Camp Registration
Ages: 4-12
Times: 9:30-3:30
Days: Monday-Thursday
Location: Cottage Grove, see week for specific loations.
Tuition: $___ per week
Week-long themes
June 15-19
June 22-28 – No Camp, teacher training at Echoes in Time
June 30-July 3
July 7-10
July 14-17
July 21-24
July 28-31
About our camps
Our camps feature a mix of primitive skills, wilderness skills, science education, homesteading skills, and super fun forest play!
Meet the Teachers
We have a contagious passion that inspires students! We pride ourselves on being lifelong learners and dabblers in all things, so we can support students in a wide range of activities from ASL poetry to leathercrafting, from board game design to carpentry.
Alyssum "Spring Sparrowhawk" Smith-Carstens
Founder, Director, & Lead Teacher
- B.A. in Social Studies Teaching with a focus on Political Science
- Founder and Director of Frolicking Ferns Farm Preschool & Childcare since 2018
- Instructor at Whole Earth Nature School (7 years)
- Co-op Family Center Teacher (2 years)
- Fluent in ASL
Also, hobby farmer, lover of adventure, and avid book reader!
Alicia "Foxfire" Rose
Teacher & Curriculum Specialist
- B.A. in English and Anthropology
- M.A. in Environmental Education
- M.S. in Game-based Community Learning
- Creator of Wildkin, a program used coast-to-coast for inspiring student engagement in outdoor programs
- Lead Teacher at Frolicking Ferns
- Programs Director and Instructor at Whole Earth Nature School (2013-2022)
- Living Earth School Instructor (2013)
- Adams International Montessori School instructor (2012-2013)
Mallory Glasser
Teacher & Music & Physical Education Specialist
- Studied music at a jazz conservatory in NYC
- Has played music professionally for 20 years, both locally and in touring bands
- Has been teaching music to kids and adults of all ages for 17 years
- Dedicated to a daily movement practice that has included Yoga, Systema (Russian Martial Arts), MoveNat, Weightlifting, Kettlebell training and West African Dance over the years. Inspired to bring these arts to kids!
- Passion for Storytelling, especially old tales from Europe and Siberia that have been passed down mostly through oral tradition.
Devin "Sprout" Hinshaw
Teacher & Homesteading Education Specialist
AAS in Sustainability Coordination & Resource Management
Lane Community College, 2010-2012Local Foods Teacher (6th grade elective)
Lincoln Middle School 2017Program Coordinator for Dirt to Dish Day Camps and Field & Forest Cooking Classes Branch Road Farm Non-Profit Cooking Collective (2013-2018)
Outdoor Preschool Teacher
Little Mountain Preschool 2019-2020Assistant Teacher
Wandering Wolves Forest School (2024-Current)I find joy in parenting, yoga, primitive cooking and adventures in the snow!
QUESTIONS?
For our parent handbook, to schedule a tour, or ask for more details, reach out!
Speak to our director Alyssa “Alyssum” Smith-Carstens at 541-743-1074.
or email frolickingferns@gmail.com