Academy in the Wild - a Forest and Nature School

Imaginative play lets kids rehearse life in a safe way, they try on roles, solve problems, test boundaries!

Spring is GLITCHING! Feezing one day to tanning the next 🫠… Wild rides! -10 to +10!

Loving being back in the trees with our crews this spring!

If you’re a knife hoarder as well… Scott Anderson in Raymond is a great knife sharpener!

laughter learning and communication🩹⛑️

Turns out Mother Nature wanted the grand finale and she delivered. It snowed on us all day and the kids barely noticed because they were too busy building snow people, flipping doughnuts over the fire, stirring stone soup, and whipping up lip chaps and bath bombs like tiny forest chemists.

HUGE thank you to our wild families for continuously trusting us to be part of your village. You make this work feel like magic. Have the coziest winter❤️❄️☃️

PS. More posts coming as we catch up on sharing all the goodness from the season!

Consider this the post that took the scenic route, through the trees, and maybe stopped for snacks! But honestly, how could we not share the fun of roasting fire foods (apple crisps, roasted pumpkin, and hot chocolate). Decorating, cooking in, carving and destroying pumpkins, and a whole lot of leaf fun!!

Nature is the best teacher, offering everything you need right at your fingertips. Out here, your imagination is the only limit!

This week we made natural glue, cattail dolls, cast animal tracks, explored bones, found a huge junglegym tree, and encountered the highest water level we have ever seen at one of our sites! Every project was a hands-on adventure in creativity and discovery! 🌿🔥🪶