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Day Camp & Nature School
Rafting AdventuresRiver rafting offers children a wilderness experience without the physical demands of a backpacking trip. On River Dancers' Nature School Rafting Adventures, our trail is the beautiful Klamath River, which we share with the plant and animal communities that make this ecologically rich habitat their home. Each day includes structured natural history experiences involving the naming of plants and animals and discussions of their habitat along with unstructured time to discover their own place in nature. 
In his new book, Last Child in the Woods,
Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder, Richard Louv
points out, "Our society is teaching young people to avoid direct
experience in nature...Yet, at the very moment that the bond is breaking
between the young and the natural world, a growing body of research
links our mental, physical, and spiritual health directly to our association
with nature in positive ways. Several of these studies suggest that thoughtful
exposure of youngsters to nature can even be a powerful form of therapy
for attention-deficit disorders and other maladies."
-- author Richard Louv in "Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder" 
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