Explore nature and friendships through...
  -free play
   -body & senses
   -stories
   -art
   -nature mentoring
   -forest adventures
   -nature activities

Class begins September 3rd, 2024

Little Turtles 
ages 4-6

     This is a place where children can have fun nature adventures and make new friends. Our teachers nurture student connection with the natural world through games, activities, stories, and adventures. Activities like nature show & tell gives children the chance to practice speaking & storytelling in front of a group and also to practice listening to others and sharing the space. There's also plenty of child-led activity and exploration time.
     On colder days we may build a campfire for warmth and learn how to be safe around a fire. This is an exciting and adventurous class for this age group and they'll come home with lots of great stories!
Fall 2024 registration is now open!
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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...
  • 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 (this can/will grow on them and we do have a shelterhouse).
*being a little scared/nervous for the first days of getting dropped off is totally normal and understandable. It can take some kids several classes to feel comfortable during that time. 

Fall 2024 Teachers: Josh Jackson and Eliza Dowd

Tuesdays
9am-Noon
September-December 2024

Class begins...
Tuesday September 3rd

Class Fee:
1 day/week for 15 weeks = $450

Whole body and mind learning:
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.