6 Week Nature Immersion Program

Who Am I in the Wild?
Coyotes • Week One
Observation • Belonging • Awareness

We begin by slowing down and learning to notice the forest around us — its sounds, tracks, textures, movement and hidden details.

Coyotes will explore through a sensory scavenger hunt, choose a quiet “sit spot,” and discover how much the woods reveal when we stop rushing through them.

Using animals as inspiration, each child will consider the qualities they recognize in themselves — courage, patience, curiosity, adaptability, independence or teamwork.

The group will then put those qualities into action through a hands-on shelter-building challenge, working together with what the forest provides.

Each Coyote will also create a personal nature symbol to carry through the program — a small reminder of their place within the group and their growing relationship with the land.

Storms Happen
COYOTES • Week Two

Forests are shaped by storms. Trees bend, branches fall, trails change — but the woods endure, adapt and keep growing.

This week, Coyotes explore what storms leave behind and what makes something strong enough to withstand them. During a woodland walk, they’ll search for signs of past wind, rain and weather, then work together to build a small structure designed to survive a storm.

Around the fire, we’ll explore another kind of energy: the powerful feelings that can sometimes build inside us. Rather than treating anger or frustration as something “bad,” Coyotes learn to recognize that energy, understand it, and choose what to do with it.

They’ll gather natural tinder, watch a ferro rod bring fire to life, test their teamwork in a timed woodland challenge, and create their own storm stick from fallen natural materials.

We finish by asking a simple question:

When my own weather gets wild, what helps me stand strong?

The Forest Within

COYOTES • WEEK SIX

The final week brings everything together.

Coyotes will move through a series of mini wilderness quests, drawing on the skills, confidence and awareness they have built throughout the program — fire, archery, nature identification, shelter building, navigation and creative expression.

At each station, they’ll earn another piece of their final nature identity, creating a sense of progress, accomplishment and personal meaning as they complete the journey.

They’ll then bring those experiences together in a Forest Within Field Journal filled with observations, drawings, woodland skills, personal symbols, reflections and the things they discovered about themselves along the way.

The final piece is a letter to their future self — something they can return to when life feels difficult, when confidence is low, or when they simply need to remember who they were out there in the woods.

We finish with one final thought:

The forest was never only something around us. We learned to carry some of it with us.

Shape Of Fear
COYOTES • Week Three

Fear is one of nature’s oldest survival tools. A rabbit freezes. A deer runs. A porcupine stands its ground. Every animal has ways of recognizing danger and deciding what to do next.

This week, Coyotes will search for animal tracks and signs, explore how wild creatures respond to threats, and consider how our own bodies warn us when something doesn’t feel safe.

Then we turn fear into action.

Through archery, Coyotes learn focus, control and respect for the people around them. Hitting the target matters less than discovering what happens when we steady ourselves, breathe, practise and try again.

A limited-vision navigation challenge will test trust, communication and awareness as Coyotes work together to move safely through unfamiliar space.

They’ll also create a small wearable nature talisman from natural materials — something personal to represent courage, strength or a quality they want to carry with them.

We finish by sharing stories of courage and asking an important question:

Does courage mean having no fear — or choosing to move forward even when fear is with us?

Things Change
COYOTES • Week Four

The forest is always changing. Trees fall, leaves decay, fungi appear, streams shift, and what looks like an ending often becomes the beginning of something new.

This week, Coyotes will explore change by looking closely at decomposition, fallen wood and the many ways the forest reuses what has been left behind. They’ll investigate how death and decay feed new life, and how nature adapts rather than standing still.

Then they’ll put adaptability into practice.

Coyotes will experiment with natural colour and dye, learn safe knife handling, and choose a fallen branch to shape and decorate into their own walking stick — turning something discarded by the forest into something useful and personal.

Through movement and group challenges, they’ll also experience what it means to adjust when circumstances change, when someone else takes the lead, or when the original plan no longer works.

We finish by reflecting on change itself:

What can the forest teach us about letting go, adapting, and becoming something new?

The Pack
COYOTES • Week Five

No coyote thrives alone. Strength comes from knowing when to lead, when to follow, when to speak, and when to listen.

This week, Coyotes put everything they’ve been learning into practice through a series of team challenges. They’ll race to gather fire materials, revisit shelter building, transport natural materials, and work in pairs through a trust-and-navigation challenge.

Along the way, we explore what makes a group strong: trust, cooperation, leadership, respect, and the ability to disagree without tearing the group apart.

Coyotes will have opportunities to lead, support one another, solve problems together, and notice how different strengths can contribute to the same goal.

The week finishes with a collaborative nature-art project, created from materials gathered by the whole group. Together, the Coyotes decide what to make and how to make it — turning many individual ideas into one shared creation.

And we leave them with a question:

What kind of pack member do I want to be?

2026 Coyote Dates

11:00am to 2:00pm

- Friday, October 2nd

- Friday, October 9th

- Friday, October 16th

- Friday, October 23rd

- Friday, October 30th

- Friday, November 6th

6-Week Program — $249 + HST

Your registration includes all six Friday sessions, running from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM, with three hours of hands-on outdoor learning each week.

Sibling Discount: Save 10% on additional children from the same family.

Spaces are limited to keep the program small, personal, and highly interactive.

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