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Weekly Outdoor Immersion and Mentorship for Kids

Weekly Programs for Kids | By Age & Day | Scroll right for all progams

Goslings

Programs running each day of the week. An early start for grounded, resilient, and joyful kids. Ages 4 -6.

Oaks & Acorns

A drop-in Parent & Tot morning program. Monday - Thursdays mornings. 9:30 - 11:30am

Foxes

Wed, Thurs, Friday 9am - 4pm. The classic mid-week session: Adventure, Growth, Wonder and Play. Ages 7 - 9

Foxes & Wolves

Mondays and Tuesdays 9am to 4pm. Self-Sufficiency & Co-Operation. Ages 7 -14

Wednesday Wolves

Wednesdays 9am - 4pm. Awareness. Co-Operation & Self-Suffiency. Becoming Ourselves. Ages 10-14

Monday Cedar Grove: Full Year

Mondays 9am - 4pm. Our full year option designed for the home school community. Ages 7 - 14

Tending The Wild

Tuesdays 9am to 4pm. A Caretaker program for children and future stewards. Ages 7 - 12

Thursday Waxwing

Thursdays 9am-4pm | Self Expression. Creativity. Nature Connection. Ages 10-14

Friday Woodchucks

Fridays 9am to 4pm. Busy, Crafty, Making a Home in the world. Ages 10-14

Saturday Sessions

Skunks (ages 7-11), Herons (ages 12 - 15). 12 - 4pm

Upcoming @ GOS

PD Days for Kids, Adult Workshops & Family Events

Upcoming Events

Nov 9

Cordage Techniques and Useful Knots | Adult Workshop

Learn to process plant fibers for cordage (and tie them into cool knots, too!)

Nov 10

Carving | Adult Workshop

Learn tools and techniques to craft your own handmade project

Nov 16

Women's Food & Fire Making | Adult Workshop

Nov 29

Shelter Builder PD Day for Kids

A day focused on thriving outside. Build a little place to be for the day or track some local creatures to see how they do it. Ages 4-14 grouped by age and stage.

Nov 30

Bioregional Herbalism: Tree Medicine | Adult Workshop

Connect with plant medicine from an ecological perspective

Dec 30

Minus Whatever: Winter Break Camp for ages 4 - 14

Dec 30 - January 3rd, After all the celebrations are done, food shared, gifts opened. It’s time to get outside. Minus Whatever. ages 4 - 14. No programs on New Years Day :)

Jan 24

Fresh Tracks, Winter Hacks | January 24th PD for Kids

A PD day for UGDSB, WCDSB, & Trillium Waldorf. A day of detective work, taking note of all that’s around us. Ages 4 - 14.

Ongoing and Yearlong Offerings

For Parents, Educators, Community Leaders, and Mental Health Professionals

Program Descriptions

PlantCraft

PlantCraft is a 6-month, arts-based immersion into the world of plants where we learn by making and doing.

Learn The Land : Naturalist Study Program

Year-long adult program at GOS for anyone who wants to deepen their nature connection and naturalist knowledge in a community setting.

For Teachers and Schools

Partner with GOS to bring Nature Immersion to your classroom. Do the GOS Field Trip at our forest classroom or invite the Outdoor Toolbox to your school