Campbell River Wayfinders

Wayfinders is a weekly offering for kids aged 7-10, for yearlong nature-based mentorship in the 8-Shields model.   

Kids  will learn of responsible harvesting, medicinal and food plants,  natural materials, wild crafting, navigation, tracking and stalking,  bird language, ancestral heritage and local ecology. With strong core  routines of gratitude, circle sharing, singing, storytelling, inquiring,  mindful “sit spots”, and mentoring of each other, they will experience  and incorporate a nature-connected community-minded culture, grounded in  relationships of respect and reciprocity.   

More Information:   Nature is our teacher, and throughout the year we will move with the  seasons around the “wheel of development”, the instructors offering  subtle guidance towards the lessons that bring us into deeper connection  with our selves, each other, and the land. Kids will learn without even  realizing, and will discover emerging emotional qualities, social  skills, self-awareness and self-confidence that seem as natural as the  changing of the seasons. Through games, storytelling, songs, and guided  exploration in small groups, they will find personal trails of intrigue  and natural mysteries calling out to them and to their growth, their  gifts.   

Program starts in Sept 2023 and runs until June 2024. Registration is for the full 32 sessions.  

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Seedlings is a weekly offering for kids aged 5-7, for yearlong nature-based mentorship in the 8-Shields model.

The kids will learn about responsible harvesting, medicinal and food plants, natural materials, wild crafting, navigation, tracking and stalking, bird language, ancestral heritage and local ecology -- all while having fun. With strong core routines of play, gratitude, circle sharing, singing, storytelling, observing, inquiring and mentoring, we cultivate a nature-connected, community-minded group culture, grounded in relationships of respect and reciprocity.   

Nature is our teacher, and throughout the new year we will discover the lessons being offered by nature that bring us into deeper connection with ourselves, each other, and the land. Kids will learn without even realizing, and will discover emerging emotional qualities, social skills, self-awareness and self-confidence that seem as natural as the changing of the seasons. Through guided exploration in small groups they'll discover personal trails of intrigue and natural mysteries calling out to them.

Program starts in Sept 2023 and runs until June 2024. Registration is for the full 32 sessions.

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