Ancestral Survival Skills

Ancestral Survival
Ages 9-14 years
and
Advanced Ancestral Survival Evenings

Your Child will Connect to their wild primal self through survival awareness, wild skills and epic nature adventures!

What Parents are saying!

Bean In Nature has hands down been the best camp and organized outdoor experience for my son. We love outdoors and are always camping or doing something with scouts. However often it doesn’t leave time for just experiencing nature and learning about it in a casual way. Diamond was the best camp leader I could ask for. He was relaxed and laid back. He has great stories, a kind personality, and exceptional knowledge of wildlife and survival skills. My son loved exploring and didn’t even know he was learning! The games and activities were so fun - that he didn’t want to leave early the last day to fly to see his cousins for vacation. The whole next year he talked about camp - and ended up gathering 4 more friends to go with him because he loved it so much. It was a wild success. His ONLY request for his summer break is to spend time at this camp. And that speaks volumes.
--Michelle

Join us for an amazing survival camp.
Taught by Diamond Dahlstrom with a Teen Assistant TBA for BEan in Nature

With stealth and awareness, become a protector of the unseen and unheard in the forest!

Ancestral Survival Skills~The Art of the Scout: With stealth and awareness, become a protector of the unseen and unheard in the forest!
Ancestral Survival Skills~Ancient Living Skills: Train, cultivate the skills of ancestral survival.

ADVANCED Ancestral Survival Skills~ Train and cultivate the skills of ancestral survival, become a scout ninja, work on wild skills all at the more advanced level.
PRE REQ FOR ADVANCED:

child has been in a nature program, scouts at the upper levels or similar type program for 2 years or more
child has taken summer courses- with 9-14 year olds for at least 2 sessions or more
child is 9-15 years old

Here is our general list of amazing Kung Fu Survival Skills we may partake in:

Wilderness hazard awareness and plant safety
Experience unique nature immersion, tap into the instinctual, derive experiences to strengthen connections to self, each other and the earth
Knife skill safety and certification (parent purchases knife on request from teacher)
Traditional crafting with wood and stone
Traditional fire work
Wild Crafting cordage making
Forest Ninja Scout Skills
Edible and medicinal plant identification and uses
Wild crafted edibles
Primitive Cooking over our fire
Shelter building
Creek and Water exploration
Bird language
Ancestral Awareness activities
Survival nature games
Daily Opening and Closing Community time to set a positive environment for time together

Youth will interact with nature by familiarizing themselves with different aspects of ancient survival living.

Parents of Preteens

Both age groups, youngers and olders, are woven together for morning circle and games, then campers launch off for the day to spend time with their own age group, often working side by side, but more developmentally aligned with your child's own age group.

*This does not include the County Park Entrance fee of $6 per vehicle entrance into the park, per day at parks.

Learn skills,
Create awareness,
Build community, &
Build confidence!

Testimonial from Nature Awareness student and his mother
"Diamond is awesome!" says Rory, nature awareness student at Riekes.
Diamond was my pre-teen's nature instructor for two years at Riekes Nature Awareness Program. He is extraordinary in many ways. He listens to each child, discovering his/her individual interests and has a gentle way of drawing out a child's curiosity and appreciation of nature. He shares his stories, knows great nature-related games, and teaches primitive skills, that they come home thrilled to know. We feel very fortunate to have had his mentorship.
~Kelly, mom to Rory