Fall Registration is LIVE

full weekly programs 2019-2020

GOS Weekly Sessions for Kids are a fun, non-clinical, preventative, and effective avenue towards child health and well-being.

“Guelph Outdoor School, and nature connection programs like it, nurtures positive development on all fronts: social, cognitive, emotional, physical, and academic.”

Richard Louv, Author. Last Child in the Woods, & The Nature Principle

Weekly Outdoor Immersion and Mentorship Programs for Kids

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

Oaks and Acorns (ages 0-4)

Thursday mornings. 9:30 - 11:30am. A parent & tot program for growing nature connected families

Goslings (ages 4-7)

Full Day Tuesdays, Thursday PM, Friday AM & PM. Goslings is an early start for grounded, resilient, and joyful kids.

Cedar Grove: Full Year Option (Ages 7 to 13)

Mondays 10am - 4pm. Our full year option, designed for, but not exclusive to the home school community.

Tending The Wild (ages 7-12)

Tuesdays 9am to 4pm. A Caretaker program for children and future stewards.

Foxes (ages 7-9)

Wednesdays 9am - 4pm. Exploration, Growth, Wonder, Adventure.

Wolves (ages 10-14)

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

Thursday Foxes & Wolves (ages 7-12)

Thursdays 9am to 4pm. Self-Sufficiency & Co-Operation. Skills, Games That Teach, and Time for Timelessness.

Saturday Skunks (ages 7-12)

Saturdays 12 till 4.pm. Sleep in, have breakfast, do skunks.

Lynx (ages 10-16)

Saturday Afternoons from 12 - 4pm. Lynx is a unique option for Girls and Young Women

Making It Work

Financial Assistance Options: make GOS Programs possible for your child and your family.

For Adults: Options For Parents, Educators, Community Leaders, and Mental Health Professionals

One - On - One Mentorship

An effective, non-clinical, fun, preventative avenue towards well being and healthy childhood functioning.

Options For Teachers and Schools

4 Effective Options for using Nature Immersion for big results in (and outside) the classroom.

Coyote Series

Building nature connection & putting mentorship back into the fabric of community. A year-long course for adults. 2020 Registration is LIVE.

Moonschool

Outdoor School for Adults.

By Popular Demand :) A year-long exploration of herbalism, tracking, fire making and foraging through sensory awareness story telling and play.

Up Coming @ G.O.S.

UpComing Events

Sep 27

Games That Teach: PD For Kids

Redefine Gaming - 100% Screen Free :)

Jedi-Style sensory awareness games. Thrilling, Co-operative, & Timeless.

Sep 29

GOS Skills Share

No Fee, No Theme, No Instructor. Just adults working skill in the woods, 4 times a year.

Oct 1

GOS 102: Fall Semester Open House

Connect with other parents, check out our location, Q&A with GOS Program Director

Oct 5

Wilderness Survival Essentials w/ Chris Gilmour

A 2 Day Weekend Intro Workshop for Adults.

Oct 20

Song Catching w/ Kate Sutherland

An Adult Workshop back by popular demand. A Follow-Up to Spring-Sing.

Nov 1

Preparedness for Kids | PD

A fresh PD option for turning up awareness, self-esteem, competence, and service to community.

Nov 24

Fire By Friction

Intro to Practical Magic. You really can make fire from “rubbing two sticks together”. And it’s best learned in a group :) A simple, tried & tested workshop for adults.

Why Outdoor School?

Guelph Outdoor School provides a dynamic, full nature immersion learning environment and active mentorship for powerful results in all areas of development: physical, emotional, cognitive, social, academic.

Our programs are an effective, fun, and non-clinical approach for overall health and well-being, growth and learning.