Why Outdoor School?
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Locations
Summer 2025
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Camps & PD Days
Adult Workshops and Programs
School Programs and Field Trips
For Teams
Store
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Next Child in the Woods (Tax Receipt)

The Guelph Outdoor School

Why Outdoor School?
Mutual Aid and Sliding Scale
Living Land Acknowledgment
Instructor Bios
Board of Directors
Testimonials
Supporters and Partners
Careers & Job Postings
Staff Portal
Locations
Summer 2025
Weekly Programs for Kids
Camps & PD Days
Adult Workshops and Programs
School Programs and Field Trips
For Teams
Store
Subscribe
Contact Us
Tuition bursaries
Oaks and Acorns Donations
Gifts in honour or in memory
Next Child in the Woods (Tax Receipt)
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March 21, 2024
Chris Green
adults, Adult

PlantCraft

March 21, 2024
Chris Green
adults, Adult
PlantCraft

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

March 21, 2024
Chris Green
adults, Adult

Tagged: adult

June 30, 2023
Chris Green
weekly

Goslings

June 30, 2023
Chris Green
weekly
Goslings

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

June 30, 2023
Chris Green
weekly

Tagged: 4-7, 0-6

June 29, 2023
Chantal Garneau
weekly

Oaks & Acorns

June 29, 2023
Chantal Garneau
weekly
Oaks & Acorns

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

June 29, 2023
Chantal Garneau
weekly

Tagged: 4-7, 0-6

June 28, 2023
Chantal Garneau
weekly

Foxes

June 28, 2023
Chantal Garneau
weekly
Foxes

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

June 28, 2023
Chantal Garneau
weekly

Tagged: 7-11

June 27, 2023
Chantal Garneau
weekly

Foxes & Wolves

June 27, 2023
Chantal Garneau
weekly
 Foxes & Wolves

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

June 27, 2023
Chantal Garneau
weekly

Tagged: 7-11, 12-16

June 26, 2023
Chantal Garneau
weekly

Wednesday Wolves

June 26, 2023
Chantal Garneau
weekly
Wednesday Wolves

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

June 26, 2023
Chantal Garneau
weekly

Tagged: 7-11, 12-16

June 25, 2023
Chantal Garneau
weekly

Monday Cedar Grove: Full Year

June 25, 2023
Chantal Garneau
weekly
Monday Cedar Grove: Full Year

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

June 25, 2023
Chantal Garneau
weekly

Tagged: 4-7, 0-6

June 24, 2023
Chantal Garneau
weekly

Tending The Wild

June 24, 2023
Chantal Garneau
weekly
Tending The Wild

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

June 24, 2023
Chantal Garneau
weekly

Tagged: 7-11, 12-16

June 23, 2023
Chris Green
weekly

Thursday Waxwing

June 23, 2023
Chris Green
weekly
Thursday Waxwing

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

June 23, 2023
Chris Green
weekly

Tagged: 7-11, 12-16

June 22, 2023
Chris Green
weekly

Friday Woodchucks

June 22, 2023
Chris Green
weekly
Friday Woodchucks

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

June 22, 2023
Chris Green
weekly

Tagged: 7-11, 12-16

June 21, 2023
Chantal Garneau
weekly

Saturday Sessions

June 21, 2023
Chantal Garneau
weekly
Saturday Sessions

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

June 21, 2023
Chantal Garneau
weekly

Tagged: 7-12, 7-11, 12-16

October 24, 2022
Chris Green
educators

Raccoons

October 24, 2022
Chris Green
educators
Raccoons

Build Nature Connection right into the school week. Raccoons provides outdoor immersion support for teachers and students, once a week for 30 weeks of the school year.

October 24, 2022
Chris Green
educators
February 28, 2022
Chris Green
Adult

February 28, 2022
Chris Green
Adult

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

February 28, 2022
Chris Green
Adult

Tagged: adult

February 1, 2020
Chris Green
adults, educators

The GOS Field Trip

February 1, 2020
Chris Green
adults, educators
The GOS Field Trip

Your class, our (outdoor) classroom

Get out of the box for nature based challenges, outdoor awareness games and facilitated full outdoor immersion experiences to set the tone for inspired learning, a culture of curiosity and wonder in and out of the classroom.

From 9:30 am - 2:30 pm • 15 - 60 Participants

February 1, 2020
Chris Green
adults, educators
July 23, 2019
Chris Green
educators

The Outdoor Toolbox

July 23, 2019
Chris Green
educators
The Outdoor Toolbox

Team up with GOS to design engaging, effective, and exciting lessons in the outdoor and naturalized areas on and around your school grounds.

The Outdoor Toolbox is about using the outdoors for vibrant classroom culture, positive interpersonal relationships, emotional regulation, and academic success.

2 Classes once a week, for three weeks.

July 23, 2019
Chris Green
educators
December 4, 2018
Chris Green
Adult

For Teachers and Schools

December 4, 2018
Chris Green
Adult
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

December 4, 2018
Chris Green
Adult

Tagged: adult

January 27, 2018
Chris Green
Adult

Coyote Series

January 27, 2018
Chris Green
Adult
Coyote Series

Building nature connection & putting mentorship back into the fabric of community. A year-long course for adults.

January 27, 2018
Chris Green
Adult

Tagged: adult

January 26, 2018
Chris Green
Adult

Moon School

January 26, 2018
Chris Green
Adult
Moon School

Outdoor School for Adults.

A year-long exploration of nature connection and skill building through naturalist knowledge, sensory awareness, storytelling and play.

January 26, 2018
Chris Green
Adult

Tagged: adult

December 28, 2016
Chantal Garneau

Saturday Skunks

December 28, 2016
Chantal Garneau
Saturday Skunks

Saturdays 12 till 4.pm. Sleep in, have breakfast, do skunks. Ages 7 -11

December 28, 2016
Chantal Garneau

Tagged: Saturday, 7-11

November 24, 2016
Chris Green

Saturday Herons

November 24, 2016
Chris Green
Saturday Herons

Saturdays 12 - 4pm. Self-Expression, Fun, Being Wiggy. Co-Od Ages 12 - 15

November 24, 2016
Chris Green

Tagged: 12-16, Saturday

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The Guelph Outdoor School is a project of the Village Hearth Initiative. A Guelph-based non-profit dedicated to community well being through nature connection.

The Guelph Outdoor School is a project of The Village Hearth Initiative - a Guelph based non-profit dedicated to community and ecological health through nature connective practices.

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The Ontario Living Wage Network champions and showcases the growing wave of living wage initiatives in Ontario. We are a network of employers, employees, non-profits, researchers, and proponents of decent work standards for all Ontario workers.

A proud and active member of the Nature Connection Network.

GOS is a proud and active member of the Nature Connection Network .

The NCN is a constellation of outdoor immersion initiatives sharing practices and tools for greater impact, reach, and equity the outdoor immersion initiatives.

 
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