Nature Connections
Parent and Child Program
(Ages 1-5 years)
Location: Adventure Camp (Map)
Days: Wednesday or Thursdays
Participants: 25 max capacity
Hours: 9:30-11:30 am (2 hours)
Session 1 – Starts September 11/12, 2024 (8 Sessions) – $224
Session 2 – Starts November 6/7, 2024 (7 Sessions) – $196
Session 3 – Starts January 8/9, 2025 (7 Sessions) – $196
Session 4 – Starts February 26/27, 2025 (8 Sessions) – $224
Session 5 – Starts April 30/May 1, 2025 (8 Sessions) – $224
**Infant siblings in arms of registered children are welcome at no cost.**
THE NATURE CONNECTIONS PROGRAM IS A YEAR-ROUND PROGRAM DESIGNED FOR CHILDREN AGES 1 TO 5 YEARS AND THEIR ACCOMPANYING PARENT/CAREGIVER.
The Nature Connections program provides parents/caregiver and their child(ren) with an opportunity to get “connected” by interacting with other children and families in a safe outdoor natural environment.
In this weekly program parents and their child(ren) come prepared for a morning outdoors in nature to explore through guided activities including short hikes, active and hands on play using natural materials and loose parts, mud kitchen play, arts and crafts, story-telling, and songs.
Guided by our certified Forest & Nature School Educators, the program offers a chance for families to integrate nature into their everyday life, learn about Forest School values and principles, connect with a like-minded community, and build new friendships.
Forest School Friday
Child Program
(Ages 3.8-6 years)
Location: Adventure Camp (Map)
Days: Fridays
Participants: 16 max capacity
Hours: 9:30 am -12:30 pm (3 hours)
Session 1 – Starts September 13, 2024 (13 Sessions) – $546
Session 2 – Starts January 10, 2025 (7 Sessions) – $294
Session 3 – Starts March 21, 2025 (13 Sessions) – $546
THE FOREST SCHOOL FRIDAY PROGRAM IS A YEAR-ROUND PROGRAM DESIGNED FOR CHILDREN AGES 3.8 TO 6 YEARS.
Forest School Friday is an opportunity for children, ages 3.8 to 6 years to immerse in nature and explore the natural world with their peers and certified Forest & Nature School Educators.
In this weekly program, children will spend the morning exploring nature through the principles of Forest & Nature School.
With hikes, active and hands on play using natural materials and loose parts, tool use, outdoor skill building, arts and crafts, mud play, story telling and songs.
This program is suitable to children who are either attending kindergarten, preparing to enter kindergarten, or following a homeschool program.
WHAT IS FOREST SCHOOL?
Forest & Nature Schools, sometimes just called Forest Schools, are nature-based programs that support play, exploration, discovery and learning through regular and repeated sessions in natural settings, in all seasons. Forest school programs foster children’s development through hands-on experiences to develop confidence, self-awareness, social relationships, communication skills, and the ability to navigate risk in a safe environment. Programs have a positive effect on children’s mental health, wellbeing and encourages a healthy active lifestyle. Rooted in regular visits to learn in the same natural setting children build an ongoing relationship to the land, to themselves, and to others. While these programs originally focused on forests, this approach has grown to incorporate natural areas, farms and even urban park settings.
Learn about Forest and Nature School – Child and Nature Alliance of Canada (childnature.ca)
HIGHLIGHTS
- Active outdoor recreational activities in nature such as hiking, climbing, collecting, building
- Hands-on explorations of plants, animals, bugs, dirt/soil, water
- Creative opportunities in nature-based arts and crafts using natural materials
- Facilitated gatherings with songs, stories, sharing
Advance registration is required. Rates are prorated to your start date.
For questions regarding any of our programs, kindly contact Colleen Pakkidis at daycamp@ypce.com or 289-879-7709 for more information.
Adventure Camp is operating in-person recreational programs with health and safety protocols in place.