Afternoon Home Learner Pods

Ages 5 - 10

Spend Tuesday and/or Friday Afternoons in the Forest!

Your child(ren) will spend 3 hours in the afternoon at the Wonder & Awe forest with an intentional focus each Season.

Tuesdays from 1-4pm

During the Fall Session, children will be a part of the PRETENDERS! This class will focus on developing and expanding your child's creativity in the areas of storytelling, story writing, developing plot, characters, setting & scene, & illustrating. Over the course of the 12-weeks, your child will create & publish their own book based on their own ideas & concepts for a story. 

During the Winter Session, children will be a part of the S.T.E.A.M.ERS! This class will focus on Science Technology Engineering Arts Mathematics. They will learn from previous inventors like Da Vinci, Telsa, Bell and experiment with their own experiments, testing theories, while learning the scientific method. During the 6 weeks, they will work on various projects to help them understand how things work. 

During the Spring Session, children will be a part of the MAKERS! This class will focus on developing and expanding your child's creativity in the areas of making! Making through the season changes which is why it is being offered in the Fall & Spring. Over the course of the 12-weeks, your child will have an opportunity to "make" food, preserves, art, carvings, a fire, a garden, shelters, birdhouses, candles, papier mache, clay sculptures, etc.

Fridays from 1-4pm

During the Fall Session, children will be a part of the MAKERS! This class will focus on developing and expanding your child's creativity in the areas of making! Making through the season changes which is why it is being offered in the Fall & Spring. Over the course of the 12-weeks, your child will have an opportunity to "make" food, preserves, art, carvings, a fire, a garden, shelters, birdhouses, candles, papier mache, clay sculptures, etc.

During the Winter Session, children will be a part of the DO-GOODERS! This class will focus on developing and expanding your child's impact in their community. Over the course of the 6-weeks, your child will learn how they can make a difference by doing good works: environmental stewardship, practicing the Golden Rule, and noticing the needs of others. They will develop a plan on how they could "do good" and put that plan into action. This might involve a community campaign of posters in the neighbourhood, encouraging friends to join in and help, collecting funds to help a local charity or non-profit. 

During the Spring Session, children will be a part of the TINKERERS! This class will focus on child-led innovation, imagination, trial & error. Over the course of the 12-weeks, children will have the opportunity to take small mechanical items apart and put them back together again using real tools, create marble runs, work with pulleys & gears, and create a Rube Goldberg machine! They will work to sketch out their ideas, work independently, in small groups and as a large group. This will allow for them to practice listening to others ideas, share their own ideas, collaborate, make decisions, and accept or reject ideas with respectful discussion.

Join Angela & Zoe, your child’s hosts and guides, as they work with them to discover, appreciate, and steward a meaningful curriculum that excites and motivates. Afternoon Home Learners Pod is offered from 1pm to 4pm in an unhurried rhythm that will awaken your child’s sense of wonder. Children will spend their time outside having fun together while strengthening their bonds to each other and to nature.

Fall Session - (the week of September 21 to December 9) - 12 weeks

Winter Session - (the week of January 18 to February 24) - 6 weeks

Spring Session - (the week of March 29 to June 16) - 12 weeks

Children will have the opportunity to experience the 6 elements of risky play!

Play with Great Heights

Play with Rapid Speeds

Play with Dangerous Tools

Play near Dangerous Elements

Rough and Tumble Play

“Disappearing or Getting Lost” Play

Children will learn how to assess their “risky play” by completing a self-awareness and self-confidence checklist prior to participating. This will involve asking themselves questions like “do I feel safe?”, “have I practiced enough in other areas so that I am ready for this challenge?” Children will work with their educators to build the necessary skills needed in order to tackle their “risky play” in responsible and safe ways. Their educators will be with the children to monitor and “spot” each child as they play!

Your child will build meaningful relationships with their classmates and their educators.