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Little Turtles
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Spring 2024 registration is open now!
Classes will start Tuesday, February 6th.
Classes will start Tuesday, February 6th.
Little Turtles Teachers: Rose Harding and Rebecca Urbano
Both Rose and Rebecca have experience teaching children in a Forest School setting. Rose has been with Wild Nature Project for 2 years and was the lead teacher at the Sassafras Sisters Girls Camp last summer. These two are so fun and loved by children and we are very happy to have them on our team!
Both Rose and Rebecca have experience teaching children in a Forest School setting. Rose has been with Wild Nature Project for 2 years and was the lead teacher at the Sassafras Sisters Girls Camp last summer. These two are so fun and loved by children and we are very happy to have them on our team!
Little Turtles:
Ages 4-6
This is a chance for children to engage in age-appropriate activities in nature that engage the senses, imagination, and body. We explore our surroundings through stories, play, activities, and adventures. This class starts kids off on a journey of nature-connection that can last for many years (and a lifetime). In this class it is important to us to model and encourage creativity, wonder, curiosity, helpfulness, love of nature, friendliness, play, and joy.
*Your child is ready for this class when...
Tuesday/Thursday
February: 10am-1pm
March-May: 9am-Noon (Spring break is off and Spring session ends May 16th)
*Sign up for Tuesday AND Thursday,
Tuesday only, or Thursday only
Class Fee:
2 days/week for 14 weeks = $840
1 day/week for 14 weeks = $420
Ages 4-6
This is a chance for children to engage in age-appropriate activities in nature that engage the senses, imagination, and body. We explore our surroundings through stories, play, activities, and adventures. This class starts kids off on a journey of nature-connection that can last for many years (and a lifetime). In this class it is important to us to model and encourage creativity, wonder, curiosity, helpfulness, love of nature, friendliness, play, and joy.
*Your child is ready for this class when...
- they are able to use the toilet on their own (staff can assist with some layering down and up again in winter).
- they can spend time outdoors in the elements (we do have a shelterhouse).
Tuesday/Thursday
February: 10am-1pm
March-May: 9am-Noon (Spring break is off and Spring session ends May 16th)
*Sign up for Tuesday AND Thursday,
Tuesday only, or Thursday only
Class Fee:
2 days/week for 14 weeks = $840
1 day/week for 14 weeks = $420
Whole body and mind learning:
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Our classes for youth puts kids in touch with wild nature. We venture off-trail gathering wild edible plants, building fire for warmth and cooking food, while listening to the voices of birds to tell us where the hawk or owl are hiding. Our curriculum follows the cycles of the seasons looking at what is available for harvest and staying attuned to what our basic needs are in that particular season. Games, challenges, and group activities teach us to think quickly, work together, and to use our resources wisely. Kids gain competency in a variety of life-skills that will help them in school, business, friendships, and family. We know this because of the feedback we've received from those in their teens and 20s who grew up with these connective experiences. This is whole-body and mind learning through sensory awareness, movement, challenge, and play.
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