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Summer Programs & Sign-Up
Our Summer History & Nature Programs Run Full -Day From 9am-4pm.
Drop-off begins at 8:30am each day
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!! UPDATE !! After contacting and stopping into over 200 local farms, we finally found our new spring & summer program home up the road.... Read our locations page for more info.
We will also be returning to Readington Buffalo Farm for 2 weeks in 2026!
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The daily Raven Rock Summer Programs schedule balances educational and fun activities with free time to enjoy with friends. Whether it’s learning something new or engaging in friendly competition, our outdoor programs offer something for everyone to enjoy.
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Each week is limited to 35 attending children only. Smaller numbers = better quality and a more personable experience!
Lock in your dates before we sell out!
Please refer to "our locations" page for both our venue details.
Summer dates for 2026-
Ages 7-12
( 6 year old's must be signed up with an older sibling /relative or friend in the same session) ​​​
To see what a typical day looks like & examples of our programs, scroll to next section
Cash discount available
Only applies to weeks priced $395.00. Contact for cash price
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We fill fast.
Make sure to lock in your spots quickly!
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Our Discounted 4-day session and NEW Programs are always the fastest ones to fill, and due to the activities we are limited to 35 children per-week.
*If you wish to be put on a waitlist once we are filled please contact the program director*​​
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To see a breakdown with some of our new activities this year, visit our Facebook page and look at the pinned posts!
Our Programs
To see a breakdown with some of our new activities this year, visit our Facebook page and look at the pinned posts after February!
Bursting with undiscovered adventures in a rustic and loving farm atmosphere, our 3 main programs will get your children to form their own conclusions about nature, and get them excited to learn and discover more.
From games, to team building, to exploring the property, to hands-on interactive workshops, to the wild west at Readington Buffalo farm or even learning and interacting with the animals on Rain Creek Farm, there is always a new adventure around every corner.
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Our goal is to make your child's summers unforgettable with memories and friendships that last a lifetime. We make learning fun with unique programs at an incredible location! Together with our team we have been bringing your children those summers filled with friendships, unforgettable fun, living history, and adventures since the summer of 2018.
- Become part of our Nature programs full of nature exploration, survival studies, environmental studies, incredible fun, adventure, games, team building, workshops, and memories.
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- Our Nature/History weeks -Experience Living History & Nature all in one program! As always, all your weekly favorite games, team building, water play, workshops and theme days will be waiting for you, in addition to some living history too!
- Ages 7-12 - 6 y/o's permitted to sign-up with an older sibling, friend, or relative.
- Love activities, problem solving, STEM, working with your hands, building/crafting, and learning new things?
Well, then our brand NEW workshop week is waiting for you! Assemble and help build projects & crafts, problem solve STEM activities, work as a team to accomplish tasks & games, and as always, all your weekly favorite games, team building, water play, and theme days will be waiting for you.
- Ages 7-12 - 6 y/o's permitted to sign-up with an older sibling, friend, or relative.
Last year each child made a large wooden lego coat rack!
Each year's project(s) will be different.
Readington Buffalo Farm
2 exclusive weeks
- Offering TWO exclusive weeks at Readington Buffalo Farm just down the road! Conveniently only a few minutes from rt. 31 and directly off rt. 523.
Want to experience a true wild west farm? Learn about Bison, and enjoy all the vast open spaces perfect for games and activities??
Come join us for one of the best experiences yet!
- Ages 7-12 - 6 y/o's permitted to sign-up with an older sibling, friend, or relative.​
What Does a Typical Day Look Like?
A typical day with us will vary depending on theme, and weather. Our specialty theme days and activities can be found in the next section and/or on our sign up chart above, as well as on the enrollment forms.
We are outdoors for most, if not all day enjoying nature, and playing our favorite games and sports, as well as taking part in hands-on learning and team building. We also engage with the animals found at our Asbury location. For our Buffalo Farm location we learn about large animal husbandry and care through fences due to the animal's size.
Examples of a typical day with us:
- 8:30-9am- Arrival! Games & drop-off
-9:15- mid morning- children's favorite program games/sports and/or animal husbandry
-10:30/10:45am- snack time
-11:00am- 12pm- varies each day, examples include- hands on learning/educator, or team building sports/activities
- 12:15pm-1pm- lunch and free time to play and spend time with friends.
-1pm-3:30pm- varies each day, examples include- educator/hands on learning, animal husbandry, stream time, stream study, water games, capture the flag, crafts, etc.
-3:30-3:45pm- pack up to leave and play games until parents arrive.
-3:45-4:00pm- departure
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Each week will have one themed dress - up theme day such as "Pirate Day," Wild west Cowboy Day," Christmas in July", "Carnival Day", "Dress as Patriotic as you can day" Halloween in July, among others. These will be listed above in our weekly breakdown, as well as on our sign up/enrollment forms.
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Each week on Thursdays we have build your own ice cream sundaes, in the afternoon. In the case of our discounted 4 day week, if Ice cream day falls on the 4th of July when we are closed, ice cream will be switched to another day that week.
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Each week we have one day set aside for making your own tie dye (shirts are provided by Raven Rock).
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Fridays (weather dependent) are typically water play day mixed up with several other fun activities throughout the day. We do not have a pool, all water games are done on land.
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Nature weeks and History weeks will vary in terms of hands-on learning/team building subjects, theme days, and educators, but our fan favorite games, sports, water play, tie dye, and ice cream will remain the same.
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A few of our hands-on learning activities throughout the course of the summer may include; Survival, animal tracking, animal adaptations program, animal husbandry and grooming, living history, science, STEM, first aid, environmental studies, survival studies, the gold rush, physics in nature magic show (typically the week of workshop week), honey bees, agriculture importance, & a program provided by the Clinton township K-9 unit, as well as many more! Each year these vary to keep it fresh and interesting.
