Sonoma Earth School Summer Camp
Ya-Ka-Ama, 7465 Steve Olson Lane, Forestville, CA 95436
About
Sonoma Earth School Summer Camp offers days outdoors where campers build forts and fairy houses, make paint from plants, and craft jewelry from stones. Campers wade and swim in the Russian River, learn to track animal footprints, cook over a campfire, play nature games, and share stories under the trees.
• Ages: 5–13 years old
• Schedule: Camp hours 8:30AM–1:00PM
• Price: Summer Camp 2026: $350 per week for 8:30AM–1:00PM; extended care until 3:00PM is $100 per week; extended care until 5:00PM is $200 per week.
Sonoma Earth School Summer Camp is part of Sonoma Earth School, which describes itself as Sonoma County’s only outdoor elementary school for kindergarten through 8th grade, with a mixed-age learning environment, individualized academics, daily instruction in Spanish, and an immersion in a reciprocal relationship with nature. Sonoma Earth School states that “The Earth is our classroom. The Earth is our teacher.” and notes a 1:3 teacher-to-student ratio, a bilingual Spanish/English approach, and a focus on both “Old Ways & New Ways” and student-centered innovation. Sonoma Earth School was founded by husband and wife team, Tim and Leila Allen.
The organization states that it is registered with 4CS and that it is committed to honoring both the history of the land it uses and its current place in today’s Native community through its curriculum and organizational practices, naming the local Southern Pomo tribes, Mishewal Wappo, the Koi Nation, and Coast Miwok.
Last updated June 8, 2026.
• Ages: 5–13 years old
• Schedule: Camp hours 8:30AM–1:00PM
• Price: Summer Camp 2026: $350 per week for 8:30AM–1:00PM; extended care until 3:00PM is $100 per week; extended care until 5:00PM is $200 per week.
Sonoma Earth School Summer Camp is part of Sonoma Earth School, which describes itself as Sonoma County’s only outdoor elementary school for kindergarten through 8th grade, with a mixed-age learning environment, individualized academics, daily instruction in Spanish, and an immersion in a reciprocal relationship with nature. Sonoma Earth School states that “The Earth is our classroom. The Earth is our teacher.” and notes a 1:3 teacher-to-student ratio, a bilingual Spanish/English approach, and a focus on both “Old Ways & New Ways” and student-centered innovation. Sonoma Earth School was founded by husband and wife team, Tim and Leila Allen.
The organization states that it is registered with 4CS and that it is committed to honoring both the history of the land it uses and its current place in today’s Native community through its curriculum and organizational practices, naming the local Southern Pomo tribes, Mishewal Wappo, the Koi Nation, and Coast Miwok.
Last updated June 8, 2026.
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