Tag: Learning

  • Winter Programs Week Three & Week One (February 15&16)

    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)

    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)

    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)

    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 Wednesday Programs (November 16 – December 7)

    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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  • Fall 2022 Recap (September 13 – November 10)

    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 Week Seven (October 25-October 29)

    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)

    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)

    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)

    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…

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  • Summer Week One – Bedford

    Summer Week One – Bedford

    Summer is in full swing here at Blue Mountain Birch Cove Wilderness Area and we are back with a new program and a whole new group of students. Differing from the spring program, the summer program runs Monday-Friday with the same class , rolling into a new group the following week. These weeks go by…

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