After School Campfire Classes Wednesdays and Fridays 3-5 pm
After school campfire groups gather weekly to experience community in camp life through the seasons. Our days include storytelling, learning about safety in wild spaces, study of local plants and animals, outdoors skills, and games and activities to stretch sensory awareness.
Our classroom is the forest, fields, ponds and streams - all sessions will take place out of doors. Our instructors are versed in a variety of ancient and modern camp skills and experienced working with a broad age group. Class is structured to meet the interests of different ages and personalities.
Details
This class is for children ages 6-12. Class meets at Nature and Nurture Farm in Dexter, MI on Fridays from 3-5 pm. Children bring their own snack.
Our classroom is the forest, fields, ponds and streams - all sessions will take place out of doors. Our instructors are versed in a variety of ancient and modern camp skills and experienced working with a broad age group. Class is structured to meet the interests of different ages and personalities.
Details
This class is for children ages 6-12. Class meets at Nature and Nurture Farm in Dexter, MI on Fridays from 3-5 pm. Children bring their own snack.
Keeping it Safe in the Time of Covid
We've been paying close attention to emerging research around safety in the time of COVID. Current reports indicate that outdoors activities are safe within certain guidelines. Please check out our safety protocols.
We've been paying close attention to emerging research around safety in the time of COVID. Current reports indicate that outdoors activities are safe within certain guidelines. Please check out our safety protocols.
Late Fall Session - Wednesdays
The Late Fall Session runs from November 4 through December 16 (no class on November 25). The cost of the series is $138, or $126 for each additional sibling. Payment in full is required for enrollment (see payment and refund policies). Scholarships are available upon request.
The Late Fall Session runs from November 4 through December 16 (no class on November 25). The cost of the series is $138, or $126 for each additional sibling. Payment in full is required for enrollment (see payment and refund policies). Scholarships are available upon request.
Late Fall Session - Fridays
The Late Fall Session runs from October 30 through December 11 (no class on November 27). The cost of the series is $161, or $147 for each additional sibling. Payment in full is required for enrollment (see payment and refund policies). Scholarships are available upon request.
The Late Fall Session runs from October 30 through December 11 (no class on November 27). The cost of the series is $161, or $147 for each additional sibling. Payment in full is required for enrollment (see payment and refund policies). Scholarships are available upon request.
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Instructor
Catherine Fritz is a lifelong nature-enthusiast. She grew up playing and exploring in the sand dunes along Lake Michigan. After graduating from the University of Michigan with a dual degree in German and Arts and Ideas in the Humanities, she moved to Washington State where she worked for a number of years in Youth Advocacy and Arts Education. There, she deepened her nature connection by learning the plants and animals of a new bioregion. She returned to Michigan three years ago to be nearer family and to bring some of her magic back to the Midwest.
In addition to teaching with the Nature Learning Community, she is currently apprenticing with Rowena. She is a Music Together Teacher, sharing music with young children, and does youth theatre with the Ann Arbor-based Spinning Dot Theatre Company. She’s worked extensively with children and finds them to be an absolute delight!
Catherine Fritz is a lifelong nature-enthusiast. She grew up playing and exploring in the sand dunes along Lake Michigan. After graduating from the University of Michigan with a dual degree in German and Arts and Ideas in the Humanities, she moved to Washington State where she worked for a number of years in Youth Advocacy and Arts Education. There, she deepened her nature connection by learning the plants and animals of a new bioregion. She returned to Michigan three years ago to be nearer family and to bring some of her magic back to the Midwest.
In addition to teaching with the Nature Learning Community, she is currently apprenticing with Rowena. She is a Music Together Teacher, sharing music with young children, and does youth theatre with the Ann Arbor-based Spinning Dot Theatre Company. She’s worked extensively with children and finds them to be an absolute delight!
