Bay Area, CA The School of Magic
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A school to learn the wizardry of nature
Your invitations to the Trackers School of Magic should be arriving any day. It tells you where to go, what to bring and how you will get there.
At your arrival you learn which guild you will join for the week. Your first task is to find your favorite tree, learn all about it and make your magic wand from its wood.
Much of our wizards studies take place in the enchanted forests of our local parks and could include the following electives...
Magical Theater Train the skills of a real magician with experts. Each age will learn to captivate a crowd with fantastic illusions of stage and performance.
Weather Divination Through cloud patterns and the language of the birds, you learn all about the tell tale signs of the weather. Know what the trees say about the "storm a brewing" or when the bugs tell you the sun will come out from behind the clouds.
Ancient Runes Older wizards step back through time and into our city's history, find the ancient surveyor's stone that draws the ley lines for the city and visit other old time wonders of our city.
Potions and Compounds This is the safe science of brilliant flashes of light through a few simple compounds. This is the eerily glowing rock that seems to draw power from nowhere, it is where we make our dyes to color everything and this is the jar of ectoplasmic goo and slime sitting on the shelf.
Herbology What plants heal what sickness? What plants are good to eat? We learn the answers to these questions and more through the study of herbology.
Transformation Crawling on all fours like a raccoon is not only fun but it keeps us in shape. When you get down at a raccoon's level, when you see what it sees, hear what it hears and you smell in the same why that it does. Learn to empathize with the wild creatures around you.
Cryptozoology There are strange creatures about. Learn their legends and lore and how in many of the ancient stories, they are truly protectors of the forest.
Camouflage and Invisibility How do big deer and fat bears disappear in the woods? How are weasels there one moment and gone the next? Learn their secrets of stealth and evasion. Become a master of invisibility.
Locations
This summer we offer drop-off and pick-up in north Oakland (near 580 and Highway 24)
Register for The School of Magic
Ages 6 The School of Magic could include
• mobile camp around local Greenspaces and beyond
• make your wand
• train the skills of a real magician with experts
• learn about Weather Divination, never need a weather report again
• visit Ancient Runes around Portland
• learn magic tricks of different magicians
• collect wild plants and herbs for food and healing
• hear ancient legends of incredible and mythic creatures
• go on wizards quests
• practice for animal forms and stealth games
• play at animal forms and learn about animal ecology
Ages 7-8 The School of Magic could include
• mobile camp around Bay Area nature parks and lands
• make your wand
• train the skills of a real magician with experts
• learn about Weather Divination, never need a weather report again
• visit Ancient Runes around Portland
• learn magic tricks of different magicians
• collect wild plants and herbs for food and healing
• hear ancient legends of incredible and mythic creatures
• go on wizards quests
• practice for animal forms and stealth games
• play at animal forms and learn about animal ecology
Ages 8-10 The School of Magic could include
• mobile camp around Bay Area nature parks and lands
• make your wand
• train the skills of a real magician with experts
• learn about Weather Divination, never need a weather report again
• visit Ancient Runes around Portland
• learn magic tricks of different magicians
• collect wild plants and herbs for food and healing
• hear ancient legends of incredible and mythic creatures
• go on wizards quests
• practice for animal forms and stealth games
• play at animal forms and learn about animal ecology
A Good Fit?
Before you register PLEASE READ the critical information below to help you decide if your program is the right match for you or you child. TrackersNW invests in families and students dedicated to maturity and accountability as a team. The experience of your child is heightened as these filters insure a safe, supportive and competent collaboration with both our instructors and all other team members (including students).
This program is a good fit for the child and parent who...
• trust one another
• are interested in and empathetic to the natural world
• crave a different way of experiencing and seeing both natural and modern world
• want to have fun
• possess a sense of adventure
• make intelligent choices
• display competent autonomy when needed
• can make and keep clear agreements concerning safety
• can help insure the safety of their peers and collaborators
• works diligently toward adult accountability, consequences and responsibility
• will come dressed appropriately to stay warm, dry and healthy
• is okay with being muddy, cold and wet at times
• can be a real kid
• shares well with others
This program is NOT a good fit for children who...
• are not interested in nature & scout awareness
• are not empathetic for the natural world
• are being forced to come to camp
• cannot display competent autonomy when needed
• cannot make and keep clear agreements and choices concerning safety
• is kept inside all the time so may be uncomfortable
• will not dress appropriately to stay warm, dry and healthy
• is not okay with being muddy, cold and wet at times
• has trouble working with others and respecting the needs of other participants
Please note that if your child is positively working on behavior, we are willing to work with them and you with clear agreements
