Twin Eagles Spring Alive!
Spring Break Camps
Spring Break Camps for kids ages 6-13
Spokane, Washington
in the Inland Northwest
Get your kids outside this spring with Twin Eagles Spring Alive! Spring Break Camps!
Spring in the Inland Northwest is an amazing time, full of inspiration. The snow has melted, and the landscape is coming back to life with all kinds of flowers blooming, frogs & salamanders crawling about, and young animals & birds being birthed into the world. Indeed, all of life is being renewed! Twin Eagles Spring Alive! spring break camps are the perfect way to help get your kids outside to enjoy this precious time of year. Like all Twin Eagles Youth Programs, our spring break camps bring out the best in kids by connecting them intimately to the natural world, forging resilient community ties, and developing authentic self-awareness. Our highly trained instructors draw out kids' passions through nature based activities like:
- Exploring Natural Mysteries
- Wild Edible & Medicinal Plants
- Building Primitive Shelters
- Tracking Wild Animals
- Learning the Language of the Forest
- Friction Fire Making
- Aidless Navigation & Lostproofing
- Learning Primitive Skills & Crafts
- Training as the native scouts of old did
- Storytelling and Songs around the campfire
- and much, much more!
- Tammie Martinsen
At Twin Eagles Spring Alive! Spring Break Camps, we recognize that deep nature connection is essential to whole child development. The experiences we offer bring kids back to a simpler, more connected way of life where their senses are honed to once again hear the call of the wild, revel in the feeling of mud squishing between their toes, come eye to eye with a pacific tree frog, and hear the music of mountain streams. Kids develop authentic resiliency through real world challenges and traditional earth based skills as they experience a deep connection to the natural world.
As the deep nature connection journey unfolds, our learning community of kids and instructors become tightly bonded, feeling more like family by the camps end. Natural curiosity is fostered into a heartfelt passion for learning, and a love for the earth rises from deep within. Inspirational and meaningful experiences in nature serve as a doorway to powerful life lessons like authentic gratitude, self-confidence, patience, good communication, awareness, teamwork, problem-solving, and respect for all things all build as kids deepen their connection to nature, community, and self.
Top Ten Reasons to choose
Twin Eagles Spring Alive! Spring Break Camps
- Kids get to be kids again, roaming wild and free in nature.
- Real skills, real challenges, real adventures. Learning to make fire by rubbing sticks together, trailing coyotes, carving with knives. Does it get any better?
- Our highly trained instructors are some of the finest in the field. First Aid/CPR certification, background checks, and a high level of training in both nature based mentoring and traditional earth skills are all requirements. Our staff are adept at really listening to kids, drawing out their passions, and engaging them fully.
- Our small group sizes (1-5 staff to camper ratio) allow for intimate learning groups to form that feel more like family by camp's end. The deep bonds that form between campers and instructors alike last a lifetime.
- We have the most fun! Year after year, our campers, instructors and parents consistently report that the Twin Eagles experience is the most fun, engaging, and relevant.
- The community. Our nature based mentoring approach is rooted in authentic relationship building. Each year the community grows stronger and stronger, and new families often report that they take it in like a breath of fresh air.
- We're totally unique. You won't find any other camp like us out there.
- Safety. We take campers physical and emotional safety seriously, and hold every member of camp to a high standard that creates a safe physical & emotional space for powerful experiences to emerge.
- We focus on the person. Rather than getting lost in the neve rending list of "things to do", we authentically care for the well being and growth of each child.
- We offer a genuinely holistic experience rooted in hope, connecting with what is truly important in life - nature, community, and self.
These half week spring break camps are an ideal experience for kids ages 6 to 13 to embark or continue on the deep nature connection journey. Grand adventure, creative expression, huge fun, and unending exploration all join together in these unforgettable experiences that help kids discover comfort and confidence being outdoors and bring their spirits to life.
So, was Twin Eagles a good choice for my son? Absolutely. I believe he is changed forever, and has new and wonderful insights on the world around him because of his time at Twin Eagles. He looks forward to many more great days spent with the wise and wonderful people who comprise Twin Eagles Wilderness School! Thank you, thank you, thank you!”
- Amy Barberry
Spring Break Camp 2025 · for kids ages 6 - 13 · Spokane, WA
Tue Apr 8 - Thu Apr 10 · 9 - 3 daily · Indian Springs (S. Austin Rd.)
$235 · scholarships available · Spaces still remaining
50% deposit due upon registration ($50 of which is non-refundable),
full balance due Tue Mar 18, 2025
To Register
Registration is currently open for Twin Eagles Spring Alive! Spring Break Camps 2025.
Complete the online registration process and pay by credit card by clicking the "Sign Up Now" button below.
Scholarships are available for all youth programs - click here for more information.
Questions? Contact us here.
- From Richard Louv’s Last Child in the Woods
What is Nature Based Mentoring?
At Twin Eagles Spring Alive! Spring Break Camps, Nature Based Mentoring is a system of teaching that blends ancient mentoring techniques from traditional indigenous cultures around the world with tools from modern field ecology and insights from research in brain development, learning theory and experiential education.
Learning is facilitated by mentor relationships and by the power of one's direct observation and experience. As well, this process develops one's sense of interconnected identity, increases awareness of natures patterns, rhythms and cycles, teaches many essential life skills and passes knowledge of the earth and traditional human culture from generation to generation.
As participants progress through Twin Eagles' programs, they become comfortable and confident outdoors, laying a strong foundation of respect and love for the earth and all of life.
Instruction and Activities
Twin Eagles Spring Alive! Spring Break Camps honor elements of the traditional mentoring process while also drawing from modern research in the fields of brain development and education - creating a blend of challenges and learning opportunities which address multiple learning styles and foster a child's sensory integration.
Children will be guided to a deep and intimate relationship with the natural world by highly passionate instructors, themselves trained in the ancient Art of Mentoring. The Twin Eagles curriculum model blends three elements:
- Teachings of the Earth ~ Developing naturalist skills, using wild edible and medicinal plants, building shelters, fire making, natural rope making, outdoor cooking, native crafts, and more.
- Teachings of Family and Community ~ Storytelling, music, movement, humor, thankfulness, communication skills, group adventures, respect for all things, and more.
- Teachings of Awareness ~ Using all five senses, tracking, lost-proofing, self awareness, journaling, native scout skills, bird language, ceremonies, and more.
- Gabrielle Duebendorfer
Benefits to Your Child:
Nature Based Mentoring helps your child:
- Experience nature's circular time frames, cycles, seasons, rhythms and migrations - providing a contrast to the linear time frame experienced in modern culture and offering a deeper sense of one's place in the natural cycle of life.
- Increase awareness and outdoor living/survival skills, which leads to greater confidence outdoors, and a more secure sense of self in the world.
- Share healthy adventure, challenge and fun within a community of passionate teachers, children and families.
- Gain a sense of place through direct experience with nature.
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