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Spring Session Overview
March 31-June 20, 2025 | 12 Weeks | 3 Locations
Child of the Wild offers a distinctive approach to alternative education, where learning emerges organically from the topic, season and/or experience at hand. Our program is deeply immersed in nature and it is here that we base our learning and exploration. Emotional regulation, social skills, team building, leadership development, gratitude and mindfulness practices, are also core areas of focus within our programs.
Our learning is guided by a weekly theme (see each session for theme overviews). We balance structured learning with flexibility, as we encourage spontaneous child-led experiences to unfold. Our ultimate goal is to harmonize these energies and invite in 'the flow'- allowing for a truly unique and enriching alternative educational experience.
Weekly Themes
Some pretty awesome themes will guide our learning this spring!
Check em' out below!
Week 01
CommUNITY Connections: Planting Seeds
To kick off our session we will begin with intentional community connection and land acknowledgements. We will also be crafting our own clay pots in which we will plant our very own seed.
Week 02
Bird Bonanza: Nests & Eggs
The first part of our two-week Bird Bonanza series has us focusing on birds nests and eggs. We will be exploring this topic with hands on learning and a team building STEAM experiment.
Week 03
Bird Bonanza: Sweet Songs & Sights
Through the lens of our winged friends we will use binoculars to guide us through a series of forest activities and use our ears to listen in closely. We will finish our day with power tools as we create log bird feeders to hang around our home base areas.
Week 04
Making an Impact: Earth Day Adventure
In the spirit of Earth Day we will venture to local protected areas and together will make an impact as we work together to cleanup our walkways and ditches. While on site, we have a special program wide project we will be sharing with everyone for the first time… stay tuned!
Week 05
Earth Keepers: The Story in the Stones
This week we take action on our program wide group project… that’s all we can share for now. Hehe stay tuned!
Week 06
Animal Adaptations: Fur & Feather
We have a Conservation Crate booked through the OFAH for two weeks- allowing us to have an up close and personal look and feel with 14 different animal pelts and intentional activities and discussions surrounding this.
Week 07
Animal Adaptations: Wee Wanderers & Bushy Tails
Our second week with the crate will allow us to go even deeper with our learning as we zoom in nice and small to the wee wanderer and bushy tailed friends of the forest.
Week 08
"The Tiny Seed": Book Study & Experiment
A classic read in the realm of nature based learning, “The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle” will guide us through the potent journey of a seed. We will take this teaching both figuratively and literally. Our day will end with a STEAM inspired experiment.
Week 09
Bugs & Grubs: Up Close& Personal
A variety of tools, alongside our bare hands, will be available for use as we get up close and personal with all sorts of bugs and grubs- in the dirt, in the bark of trees, in the long grass, etc. We will end our day with themed fireside cooking… SPIDER DOGS!
Week 10
Enchanting the Forest & Fungi Fun
We will engage our minds eye this week as we look at the forest through the lens of magic. Fairy and fungi inspired crafts will infuse our day and enhance the feeling of magic at our homebase.
Week 11
Blooming Wisdom: Exploring the Magic of Flowers
A day of all things flowers- tinctures, flower crowns, mandalas and MORE! We will be exploring pollinators and honey too!
Week 12
Session Closure & Summer Solstice Forest Festival
Celebrations are in order this week! We will be celebrating another amazing session together AND the return of Summer with Solstice inspired offerings and activities at our Forest Festival.
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