Kids’ Nature Connection Programs
Nelson BC Spring 2021
Spring sessions starting the first week of April, going till mid of June. Registration will open soon!
HOW TO SIGN UP
1. Select your product on our website. Select payment options.
(For homeschoolers, we can invoice SelfDesign, Home Links, IDCL etc.)
2. Please fill in the Registration Form for the spring break.
3. Apply for a Scholarship if your family is in need.
WHERE
In Nelson or 10 minutes from Nelson. We will email details, locations vary.
Always outside, more handwashing/sanitizer, less shared things /games involving touch, more distance, smaller groups.
‘Please, go outside’: COVID-19 much less likely to spread outdoors,
Dr. Bonnie Henry says.
‘Outdoor play, in particular, offers critical opportunities for learning, development and well-being
that aren’t generally available through indoor play.
In the time of the COVID-19 pandemic,
the benefits of outdoor play are particularly important’,
says leading play researchers.
Upcoming Programs
- Earth Adventurers age 10-13 week 1$198.00 + GSTNature spring break camp! Welcome to three days of fun explorations of this beautiful land. We'll learn bush skills like fire making with bow drill and flint and steel, hands-on experiences about local animals and how to sneak close to them, building survival shelters, try natural archery and how to take of nature. March 17, 18, 19 (Wed, Thurs, Fri) 9 am - 3 pm, all outside. Age 10-13
- Earth Adventurers age 10-13 week 2$198.00 + GSTNature spring break camp! Welcome to three days of fun explorations of this beautiful land. We'll learn bush skills like fire making with bow drill and flint and steel, hands-on experiences about local animals and how to sneak close to them, building survival shelters, try natural archery and how to take of nature. March 24, 25, 26 (Wed, Thurs, Fri) 9 am - 3 pm, all outside. Age 10-13
- Grief Council$15.00 + GSTThese are potent times. I notice lots of unknown, fear and grief about our personal situations; financially, relationally. I notice lots of changes in society. How do we relate to the unknown? What is ending, what is being born? I am offering a sharing circle where we can speak and listen together. You will bring home with you some tools to possibly reframe how you look at yourself and the world. For adults, contact us for dates, 6-8 pm.
- Nature Guardians age 6-9 week 1$198.00 + GSTTHIS CAMP IS FULL. Welcome to curiosity-led explorations, nature-based games, stories, and challenges with a focus on compassion and gratitude. March 17, 18, 19 (Wed, Thurs, Fri) 9 am - 3 pm, all outside. Age 6-9
- Nature Guardians age 6-9 week 2$198.00 + GSTWelcome to curiosity-led explorations, nature-based games, stories, and challenges with a focus on compassion and gratitude. March 24, 25, 26 (Wed, Thurs, Fri) 9 am - 3 pm, all outside. Age 6-9
- Wee Wildings age 4-5 March 16+23$110.00 + GSTFULL! Email us to be on the waitlist. forestpathnelson@gmail.com Welcome to curiosity-led explorations, nature-based games, stories, and challenges with a focus on compassion and gratitude. Tuesday, March 16 and Tuesday, March 23 9 am - 2 pm, all outside. Age 4-5
WHAT DO THE KIDS DO
The Forest Path connects kids to our beautiful natural playground – to our birthright to smell, taste, feel and listen to the living land around us. In a playful way, we deepen our nature skills, which will also deepen our community skills and our relationship with our own self. We believe nature is the best teacher that models values such as belonging, quiet mind, generosity, resilience and vitality. Qualities that are most likely to be very much needed for the unknown future. It is time for really taking care of the Earth. Forest school is one step.
Every program balances free nature play and facilitated games, art and crafts, adjusted to the age and interests of the kids. We playfully add mindfulness, yoga, and music into the day. Nature creates our stage, our nest. The Forest Path mentors create a safe nest by using sharing circles, empathetic listening, positive role modelling and a balance of action and silence. Kindness and community are our other key values, including a deep awe and respect for the natural world. We let nature connect to us, let curiosity and creativity flow in a timeless way – the way kids play. Play is essential for children.
The children learn to watch for hazards and depending on age, try basic outdoor skills on how to survive in the wild. We learn about plants and animals and the cycles in nature and about our own gifts and how we can relate to others, and actively create diversity, equity, inclusion and justice. The Forest Path aims to be part of decolonization culture and we humbly admit we have much to learn.
Planet care. People care, Fair share.