399 King Rd, Gabriola, BC, V0R 1X1 - Traditional territory of the Snuneymuxw
Wild Frontiers
Wild Frontiers is a monthly offering for kids aged 8-14. This program is designed for kids who have previous experience in nature-based skills and long to go deeper. The program is divided into 5 Sunday sessions and 4 weekend overnight trips into the wilds of southern BC.
Drawing on skills that your kids have been developing over their years in nature schools, we will take these skills out into the wild and cultivate a practical experience of their value. We will strengthen their naturalists skills and balance them with core skills in bushcraft and basecamp management. As we work together, they will experience and incorporate a nature-connected community-minded culture, grounded in relationships of respect and reciprocity.
Dates:
TBA
More Information:
Nature is our teacher, and throughout the year we will move with the seasons around the “wheel of development”, 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 realising, 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.
The 8-shields “Coyote Mentoring” approach was developed by Jon Young at the Wilderness Awareness School, formalizing the child-led, experiential schooling methods apparent in nature-based cultures. This approach cultivates our children’s curiosity and innate wisdom, guiding them into personal and collective learning experiences that reveal their gifts and support their development towards healthy maturity and wholeness.
The 8-shields model has seen abounding success across the world as an alternative education option for home school communities, and as extra-curricular programming for kids in school. Both Steph and Kes have extensive experience designing and facilitating 8-shields programs at different nature schools in Canada.
Programs run September-June.
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Details and Registration
Where:
Various locations across Southern BC
Day and Time:
Weekends: Saturday 9am - Sunday 3pm
Sundays only: 9am-3pm
Ages:
8-14
Cost:
$1100
To register:
Please send an email to the following address: stephanie@fianna.ca