Momentous G.O.S. Summer Sessions

Take Your Pick of 9 week-long Summer Sessions this July and August. Do one, do nine, it’s up to you. 2 separate age groups: Goslings (4 - 7 years) & Wild-lings (7-13 years).

Keep cool in the cedar grove or get out into the sun and wind in the outskirts of Guelph. GOS summer sessions deliver boots n’ all style grit & full-on nature immersion, balanced with responsive, caring mentorship

“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 | Scroll right for all progams

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: 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.

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 Session is FULL.

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

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 PD Day

No rope, no knife, no tarp needed. Bring awareness to the landscape for best placement and materials. Work together for a super sweet forest pad :)

Apr 7

The Invisible Classroom: PD for Educators

Outdoor Learning, Curiosity, & The Art of Questioning. Leverage Nature Connection for Academic Success

May 5

Fire By Friction Spring 2019 | Adult Workshop

Intro to Practical Magic. You really can make fire from “rubbing two sticks together”. And it’s best learned in a group :)

Jun 2

Coyote Parenting: A framework for Parenting Nature Smart Kids

Tried and true strategies for getting your kids outside and fostering a lifetime sense of well-being and belonging through time spent out-of-doors.

Jun 7

Art of Invisibility PD Day

Awareness, Focus, and Adventure. Thrilling games to challenge the senses, sharpen awareness, and stretch focus. Hiding, Sneaking, Listening, Watching, staying still, and moving fast. It’s like a day of leveled-up hide and seek.

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.