Go Explore Outdoor Kids: GEO Kids
an extended day enrichment program
Ages 5-10 years old
Available Fall, Winter and Spring
In our school year Go Explore Outdoors Kids season, we will connect with nature and learn the skills needed to thrive in the wild.
This immersive nature class will guide you beyond the ordinary, teaching you the valuable survival techniques that can be applied in both outdoor adventure and everyday life.
Daily rhythm will include a weekly theme around an outdoor skill, hiking, crafts, handwork, journaling, and outdoor cooking.
Who is this class for?
- 6-10 year olds
- Parents looking for a non-traditional education focused on the whole child
- Children looking to develop confidence, independence, emotional identification, and regulation through nature
- Homeschooling families looking for a homeschool enrichment program
- Alternative to public school
- Children looking for connection, adventure, and fun with peers
- Alternative to having children sit in desks all day
- No screens education
A peek into a day in the G.E.O Kids Class
Arrival and Open Play
Circle time with Songs and Stories
Hike
Lesson and Activity
Snack
Unstructured Free play
Craft/handowrk
Lunch
Journaling/Mindfullness/Hammock Time
Outdoor Cooking or Skills Practice
Reflection
Goodbye Circle
*Structure of class is flexible and will depend on students interests and needs.
Incorporated Skills:
Bushcraft Skills
Nature presents challenges! We will learn basic, age appropriate, wilderness and survival skills such as outdoor safety, shelter building, knots, fire making skills and safety, plant identification, and navigation.
Art & Handicraft
We will work on strengthening our fine-motor skills while we create using clay, beeswax, mud, sewing, finger knitting, nature crafting, and more.
Outdoor Cooking
Calling all choppers, peelers, stirrers, and taste testers. This skill is used to bring out the chef in us all as we create and share meals and snacks outdoors together.
Adventure
A child-led adventure that includes water/mud/snow play, hiking and exploring, games and life skills, sensory connections, crafting and creating, and lots of fun and adventure.
