the Forest Foxes!
“To change a society that truly loves and revers the natural world, we must offer its citizens life-changing experiences in nature.”
NURTURE THE NATURE IN YOUR CHILD....Nature is the place where children naturally thrive. Their sensory awareness is enhanced, their physical ability and agility is improved, their concentration and cognitive ability increases and their creative imagination is stimulated. Nature is the foundation for an infinite learning experience. Yet, more and more, the average child spends increasingly less time connecting to nature. Research has proven time and again how beneficial nature is to children's development, but also how a disconnect can be detrimental to their overall wellness and development. It is time to get your children outside in nature!
This age range of 5-7 years old is such a sweet time in adolescence; Their natural love and curiosity for nature is emerging and they are like little sponges, ready to absorb all of the information around them. It is the perfect time to present them with the opportunity to explore their surroundings, enhance their senses, develop their proprioceptive skills, develop relationships with our local plants and animals, as well as tap into that natural state of balance and wellness that one gets from spending time in nature. Similar to the popular Forest Kindergartens in Europe and now the US, our Forest Foxes program encourages children to follow their own curiosity with lots of free time in nature that is not structured. As mentors, we come with lessons and activities that will support their explorations and discoveries in the natural world. We will share stories from around the world that help them understand nature’s mysteries surrounding them and stimulate their imaginations. We will play games and make crafts that will enhance their senses and help develop body awareness and agility. All of our classes take place outside, so your child will acclimate naturally to the seasons as they directly experience and observe the shifting of the seasons.
Standards of Learning: Kids are natural scientists. Given the opportunity, they are constantly creating experiments, making observations, and coming to conclusions. Science is the study of the natural world, and what better place to learn about it than directly from the source - nature. Rather than learning in a classroom, where they are removed from the natural environment, in our program they are fully immersed and surrounded by it. They can observe science as it is happening through direct experience, such as the effects of seasonal change, the water moving through it’s cycles, the growth and changes of plant cycles, the steady transition of tadpoles to frogs, observing the skulls and bones of different animals, learning about the predator-prey relationship while finding “kill sites” of animals and dissecting owl pellets - the examples are endless, and they are constantly happening. Read here to learn of the different Standards of Learning in Science you can expect that your child will learn - through direct, hands-on experience - while participating in our program.
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“We are so thankful for Earthbound Skills. My kids are always so happy when I pick them up and just seem to be their best selves. Very peaceful and confident. I love hearing all the things they’ve learned throughout the week. It’s helped their self esteem and really empowered them. The staff are SO good with the kids. They are playful, spontaneous, and wonderful examples of respect, empathy, and kindness. It’s wonderful to see the kids in the class really bond with each other and make such genuine friendships. After a few weeks of class my very shy 7 year old told me that on the very first day of Earthbound Skills they were sitting in a circle at the beginning of class and he just felt like he really belonged there and that he was really a part of the group. On the way home from class one day my nine year old told me, “I just feel like it’s really changed my life. I don’t know how, but I just really think it has.”
We work with all homeschool families, and are vendors with South Sutter, Sequoia Grove, Lake View, Feather River, Winship, and Core Butte Charter Schools.
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