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Past Taproot newsletters have focused on the natural joys of the season, stuff we’re looking forward to, and upcoming Taproot programs and events. Sometimes we’ve delved into the less joyful topics of our increasingly dire environmental issues. But after checking in on the morning’s latest unprecedented insanity, we actually feel something like nostalgia for the […]
Dear Taproot Families and Friends, On this first day of 2025 there’s a stiff, cold wind and the clouds are flying fast across the sky. A skim of ice covers some of the puddles. It’s close to what a real Iowa winter is “supposed” to feel like, and the 10-day forecast says the trend will […]
Registration opens this Saturday, November 23 at 10 a.m. 2025 Taproot Summer Camps and Cost include: • Taproot Leadership Camp (TLC) Sleep-away camp for rising 7th-Graders to rising 11th-Graders, June 7-14, $1350 • Sprouts Camp half-day camp for kids ages 3-5, $250 • Cambium Camp full-day camp for kids ages 5-8, $440 • Sapling Camp […]
Taproot’s Sprouts Morning Program is designed to give young children continuous, positive, immersive experiences with the earth in wonderful natural areas around Iowa City, in an atmosphere of kindness, awareness, respect, and friendship. Each day’s plan is built around copious amounts of self-guided outdoor play in a wide variety of natural settings. Sprouts teachers Elesa, […]
Bad News and Good News! The bad news is we only have two weeks of camp left. The good news is we still have two weeks of camp left! We have had an amazingly full and fun summer. Please take a look at the vast array of photos of Taproot Kids exploring, playing, learning, and […]
Taproot Ecuador 2024 We just got back to Iowa yesterday from our first Taproot trip to Ecuador, and none of us will ever be the same! It was incredible. The experiences, the firsts, the discoveries, and the beautiful friends we met, I’m confident all of these will stay with us forever. It’s difficult to describe, […]
We must acknowledge that this winter was weird. Aside from a cold, snowy couple weeks, it hardly seemed like winter at all. Aaaaaand it’s not over yet. There’s still a chance winter will try to do its job. But today feels, smells, and looks like the awakening of spring, so we’re going to enjoy it! […]
I really miss your excellent Taproot Kids! I have gone back and forth and all around, hemmed and hawed, agonized and procrastinated about how to run Taproot this fall, and meanwhile the days are flying by and pretty soon there won’t be any fall left. So here’s what we’re going to do. I hope it […]
We’re not out of the woods yet. On a Taproot excursion, that’s a good thing. But in a pandemic, not so good. With COVID variants driving infection rates up–especially among children–we have decided to wait a little longer before opening any regular Taproot programming this fall. We will provide updates to this policy when possible […]
This is going to be another tough choice. We only got a few drawings this year, but they are really really good. Each interested human gets one vote. Everybody–You, me, the sitter, Grandma, Uncle Shagbark from across the Skunk River, everybody! Feel free to forward to friends and extended family, and “recommend” which picture they […]