Where Kids Build Skills & Real Friendships
Firelight, archery, music & community—every Thursday night. Trackers Skills Night Begins March 5 — A New Thursday Tradition! We received an incredible response to our A Wonderful World With Trackers. After publishing it, I had quite a few conversations with parents at pickup, over email, and even by the campfire. Our conversations always gravitated toward […]
A Wonderful World With Trackers
Building real-world connection for kids and families Today there are fewer and fewer places where kids can hang out together in the real world. Not online, but in one of those places we older generations roamed freely in, but are rapidly going extinct: cafes, libraries, and unfenced wild spaces in our neighborhoods. There are fewer […]
Let’s Stop Optimizing Childhood
How kids earn real independence through competence and community. We didn’t expect such a positive response to our last blog, Beyond Screens, Beyond Camp. Families wrote back because we named something that’s rarely addressed: outdoor education can’t just be a brief alternative to screens. If kids’ social lives exist online, “go outside” can feel like […]
Beyond Screens, Beyond Camp
Screens pull kids in. Meaning calls them outdoors. Every outdoor program now promises “less screen time, more connection.” True enough, camps can deliver this, but it misses the real problem. When school friends gather in digital spaces, parents face an impossible choice: connection or isolation. While Trackers has weighed in on screen time, we want […]
Character Beyond Camp
Comfort is a moment. Capability is a lifetime. Trackers is well known for fun, adventure, skill-building, and our original story-immersion camps. Kids become Rangers, Mariners, Wilders, and heroes of the many worlds we build out together in the forest. We even touched on this recently in our blog We Accidentally Spawned a Multiverse. All of […]
We Accidentally Spawned a Multiverse
In this blog: Trackers muses on how… We Accidentally Spawned a Multiverse The intention of this piece is to support a creative community in nature education, and for our families to understand the timeline and the source of ideas. We know “accidentally spawning a Trackers Multiverse” is now a world-building cliché (Make Mine, Marvel.) But […]
Holiday Season 2025 – Coloring Contest
❄️ Trackers Coloring Contest · Winter 2025 Winter Contest The weather outside may be frightful, but this coloring page is pure delight. Grab your crayons and give the snowy forest its winter colors! ☃️ 🏁 Contest EndedYou can still download this page for coloring at home.Find the latest contest here → Click the page to […]
Grief & Gratitude
This season, I’ve been thinking a lot about how we remember the long thread that ties us to community—the generations who came before us, those who will follow, and the land that holds all of it together. When a Plan Comes Together A few weeks ago, I found myself at the Trackers Farmhouse for our […]
Building a World That Needs To Exist
Plus, Seeking Parents With Art Director Chops With the holidays on the horizon, I’m inviting you to two things. First, come celebrate with us at the Trackers Holiday Fair with local artisan crafters and our classic Holiday Goblin Market (that playful world of whimsical trades and imagination). Second, consider coming out to Camp Roslyn this […]
Fall Harvest 2025 – Coloring Contest
🍁 Trackers Coloring Contest · Fall Harvest 2025 Fall Harvest Contest Celebrate the bounty of the season! As the leaves turn and the harvest comes in, give the turning of the year your own colors. 🍂 🏁 Contest EndedYou can still download this page for coloring at home.Find the latest contest here → Click the […]