2025 Farm Camp information coming in January!
The perfect place for children to connect with nature, make friends, and have fun!
Days full of nature awareness activities, games, and practices which foster curiosity, wonder, and exploration.
Oh, and by day’s end, we’ll return your kids dirty, tired, and happy. Guaranteed.
A Visual Tour of 2023 Farm Camp Fun!
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About
Afternoons
Mornings
Farm Camp is designed
to inspire and nurture a faithful response to love, care for, and protect our fellow beings and the Earth.
We weave together
experiences of wonder, awe,
curiosity, delight and gratitude
for the Earth and Creation.
We naturally incorporate
stories, poems, and prayers
from a variety of faith traditions, Native American wisdom,
and children's literature.
We craft “learning in action” experiences – combining discovery, hands-on and open-ended activities, imagination, curiosity, story,
music, art, and play.
While children are invited to participate in a wide-range of activities each day, we encourage each child to follow their particular interests, explore and discover, and “just” play - allowing for deep and joyful learning.
We practice a child-centered approach to daily schedules, allowing time to explore personal interests and see where curiosity leads us.
Mornings
Afternoons
Mornings
Mornings will be led by a qualified and gifted teacher, crafting engaging activities (developmentally appropriate for each age)
which will include:
- Farm Animals: Feed, water, learn about, and care for:
- Baby chicks,
- laying hens,
- pigs,
- goats.
- Garden Activities: Hands-on with wrap-around learning:
- Seeding and planting veggies,
- Harvesting and eating fresh veggies,
- Learning about healthy soil,
- Exploring how herbs, fruits, pollinators, flowers, perennials and native plants grow and are beneficial.
- Forest and Pond and Creek: A magical wonderland of learning and play:
- Discovering “who” lives here and their various habitats,
- Wondering who eats who - camouflage, omnivores, herbivores, carnivores, predators, and prey,
- Practicing skills of observation and listening.
Afternoons
Afternoons
Afternoons
Afternoons will be full of invitations to play, build, and create:
In and around the barn:
- Arts and crafts, games, drama, and storybooks,
- Free play.
In and around the fields:
- Water play,
- Field, cooperative, and silly games.
In and around the forest,
pond, and creek:
- Creek walks and water play,
- Creating kid forts and fairy/gnome villages,
- Trail walks, exploring fallen logs, sit spots.
Specials:
- Opportunities to dig deeper in extension of morning learning,
- Guest Presenters - other farmers, animal visitors, artists, etc.
- Friday Family Farm Fun at the end of the day.
the basics
2024 Registration is now open for Ages 4-7 and Ages 7-11 (limited to 12 children in each group).
Choose one week or two:
- July 29 - Aug 2
- Aug 5 - 9
Monday-Friday, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm (Before-and-After-Care below)
- Drop-off: 8:30-9:00 am
- Pick-up: 3:00-3:15 pm
- Every camper receives a Farm Camp t-shirt
- Bring:
- Packed lunch and snacks (zero waste encouraged!).
- Water bottle.
- Wear sturdy closed-toe shoes and tough play clothes; and bring a swimsuit, towel, and change of clothes, hat and sunscreen (insect repellent optional).
- Rain boots and rain jacket on rainy days.
- No electronic devices.
- Curiosity and a positive attitude!
Cost:
$300.00/week
10% discount on the rate for a sibling
Before-and-After-Care, 8:00-9:00 am and 3:00-6:00 pm:
$50.00/week
Financial Aid and Scholarships
We are committed to making Farm Camp accessible to all families. If your family needs financial aid or a scholarship, please let me know (confidential) and I will do everything possible to find funding.
***If you are able to contribute to our Scholarship fund, please let me know!
If you have ANY questions or if I can be helpful in any way, please email Stephanie @ dinnerbellfarmnc@gmail.com or call me at 239-287-5111.
About Us
Stephanie Campbell
Stephanie Campbell
Stephanie Campbell
Lead Teacher, 4-7-year-olds
Chief Imagination Officer
Stephanie has over thirty years of experience in teaching and leading children’s programming. She has taught all ages of children in all types of settings and taught and led numerous summer camps.
Nothing makes her happier than sharing the delight of discovery, imagination, learning, an
Lead Teacher, 4-7-year-olds
Chief Imagination Officer
Stephanie has over thirty years of experience in teaching and leading children’s programming. She has taught all ages of children in all types of settings and taught and led numerous summer camps.
