Forest Saturdays!
Forest Saturdays is a drop-in style program, where you can choose which themed weeks you’d like to attend! Each 3-hour session offers a unique nature-based experience for children ages 8-12, packed with outdoor survival skills, environmental literacy, and fun exploration.
Ages 8-12, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm (LIMITED SPACES AVAILABLE!)
This program takes place at our 130 Main Street, Grimsby, ON location. We access local parks and forests in addition to our on site naturalized playground.
We are very excited to offer this program that provides continued access to a wooded area, promoting good physical, mental, social and emotional health, while developing a connection with the environment. The students build life skills such as resilience while being outdoors in all kinds of weather, spatial awareness while negotiating forest trails, social competency while working as a team, and self-confidence while assessing and taking risks in the physical environment.
By revisiting the same location in the woods, children develop a stronger relationship with nature, while also being able to observe the changing of the seasons and how this affects nature and all of its inhabitants.
“What’s important is that children have an opportunity to bond with the natural world, to learn to love it and feel comfortable in it, before being asked to heal its wounds.”- David Sobel
UPCOMING THEMES:
January 10th
Birds – Join us for a morning of winter birding! Learn about bird language and get out on the land with some binoculars to see who we can see and what they are up to.
February 7th
Tracking – Come read the land with us as we delve into the ancient art of tracking! Learn to identify some common tracks, gaits, and how these patterns allow us to understand the many stories unfolding in the natural world.
March 7th
Whittle Things – Join us for a morning of whittling on the beautiful Niagara Escarpment! Whether you have experience or not, we will be covering basic knife safety and rudimentary wood carving techniques. Carving knives provided.
