• Outdoor confidence
• Empathy development
• Active living
• Fun-based learning
• Multicultural exposure

Camp days are divided into six activity periods, plus lunchtime. Pre-K campers have core activities that they do each day, like field games, art & crafts, music, and nature discovery. They have specialty activities that change through the week, both to match the interests of the group and to keep their days exciting.

Examples of specialty activities are:

• Art journaling
• Basics of cooking (measuring, mixing, etc.)
• Conservation
• Dance
• Gardening
• Sandbox play
• Science
• Storytime
• Trail walks
• Water games
• Zoology

Pre-K campers arrive at NEOC and immediately meet their counselors. Their week begins with very familiar activities that helps them settle into camp with comfort and security, while beginning to make friends with the other campers in their group. With their counselors and fellow campers, they attend a whole camp gathering where they are introduced to all the adults they will see at camp and get to learn the week's theme!

Each day ends with Pre-K campers having an opportunity to share their favorite part of the day and what they are most excited about for the next day.

Thursday's theme day, which is new each week, is a chance for Pre-K campers to dress-up, exercise their imagination, and enjoy twists on familiar activities.

Camp ends each week with a camp-wide campfire that includes singing, skits, and more!

All campers must be able to independently use the bathroom while at camp. This includes lowering and raising their bottoms and cleaning themselves post-bathroom use. Campers should also be able to communicate to counselors when they need to use the bathroom. Campers are not permitted to wear diapers or pull-ups at camp, even as a preventative measure.

We realize that accidents may occur. Campers must be able to clean and change themself after an accident.

To ensure a safe and sanitary environment for all, NEOC has two policies for repeated bathroom accidents at camp:

• After three accidents within a one-week period, the camper will be asked to take a break from camp for the remainder of the week.
• After three more accidents, the camper will need to take a break for the rest of the summer; we will then apply 100% of their tuition for unused camp weeks as a NEOC credit on the family's account in the hopes that the camper will be ready next year. This credit will never expire and can be used by any child in the family for future camps.