06/19/2026
Snapshots Week 3! *AND* 2 scholarship spots opened up for NEXT WEEK (6/22-6/25) at Tower Grove. Message for details!
Wilderkids Urban Forest School
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Wilderkids offers nature- immersive, play- based classes & camps for children and families in St Louis, MO Ms. Hope to see you there!
Wilderkids Urban Forest School offers once/week or more classes for children to get out of the house and enjoy some serious nature engagement in the city. Mixed-ages classes take place in Tower Grove Park, Forest Park and the surrounding neighborhood. Children are trusted to take risks and challenge themselves in new ways while also getting acquainted with a diversity of plants, wildlife and comm
06/19/2026
06/12/2026
Wildercamp Week 2!
06/12/2026
Wildercamp Week 1
2026!
06/09/2026
TOAD!!! Found at the park!
(None harmed in the making of this video!😆)
The group worked hard practicing how to hold it firmly but gently, how to talk softer so as to minimize scaring it and how to give it space and let it go back to its home after we’ve taken turns holding and petting it!
CHEERS to these future farmers, ecologists, veterinarians, doctors, moms, dads, scientists and more who are coming to Wildercamp and learning valuable skills about nature and caring for living things!!!
06/03/2026
Summer has begun! 🌞🌲🌈🐝🦋🌿🌸
Wildercamp * WEEK ONE * !!!! (Season 9!)
Music is one way we play and enjoy being outdoors together. It also helps us slow down, be present and enjoy special moments with others.
Gratitude for our leader Tommy Becker, for sharing this gift with us as we de-school and acclimate to having more freedom, learning new and different skills and seeing the wonder and beauty of the natural environment all around us at the park.
On the very first excursion (walk) through the park one small group had a near constant repeat of “what time is it?”s, “Can we go back to homebase now?”s, and “where are we going?”s. A slow walk to nowhere in particular seemed almost excruciating, and dull. The leader challenged back with ..”I’m not sure” “we can go wherever we want” “we’re just walking and looking around”
It was clear our skills of WAITING, wandering, wondering, and lingering had not been utilized in awhile! The group had to be reminded that there is a JOY in having NO place to go and NOTHING to do!
Soon and very soon the questions ARE being replaced with “Do we have to go back?”s, “Look at this!”s and no one taking to the leaders at all cause they are lost in the trees and bushes and play ..completely forgetting the time or the place!
05/30/2026
Wildercamp seeks a GIRL Counselor for Love Park week 2
July 27th - 30th
A girl ages 13-14 yrs who loves nature and enjoys playing with younger kids is ideal!
Volunteer Counselors receive a monetary thank you gift at the end of the week.
Camp is four days long from 10-3pm at Love Park in Ballwin -off Highway 270 at Manchester Rd.
05/29/2026
Easing out of ‘school mode’ and into ‘summer mode’ with “Park Days” @ Forest Park!
The weather in the shade was A-MAZING and the group made it to Kennedy Forest (a first!) where they discovered cool mushrooms, wild blackberries (or raspberries?!) and a SPITTLE BUG! Children were attuned to finding things once they slowed down and realized cool things were there for the finding!
(Note: fountain outside the art museum is NOT for playing in or cooling off..pic taken just before we realized we had to move on!)
05/28/2026
Downed tree trunk root ball-turned climbing wall! Days
05/11/2026
A few spots remain for Wildercamp weeks 3 & 4 at Tower Grove (6/15 & 6/22) and week 1 at love park (7/20)! Plus scholarship space for those who need a reduced rate to make it work. Link to registration at www.urbanwildstl.com
Indicate on registration form if scholarship needed!
04/11/2026
This THURSDAY at 6:30pm Angela will speak on how Outdoor Play rejuvenates the soul AND is as a fundamental component of the climate crisis solution for people of faith and ALL people.
Insights and concrete strategies will be given for parents, grandparents, educators and society as a whole on how we can connect children more deeply to the natural world.
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63116
Opening Hours
| Monday | 9am - 4pm |
| Tuesday | 9am - 4pm |
| Wednesday | 9am - 4pm |
| Thursday | 1pm - 4pm |
| Friday | 9am - 1pm |