Nothing makes her happier than sharing the delight of discovery, imagination, learning, and creativity with children!
She loves creating environments where people can learn and grow, especially in the outdoors.
It is a privilege to introduce kids to the natural world of our farm and forest, help them discover how capable they are, and watch them grow in confidence and friendship
with each other, and
with all of creation, every day.
Stephanie moved to NC in 2015 from Southwest FL to establish Dinner Bell Farm with her family and to discover how to live in harmony with the land and nature. They practice organic and regenerative farming and are committed to creating and preserving habitat for native wildlife.
Stephanie is an ordained minister in the United Methodist Church, is a Certified Forest Bathing Guide, has training in Horticulture Therapy and Mindfulness, and is following her passion to reconnect people with nature, for the betterment of themselves, their communities,
and the Earth.
Tracy Schledorn
Stephanie Campbell
Stephanie Campbell
Lead Teacher, 7–11-year-olds
Chief Fun & Discovery Officer
Tracy has 23 years of experience as a teacher and school counselor. She has taught science and social-emotional learning in kindergarten through 12th grade in both public and private schools. Over her lifetime, she has facilitated numerous summer camps- from sports adventures to pe
Lead Teacher, 7–11-year-olds
Chief Fun & Discovery Officer
Tracy has 23 years of experience as a teacher and school counselor. She has taught science and social-emotional learning in kindergarten through 12th grade in both public and private schools. Over her lifetime, she has facilitated numerous summer camps- from sports adventures to personal development.
She adored summer activity camps growing up and is always ready to learn something new. With a desire for movement and novelty, she enjoys a variety of activities and relishes the opportunity to play!
Tracy believes there is no such thing as other people’s children. We are all learning, making mistakes, and building connections together. Children can experiment when they feel safe within loving guidelines and they communicate their needs through their behavior. Listening to this process is the true joy of being a teacher. And what better environment to open ourselves for fun than farm and forest!
Elon College brought Tracy to the area as a student and she quickly fell in love with the deep history and rich potential of the community. She lives in Burlington and enjoys gardening and exploring nature with her husband and two children. It is a dream of hers to one day turn their 1.5 acre city plot into a homestead heaven.
With advanced degrees in education and counseling, she currently teaches life skills and wellness classes at the Carolina Friends School as well as serving as the school counselor for the middle school. Tracy is constantly seeking new ways of being a Light in the world. As a trained Restorative Practices facilitator and Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Specialist, she strives to connect people to each other through emotional literacy and empathic listening. At the heart of everything is the joy of play and the fun in life!
Join Our Team!
Stephanie Campbell
Join Our Team!
We're hiring a few fabulous folk!
Lead Counselors (2)
8:30 am - 3:30 pm
Age 18+
Jr. Counselors (2)
12:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Age 15+
Counselors-in-Training (4)
8:30 am - 3:30 pm
Age 12-15
Volunteers too!
Various times
Share a special skill,
give some extra loving attention,
or just come have fun with us!
Please fill out this
Questions?
Contact Step
We're hiring a few fabulous folk!
Lead Counselors (2)
8:30 am - 3:30 pm
Age 18+
Jr. Counselors (2)
12:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Age 15+
Counselors-in-Training (4)
8:30 am - 3:30 pm
Age 12-15
Volunteers too!
Various times
Share a special skill,
give some extra loving attention,
or just come have fun with us!
Please fill out this
Questions?
Contact Stephanie Campbell
239-287-5111
About THE FARM
Dinner Bell Farm
Dinner Bell Farm is a local family farm growing chemical-free, highly nutritious, delicious food,
which is good for people, good for the animals, and good for the Earth.
Farmers, John and Stephanie Campbell,
grow vegetables, fruit, and herbs;
pasture-raised pork, chicken, goat, and eggs;
and offer farm and forest experiences and events.
Our farm is a source of inspiration not only for what we grow, cook and eat, but also for how we live.
Community matters to us - knowing each other’s names and building friendships, sharing welcome and hospitality,
belonging together as partners with the land.
We are stewards of this beautiful forty acres and we love sharing it with children and families!
- Your children will enjoy the:
- big red barn for shelter, gathering, meals, and activities;
- market gardens, greenhouse, and hub (and the farmers!);
- animals - hens, baby chicks, pigs, and goats;
- pastures and play spaces;
- fifteen acres of forest, pond, and creek.