Mother-Child Weekends

Women, as heads of households, make up better than 25% of all families.

Many women would like their children to have outdoor skills and experiences but do not feel confident camping and adventuring alone.
Let My Maine Adventure assist you with your outdoor experience.
We can make your adventure educational, safe, comfortable and most of all fun!


"It seems like all of the girls grew an inch or two in just a weekend -- their confidence soared!"
    -Attendee - mother/child weekend 2008

"Before the weekend, I was intimidated just taking the tent out of the box. Now I can set up camp, start a fire, and cook pretty well. My Kids will remember this for a long time -- we will be back next year."
    -Attendee - mother/child weekend 2007

"I like to play indoors better 'cause that's where all of the electrical outlets are."
    - A 4th grader in San Diego/'Last Child in the Woods' - Richard Louv


survival training

Camp skills & Orienteering

"Nature inspires creativity in a child by demanding visualization and full use of the senses"
    -Last Child in the Woods - Richard Louv

"Given a chance, a child will bring the confusion of the world to the woods, wash it in the creek, and turn it over to see what lives on the unseen side of that confusion"
    -Last Child in the Woods - Richard Louv

"Nature can frighten a child, too, and this fright serves a purpose. In nature, a child finds freedom, fantasy and privacy: a place distant from the adult world, a separate peace."
    -Last Child in the Woods - Richard Louv

 

Outdoor Cooking

"I always thought camping meant basic, badly-cooked food -- burgers, beans, stew and cold cereal.
In outdoor cooking we learned how to make really great meals using a reflector oven and the fire. No more crappy meals for us!"
    - The Carter Family, 2006

canoe and kayak training

"Our society is teachng young people to avoid direct experience in nature.
That lesson is delivered in schools, families, even organizations devoted to the outdoors and codified into the legal and regulatory structures of many communities.
Well meaning public school systems, media, and parents are effectively scaring children straight out of the woods and fields."
    - 'Last Child in the Woods' - Richard Louv

"We had been kayaking a number of times but had never learned how to self-rescue. Now we can help each other -- but most importantly we can save ourselves."
    - Bob P. 2007




Sample Adventure Weekend Outline