Application forms, reference form, guidelines and requirements for our Counselor in Training Program are available on the site to interested applicants (students preparing to enter 7th).

Interview conversations will be held in May with appointments announced by May 31st.

Set aside some summer time for our Four Winds Waldorf Camp!

Camp Leader Biographies

Jerry Abend is a Waldorf grandfather and resident artist at Warrenville’s ClaySpace Studio. He has been working with clay for many years.

Honna Austin has been the Orchestra & Strings Teacher at Four Winds Waldorf School since 2008. She received her B.F.A. degree from Northern Illinois University in Violin Performance and Painting. While at Northern, Honna studied under the world-renowned Vermeer Quartet with Mathias Tacke and Shmuel Ashkenasi. She went on to receive her M.F.A. from Cornell University and her Suzuki Teaching Certificate from Ithaca College under Stanford Reuning. Honna has taught privately for over twelve years.

Bruce Cooper teaches 7th grade at Four Winds. He has over seven years teaching experience as a grades teacher at Waldorf schools in Minnesota and Illinois. A lover of wood, he has led woodworking classes for his students, guiding and shaping their growing skill with tools. A student of anthroposophy for almost 20 years, Bruce first studied Waldorf education in Boulder, Colorado with Rene Querido. Bruce has a degree in Fine Arts from the University of Colorado.
 

Karen Hays joined the Four Winds Waldorf School Faculty in 1995 and has taught both music and early childhood classes for many years. She is most recently one of our Parent/Child Program providers. She earned a BS from Rutgers University, a teaching certificate from Elmhurst College and a certificate as a Waldorf Early Childhood Therapeutic Educator from Gradalis Institute. She has been developing the Outdoor Camp adventures for both grades-aged and younger students since 2007. Karen brings a wealth of understanding about the natural world, music and developmental education to this endeavor. Her three children are Four Winds Waldorf School alums.
 

Kristie McHugh is a new member of our Four Winds Waldorf family as the Early Childhood Extended Care Program Provider. She previously worked with the Elgin Parent Cooperative School in many capacities and in the early 90’s was a counselor with Camp Glenbrook out of the Waldorf School of Garden City in New Hampshire.

Thea Olsen is the Handwork Teacher at Four Winds Waldorf School. She has assisted and led the Outdoor Camp programs for several years and brings with her numerous skills and capacities to guide children toward a deeper relationship with the natural world. She is also a parent of two children currently enrolled at Four Winds Waldorf School.