Nature Connection Saturdays
Spring  2021

WILDERNESS SURVIVAL 

​Stevens Creek PARK
Session #1 Jan 30th, Feb 6th, March 6
Session #2 April 10th, May 1, June 5
10:00-3:00 pm
​5-12 years old

Learn wilderness survival skills by training with the experts of BEan IN NATURE. Our TEAM will guide your child through hands-on activities in wilderness lore and ancients living skills. Focusing on shelter, water, fire, and wild foods.
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This is our elemental course in Wilderness Survival will be taught by our amazing Earth Educators. We begin with an overview of priorities of safety in survival situations. Then, students get hands-on experience with skills of Forest Craft including tools, seeking shelter, staying found,  making fire, wild foods and tracking and a nature awareness explosion of fun!


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Gain Skills
  • Wild crafting with plants and dyes
  • Edible plants: natures grocery store
  • Medicinal plants: natures medicine cabinet
  • Trees: tools and shelter
  • Fire by friction: cooking over our fire
  • Botany:  plant families 
  • Birds: messengers of the wilderness
  • Water: creek life exploration and discovery
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Experience and Immerse
  • Hazard awareness and safety
  • Safe animal encounters and discovery
  • Nature awareness games 
  • Story telling: earth tales from around our world
  • Song: cultural and traditional 
 

Create
  • sketching 
  • nature journaling
  • water color 
  • art with rock and clay
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Observe
  • Sit spot, journaling
  • field guides 
​AND MORE... as the seasons open up new exciting opportunities, we engage fully!
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