December Notes:

GOS Solstice Celebration: Dec. 14, 5-9pm, St. George’s Church,

Winter Camp: In Search of Canis Latrans. Jan 02 - 04 | 7 - 12 yrs.

“Guelph Outdoor School, and nature connection programs like it, nurture 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

Oaks and Acorns (ages 0-4)

a parent & tot program for growing nature connected families

Goslings (ages 4-7)

For an early start on grounded, resilient, and joyful kids.

Tending The Wild (ages 6-10)

A Caretaker program for the young

Foxes (ages 7-9)

Exploration, Growth, Wonder

Thursday Foxes & Wolves (ages 7-12)

Self-Sufficiency & Co-Operation. Skills, Games That Teach, and Time for Timelessness.

Saturday Skunks (ages 7-12)

Our longest running program

Wolves (ages 10-13)

Awareness. Co-Operation & Self-Suffiency. Becoming Ourselves.

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

Know thy self. Know thy gift.

Lynx (ages 10-16)

Saturday Afternoons for Girls and Young Women

Making It Work

Financial Assistance & Ride-share | Options to make GOS Programs possible for your child and your family.

For Adults: Parents, Educators, Community Leaders

For Educators

Field Trips, School Visits, Professional Development. How to bring your classroom outdoors, and how to bring the outdoors into you classroom.

Coyote Series

Building nature connection & mentorship back into community. A year-long course for adults. 2019, Year 6 registration is now open :)

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

Dec 14

GOS Winter Solstice Banquet

Celebrate the Season and our Kids, with Food, Families, Stories and Music. St. George’s Church. Friday, Dec. 14th. 5- 9pm

Jan 2

In Search of Canis Latrans | GOS Winter 3 Day

Three Days of Adventure. Games, Story, Skills, and taking some moments to keep track of our favourite trickster :)

Feb 1

Boots & Tracks

On this occasion of primitive puzzle-solving, we focus on pattern recognition, understanding how animals move through the landscape, interpretting their behaviour, and asking questions about what they might be doing.

Mar 11

Meltdown: March Weeklong

5 timeless days. Behold the ice flows. Scope out the skunk tracks. Get out on the adventure trail. Kids aged 7-13.

Mar 11

March Goslings

A week of magic for kids aged 4-7. Small groups, great ratios, get your kids outside during this week full of melting, animals waking from sleep, fresh spring greens, snow and warm sun.

Apr 5

ShelterMaker

No rope, no knife, no tarp needed.

Jun 7

Art of Invisibility

Jun 28

Summer Checklist

Begin as you will continue - outside

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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.