Homeschool Nature Days

We work with it! During programs, we operate with the seasons rather than against them, and incorporate what they provide into our curriculum: snow shelters in snow, fire and shelter and winter projects during cold and rainy times, etc. We strongly recommend kids coming prepared with weatherproof layers so that they are warm, dry, and happy during the day. 

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We operate outside as a rule unless safety forces us to do otherwise. We cancel, reschedule, or relocate program days for inclement weather that threatens the safety of our participants (ie: blizzards, frigid weather in the single digits, dangerously high winds, poor air quality index of 150+, weather that would cancel Bend-LaPine schools for the day).

Classes will be about sparking kids' interest in nature. Here are some ways we'll explore that:

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Nature Games and Nature Connection: Sensory awareness games, Sneaking and stealth games, Camouflage and Hiding games

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Animal adaptations and wildlife biology: Getting to know animals by studying and asking questions about their tracks and sign, their pelts and feathers, and their bones

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Plant uses and botany: Getting to know what plants grow here by touching them, examining them, and learning how one can use them ethically to make rope, medicine, fire, or food

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Survival: Building shelters together out of natural materials, learning to make fire in various ways, learning ways one would traditionally acquire food in winter

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Crafting: learning to carve and practicing responsible knife safety, learning to use plants to dye fabric

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Stories: Sharing themed stories (teachers and students) with each other