Go Explore Outdoor Kids:

an extended day enrichment program

Ages 5-10 years old

Available Fall, Winter and  Spring at Eagle Island State Park

In our 14 week 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.

Classes will be offered Fridays at Eagle Island State Park and run 9:30am-2pm. 

Who is this class for?

  • 5-10 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.

Location, Date & Time

Eagle, ID

Eagle Island State Park

165 Eagle Island Pkwy, Eagle, ID 83616

Fridays

9:30am-2:00pm

Spring 2025 Calendar

March 3 – May 23

(Spring break March 17-21)

Questions? Please email us at info@wildbeginningsnatureschool.org