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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 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 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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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 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…