Ages 10 to 13
Tolt MacDonald Park, St Edward State Park
$685
2024-2025
Dates Listed Below
Students need one of the following pre-requisites to be eligible:
- 1 year experience at any WAS program
- Concurrent registration in another monthly program
- Comparable experience with outdoor and/or naturalist skills
Explore your world through fun, hands-on activities, story-telling and games! This program builds on what students learn in our Nature Explorer and Nature Adventure programs. While focusing on the core skills of safe knife use and firemaking, instructors choose from among the following themes to match their skills and the interests of their students:
- Knife safety and carving
- Fire by friction and other methods
- Animal tracking
- Land navigation, with and without a map and/or compass
- Naturalist knowledge of plants, mammals, and birds
- Cordage (rope) making and other crafts
Our educational philosophy focuses on:
- Providing fun, hands-on opportunities for children to get outside and learn about the natural world
- Building social and emotional skills as students grow in community
- An engaging variety of activities through weekly themes
- Adaptability so that the programs match the energy of the group and the seasonality of the land during a particular session.
- Mentoring delivered by instructors with experience working with children in this age group
- Using our widely-respected educational philosophy, we encourage creative thinking rather than simply providing answers. Our goal is to help students develop problem-solving skills and self-sufficiency, fostering a deeper level of learning and connection.
Our instructional staff includes:
- Experienced instructors
- A targeted 1:10 adult to student ratio
- Staff trained as Coyote Mentors
- Compassionate educators who encourage each child’s respect for self, others and nature
- Experienced Wilderness First Aid and CPR certified professionals
Saturday Programs (2024-2025)
(Ages 10 to 13) 9:00 am to 3:00 pm
Saint Edward State Park (Kenmore)
Saturdays: Sep 21, Oct 19, Nov 16, Jan 18, Feb 22, Mar 22, Apr 26
Tolt-MacDonald (Carnation)
Saturdays: Sep 28, Oct 26, Nov 23, Jan 25, Mar 1, Mar 29, May 3