FERN GULLY
FOREST SCHOOL
Program Info
Playful Outdoor Education
You Choose the Days of the Week that Work Best for your Family
We are devoted to holistic education and supporting children’s physical, emotional, spiritual and intellectual development. We encourage healthy social connections and provide nature adventures that boost children's immune systems, confidence and overall well-being and resiliency.
In all of our programs, children learn through exploring nature and exercising their creativity and incredible minds, bodies, and spirits. We celebrate each unique being and help them grow more capable and confident!
We focus on social-emotional awareness, compassionate communication, kindness, and respect for self, others, and the natural world.
Nature Creativity
Mon, Wed, and Fri with teachers Conner and Shayden or Keeva. Learning through play, curiosity, observation, experimentation, exploring nature, making art, and gardening. We develop awareness through observing nature, asking questions and celebrating the seasons to connect to the cycles and wisdom of the wild. All of our curriculum is nature-based and child-centered. We customize it to meet each child's unique needs with space and encouragement for them to follow their individual interests. Like all of our programs, the Nature Creativity classes emphasize social-emotional skills, self-awareness, compassionate communication, gratitude, and respect for self, others, and the natural world.
Music & Movement
Tuesdays with teachers Greg and Charissa. Children learn how to make music and move their bodies with dance, yoga, and movement for children, and by extension, families, to experience and appreciate their incredible minds, bodies, and wild spirits. Humans crave a practical understanding of our capacity to create and move in the natural world. Little Wild Ones are encouraged to cultivate compassion, courage, and collaborative innovation. Rhythm time, nature-based seasonal songs, creative stories, music, cooperative games, dance, and play make up the unique curriculum. Children in our programs recognize and celebrate their authentic expression, as they witness and help each other grow more capable, creative, and confident!
Yoga & Music
Thursdays with teachers Greg and Charissa. Similar to Tuesday's curriculum, in addition to our daily nature-based activities, such as imaginative exploration, creative expression, plant and animal identification, reading aloud, and storytelling, we focus on kids' yoga, dance, making music and expressive arts. We build essential life skills that children can carry with them into adulthood, including increased body awareness, strength and flexibility, self-expression, confidence and emotional regulation skills. This is a playful, emergent, and amusing exploration of music and movement with percussion instruments, juggling scarves, yoga, singing, and more!