Pathfinders

Homeschool Enrichment Program

Ages 6-10 years old

Available Fall, Winter & Spring in Idaho 

Let your child flourish in the forest! Our curriculum is a blend of Waldorf principles, European forest school approaches, and rooted in play-based practices.

Wild Beginnings Nature School is a place where children thrive through exploration, play, and connection with nature. Each day, we embrace unstructured play as a vital opportunity for children to socialize, express their ideas, problem-solve, and develop a deep relationship with the natural world around them.

We take a daily Wellness Moment, where children pause to reflect, observe, and engage with their surroundings—fostering mindfulness, appreciation, and a sense of calm in nature.

Long periods of exploration and discovery allow children to follow their curiosity, develop resilience, and learn through hands-on experiences in the forest. Alongside this free exploration, we offer a daily activity, designed to spark creativity, critical thinking, and connection to the environment.

Through this balanced approach, children grow in confidence, independence, and a lifelong love for learning in the great outdoors.

Pathfinders is a homeschool enrichment program broken up into 11 week segments of fun seasonal based learning. It is available Fall, Winter, and Spring. The classes are held exclusively outdoors. We put up our own shelters or use the available park shelters to accommodate for rain, snow, and wind. Please see the parent handbook for other weather accommodations.

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 Pathfinders Class

Arrival and Open Play

Circle time with Songs and Stories

Wellness Moment

Lesson and Activity

Snack/Small meal

Unstructured Free play

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

Tuesday/Thursday

9:30am-12:30pm

2025-2026 Calendar

September 8 – November 20

(Thanksgiving Break November 24-27)

December 1 – February 26

(Holiday Break December 22 – January 1)

(Holiday January 19)

(Holiday February 16)

March 2 – May 21

Colorado Spring Break: March 30 – April 3

Idaho Spring Break: