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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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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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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 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 Three (September 27-October 1)
Tuesday Homeschool Program – Cole Harbour Fiona blew through quick, but left the Atlantic Provinces with SO much cleanup, and unfortunately, once again, we were forced to postpone yet another program due to this major storm. Wednesday Forest Pups – Kiwanis Park Did someone say mud pies?! This group seems to start every week with…
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Fall Week Two (September 20-24)
Tuesday Homeschool Program – Cole Harbour Forest School allows for such a unique learning environment that encourages on-the-go learning and adaptation. One major adaptation that must be accounted for is the weather; we do our best to run in all weather conditions, but we sometimes have to make the hard decisions to postpone a program…
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Fall Week One (September 13-17)
Tuesday Homeschool Program – Cole Harbour We are so excited to begin our fall season by offering a new program! We have been running a weekday – spring and fall – homeschooling program in Bedford for several years, but this is the first time we’ve been fortunate enough to run out of both Bedford and…
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Summer Week Eight – Bedford
Similarly to week seven, we tried to do lots of exploring in our last week in Bedford this summer. Day one: Base Camp We spent our first day of the week primarily at basecamp, wondering off with small groups throughout the day on nearby trails for a bit of exploration. This group enjoyed mingling around…
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Summer Week Seven – Cole Harbour
The last two weeks of summer were our busiest of all! We finished off the season strong with two “exploration” camps, one offered at each of our locations. The first of these camps took place at Cole Harbour Heritage Park and boy did we really explore that park! We set up a new “base camp”…
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Summer Week Six – South Shore
In the second week at our South Shore location this summer, we had another small and keen group that was very comfortable in the woods! One of our students was eager to teach many cool nature facts throughout the week, while another student was tying lots of ropes! He even built a shelter for everyone…
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Summer Week Four – Cole Harbour
If there’s one thing the week four group will be remembered by it’s their love for climbing! This group spent the first half of the week making their way up trees, both with and without hand-made harnesses. The second half of the week we upgraded to a true climbing harness and rope! Which way to…
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Summer Week Three – South Shore
This summer Wild Child has branched out to Kespukwitk (South Shore of Mi’kma’ki) in a few new locations! We ran 2 week-long camps at Owlwood Farm in Conquerall Mills- a beautiful mossy, old growth forest with a beautiful homestead including gardens, horses, a cow, and so much to explore. Sadly, each of the week-long programs…
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Summer Week Two – Bedford
Ghost Pipes and blueberries, it’s summer time! The students of week two got the opportunity to learn about these cool flowers and delicious little berries first hand. Ghost pipes are often mistaken for a fungus, but in fact are plants. The reason the plant appears the way it does is due to its lack of…