About Wheatscouts
This children's program was started in the mid 1980s and is devoted to music, dance, storytelling, crafts and nature. Each season opens and closes with a family camp-out on the festival grounds. Wheatscouts meet during the months from October - June, and are generally scheduled for the 2nd Saturday of each month from 10:00 AM 'til Noon in the Gladys Wernette building on the Wheatland Music site near Remus. Wheatscouts promotes family tradition and fellowship and is offered free of charge. If you would like additional information regarding Wheatscouts you may call Kris or Bruce at 989-561-2308.
Wheatscouts 2008 - 2009
Wheatscouts is a family gathering where children and parents from areas as close as Remus and as far flung as Lansing, Grand Rapids, and Kalamazoo come together once a month to sing, play music, dance, make crafts listen to stories, enjoy each other and nature. There are no fees for Wheatscouts...you need not make a long-term commitment...and so far there is no Wheatscout pledge. The programs are entirely set up to get a family out of the house, away from the mundane Saturday morning tasks and into a Traditional Arts experience. The program is as much for the parents as it is for the offspring. We parents become so tied up in things to do with our kids and rearing them is a full-time piece of work, to be sure. Another aspect of Wheatscouts is the interaction offered to parents during the programs...a chance for parents to bond with other grown-ups while turning the little ones loose for a couple of hours.
The Wheatscouts season begins with a fall campout at The Gladys Lodge and ends with a spring camp-out on Kid’s Hill. Each month the participants are regaled with string bands, folk tales, mystery guests, dancing, cookie decorating, a kid’s variety show, crafts and a nature day (searching for owl pellets, fawns, wildflowers and salamanders on the Bauman/Wernette Centennial Farm...a.k.a. Wheatland.) Wheatscouts ordinarily occurs the 2nd Saturday of the month from 10 a.m.-noon in the Gladys Wernette building at the Wheatland music site.
If your progeny have expressed an interest in the Wheatland sort of offerings....why not give Wheatscouts a try? There’s a very good chance you’ll make some great friends and expand your circle of ideas for your growing family. For additional info, call the Wheatscouts Hotline (Kris & Bruce) at 989-561-2308.
WHEATSCOUTS 2008-2009 CALENDAR
December 13, 10 a.m.-noon: Holiday Baking and Holiday Sing- and Play-Along.
January 10, 2 p.m.-?: Sledding and Outdoor fun, followed by Potluck and Family Music Party.
February 7, Noon-2 p.m.: "Let's Have Fun with Music" The return of Lake Effect! (Tiyi Schippers, Dave Bunce, Rachael Davis and others TBA).
April 11, 10 a.m-noon: Hands-on Tile Painting.
May 9, 10 a.m.-?: Nature Activities EcoMan and NatureMan.
Friday, June 5-Sunday, June 7: Spring Campout on Kids Hill.
Questions? Call or email bruce
(989-561-2308/earful_of_fiddle@yahoo.com)
With the exception of the Spring Campout (for which we'll meet on Friday evening on Kids' Hill), all events will take place at the Gladys Wernette Classroom Building, and will start at 10 a.m. and end at noon
