The Forest Path

Nature Connection for Kids of all ages

Connect to the wild, to within, with each other.

Kids’ Nature Connection Programs
Nelson BC 2023

Child to adult ratio 5 or 6 depending on the age of kids.
If a day has not enough registered kids it will not run.
Only the programs for the youngest kids are GST exempt.
Contact us if your child is on the spectrum and/or has an EA in school, to see how we can make this program work.

We have adult programs too!
This is the time we need Nature more than ever and
Nature need us to connect deeply with the Earth.

Welcome!

CLICK HERE to apply for scholarship for Global Majority People (Black, Indigenous and people of Colour), LGBTQ+ and low income families.

Upcoming Programs

WARM CLOTHES

Kids and adults quality wool clothes and rain gear,
from Warmth and Weather.

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For a wide selection of rain gear, snow gear and other forest school gear, use this link and you will get a 15% discount on everything use CODE at checkout: FORESTPATH https://outdoorschoolshop.com/schools/the-forest-path/

COYOTE MENTORING

Human children through the ages grew up healthy and resilient from lots of outdoor play that built their body’s strength, sharpened their senses and appreciation of the world. They enjoyed unstructured play with diverse age groups. Kids were nourished by caring adults, positive role models who taught/mentored by storytelling and hands-on tasks.

There is a kind of outdoor education called Coyote mentoring, which is not just a way of teaching about nature, nor a kind of outdoor recreation, but a way of learning that centers around deep connection modeling. Connection within, with others, with the wild, inspired by how First Nations have raised their young for millennia.

Read more about the research on the Evoloved Nest, that argues for the moral development and wellbeing from Indigenous ways of raising kids.

‘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.

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