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Welcome to the Guelph Outdoor School.

Quick Notes:

Spring Registration is Open!

Summer Sessions are filling! Sign Up Here!

UpComing PD Session - Art of Invisibility - is April 27

Finish the year with Wonder And Thrills: Book A Field Trip for your class.

Nature Smart Guelph on April 18th was a great way to mark a special moment in time for GOS, The Village Hearth, and the Guelph Community! Thanks all who supported, spread the word, and attended!

A trip down the Eramosa on April 20th gave glimpses of Beaver, about 15 Buffleheads, Cedar Waxwings, and some very fluffy and yellow goslings :)

Outdoor Immersion Programs for Kids

Register at any time. Fees are competitive and automatically pro-rated.

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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

Saturday Foxes & Wolves (ages 7-12)

Our longest running program

Wolves (ages 10-12)

Awareness. Strength. Becoming Ourselves.

Hawks (ages 13+)

Know thy self. Know thy gift.

Lynx (ages 10-16)

Saturday Afternoons for Girls and Young Women

Up & Coming @ G.O.S.

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Apr 27

Apr 27, 2018

Art of Invisibility PD

Apr 27, 2018

Awareness, Focus, & Adventure. Invisible learning streaming steadily all day: blend in to the landscape with thrilling games and challenges.

Apr 27, 2018

May 13

May 13, 2018

Women's Fire Making Workshop

May 13, 2018

Fire By Friction. Make some smoke, Birth a Coal, Fan the Flames: Fire Making for Women.

May 13, 2018

Jun 8

Jun 8, 2018

Games That Teach PD

Jun 8, 2018

A classic. Invisible Learning: games infused with natural history, curiosity-lade questions, and challenges to develop character and heart. Ages 7 - 12

Jun 8, 2018

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2018 Summer Camp (ages 7 -12)

9 Timeless, Joyous, Momentous weeks to choose from.

2018 Summer Camp Goslings (ages 4-7)

4 Weeks in July & August for important goslings business.

Options for Youth & Adults, Educators & Community Leaders:

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Field Trips: a living classroom

Bust out of the box for jedi-style sensory and awareness games, nature based challenges, and experiences to inspire year and life long learning.

Coyote Series

Building nature connection & mentorship back into community. A year-long course for adults. Regrets that the 2018 session is now full, with plans to run our 5th year in 2019.

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.

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Why Outdoor School?

Guelph Outdoor School provides a a dynamic, full nature immersion learning environment and responsive 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.