Outside is a place where everyone belongs.
Year: 2023
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Winter Programs Week Four & Week Two (February 22&23)
Wednesday Forest School – Cole Harbour At Wild Child we do our best to cater to the needs of our community. Due to a last minute change in our programs this winter, our Wednesday program has been running at three hours a week, whereas the Thursday program is scheduled for four. With a lot of…
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Winter Programs Week Three & Week One (February 15&16)
Wednesday Forest School – Cole Harbour Although we were sad to have had to cancel our Tuesday climbing program this week due to a winter storm, the storm left us with the perfect wintery day at forest school on Wednesday. Once again we were able to break out the sleds and the hot chocolate and…
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Winter Climbing Week Three (February 9&14)
Thursday Climbing – Decathlon This group quite literally comes in the door running … and most don’t stop until their parents are calling them out of the gym. This week the students were eager to try out their trick shots on the basketball net and archery target. The Jump Shot The Backwards Shot And The…
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Winter Programs Week Two (February 8)
Wednesday Forest School – Cole Harbour This week at forest school had MUCH less snow than the last! And though this meant we spent less time (no time) sledding, the students were eager to spend their time building forts! We spent most of the day playing around “Bumblebee camp.” The students spent their time building,…
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Winter Climbing Week Two (February 2nd & 7th)
Thursday Climbing – Decathlon Week one in the gym was focused on getting comfortable on the climbing wall ; week two we began to introduce new challenges. This one student was the first and only student so far to complete our two challenges: racing a leader up the wall and traversing horizontally across the wall…
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Winter Programs Week One (February 1-3)
Wednesday Forest School – Cole Harbour I often share a lot of gratitude to the beautiful weather we get many days at forest school…but this day was one greater than we could have ever wished. The perfect, wintery, first day of winter forest school programs. The sun glistened through the powdery snow covered trees; keeping…
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Winter Climbing Week One (January 26 & 31)
Thursday Climbing Program What better way to start off a new year than with a new program! On Thursday we held our first (of many) Decathlon partnered program and it was unsurprisingly a huge success! We were joined by students from Forest School (from multiple different classes), and by some new students; we even had…
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Late Fall Saturday Programs (November 19 – December 10)
The same FUN group, with a new location! For our late fall programs we have taken advantage of our access to Kiwanis Park in Cole Harbour and it’s regulations allowing for us to have campfires. And many campfires were enjoyed by this class! Though everyone loves a good fire, nothing brings people together quite like…
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Late Fall Thursday Programs (November 17 – December 8)
Late Fall Thursday Programs were located in Blue Mountain Birch Cove Wilderness area, just as the Thursday’s beforehand. Our Late fall program consisted of many of the same students from the fall, with the loss of a few. We would normally run our program towards the “Hobson Lake Trail” side of the area, but decided…
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Late Fall Wednesday Programs (November 16 – December 7)
In order to transition into our first winter of offering programs with Wild Child Forest School, we offered a “Late Fall” program. This program was four weeks long and structured around the reality that the weather may get in the way of us completing the four full sessions before the holidays. Our late fall programs…
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PD Day’s, Parent and Tot’s and Decathlon’s Second Birthday (November 15-December 6)
Friday Travelling Toddlers – Kiwanis – November 18 It almost feels like we’ve come full circle being back at Kiwanis Park in Cole Harbour for our Parent and Tot program. In spring of 2022 we started this program at this very park and have spent many days here with many families enjoying all the perks…
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Fall 2022 Recap (September 13 – November 10)
Tuesday Fall Programs – Cole Harbour Heritage Park This fall was the first time we have offered two programs during the week (primarily catering to the home-schooling community) in two separate locations. This meant building new relationships and expectations was going to be an important part of our season. Of our five students in…
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Fall Make-up Week (November 8-November 12)
We were happy to spend this week making up for the past program cancellations due to circumstances beyond our control – like the recent Hurricane. Tuesday Homeschool Program – Cole Harbour On the last fall day in the woods for these wild children they promptly made the choice in the morning to explore a new…
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Fall Week Eight (November 1-November 5)
Tuesday Homeschool Program – Cole Harbour It doesn’t happen very often, but every once in awhile we manage to experience a whole day in the forest without taking a single picture; today was one of those days. It was a drizzly last day of fall programs for these wild children, but that didn’t stop them…
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Fall Week Seven (October 25-October 29)
Tuesday Homeschool Program – Cole Harbour It was a spook-tascular day in the forest with the morning droplets tracing spiders web scattered in the treetops. On our walk to the look-off, to see what this wonky fall day weather would bring us on the oceanfront, we encountered a tunnel under the pathway and our favourite…
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Fall Week Six (October 18-October 22)
Tuesday Homeschool Program – Cole Harbour It felt like mushroom season came so much later this season than previous years – but its here! Hand-in-hand with with mushroom season comes cold and flu season; we missed many students this week in the forest. Though our class was smaller than usual we enjoyed spending much…
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Fall Week Five (October 11-October 15)
Tuesday Forest Pups – Kiwanis Park This fall Tuesday we were once again graced with a sunny day at forest school! Though the weather is beginning to bring in a chill – especially felt during hammock time – we are so grateful when the sun can make an appearance to warm us up. One of…
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Fall Week Four (October 4-October 8)
Tuesday Homeschool Program – Cole Harbour We were so thankful to be blessed with the beautiful fall day we experienced this Tuesday in Cole Harbour. Today was this groups first time at “Bumblebee Camp” ! We love this camp because it is great for fort building and tree play. This camp is located just…