Instructor
Syndallas Baughman grew up on the water and in the forests of Michigan and Florida and earned a B.S. in Biology at University of Michigan and M.S. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of California, Irvine. Along the way she’s camped and studied plants and pollinators in the Siskiyous in S.W. Oregon, swamps, forests and fields of Michigan, Kauai, coastal and desert California, and the California Sierra Nevada. She taught at El Cerrito Preschool Cooperative, learning from wise and loving mentors to step back and follow and support kids’ ideas. At Wildcat Community Free School she followed kids through creeks and forests, set up experiments, supervised the use of power tools, knives and fire, facilitated democratic decision making and mediated a lot of arguments about Pokemon Card trades. She’s planted native gardens with preschoolers to high school students, and has homeschooled and camped all over the U.S.A. with her two teenage sons.
Syndallas spent much of the past decade at an automotive manufacturing plant where her responsibilities included developing accountable health and safety systems with teams of union leaders, production operators and supervision. She recently served on a Michigan State working group developing guidance for community centers and public events around COVID safety. She participates in consensus decision making with her neighbors at home at Great Oak Cohousing Community. The beautiful wild world is the place Syndallas wants to be! She loves sharing nature connection with people and other living things and you!
Syndallas Baughman grew up on the water and in the forests of Michigan and Florida and earned a B.S. in Biology at University of Michigan and M.S. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of California, Irvine. Along the way she’s camped and studied plants and pollinators in the Siskiyous in S.W. Oregon, swamps, forests and fields of Michigan, Kauai, coastal and desert California, and the California Sierra Nevada. She taught at El Cerrito Preschool Cooperative, learning from wise and loving mentors to step back and follow and support kids’ ideas. At Wildcat Community Free School she followed kids through creeks and forests, set up experiments, supervised the use of power tools, knives and fire, facilitated democratic decision making and mediated a lot of arguments about Pokemon Card trades. She’s planted native gardens with preschoolers to high school students, and has homeschooled and camped all over the U.S.A. with her two teenage sons.
Syndallas spent much of the past decade at an automotive manufacturing plant where her responsibilities included developing accountable health and safety systems with teams of union leaders, production operators and supervision. She recently served on a Michigan State working group developing guidance for community centers and public events around COVID safety. She participates in consensus decision making with her neighbors at home at Great Oak Cohousing Community. The beautiful wild world is the place Syndallas wants to be! She loves sharing nature connection with people and other living things and you!
Instructor
Alex Toenniges is a nature connection mentor, somatics facilitator, community-builder, song-keeper, and social change-maker. She is most at home in the forest and loves teaching primitive skills, fire- and shelter-building, wild edible plants, and medicinal herbs. With a background in nature connection mentoring from the Stalking Wolf/Tom Brown Jr./Jon Young lineage, Alex is passionate about nature as a teacher to create connection and belonging leading to social transformation. She is a Guild Certified Feldenkrais® Practitioner and holds Master and Bachelor of Music degrees in bassoon performance. For more about Alex and her work, visit alextoenniges.com.
Alex Toenniges is a nature connection mentor, somatics facilitator, community-builder, song-keeper, and social change-maker. She is most at home in the forest and loves teaching primitive skills, fire- and shelter-building, wild edible plants, and medicinal herbs. With a background in nature connection mentoring from the Stalking Wolf/Tom Brown Jr./Jon Young lineage, Alex is passionate about nature as a teacher to create connection and belonging leading to social transformation. She is a Guild Certified Feldenkrais® Practitioner and holds Master and Bachelor of Music degrees in bassoon performance. For more about Alex and her work, visit alextoenniges.com.
Instructor
Courtney Klick is a re-wilding enthusiast with a passion for bringing nature connection, culture repair and the art of mentoring to our local community. Courtney is a homeschooling mother of three young children, a gardener, former Ayurvedic Practitioner and herbalist, and lover of sacred music. She loves wandering, encountering flora and fauna, and sharing those stories with others. Her daily goal is to spend as much time outdoors as possible, especially with children in the spirit of play and wonder.
Courtney Klick is a re-wilding enthusiast with a passion for bringing nature connection, culture repair and the art of mentoring to our local community. Courtney is a homeschooling mother of three young children, a gardener, former Ayurvedic Practitioner and herbalist, and lover of sacred music. She loves wandering, encountering flora and fauna, and sharing those stories with others. Her daily goal is to spend as much time outdoors as possible, especially with children in the spirit of play and wonder.