Coyote Nature Explorers Mondays and Tuesdays 9:30 AM until 1:30 PM
Both classes are currently full. If you'd like to be placed on the wait list, please email naturelearningcommunity@gmail.com.
Coyote Nature Explorers gather weekly to experience community in camp life through the seasons. Each day includes storytelling, nature crafts, learning about safety in wild spaces, study of local plants and animals, outdoors skills, games and activities to stretch sensory awareness, and lunch together.
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. Parents are welcome to attend with their children if they like.
Details
This class is for children ages 6-12. (Younger children may enroll if their 6-12 year old sibling is also enrolled. Parents must consult with the instructor before enrolling: naturelearningcommunity@gmail.com.)
Class meets at Nature and Nurture Farm in Dexter, MI, and sometimes at Sunward Cohousing Community on Mondays from 9:30 AM until 1:30 PM. Children bring their own lunch and snack. Special snacks, such as acorn pancakes, burdock rice, or maple syrup will be provided at many classes.
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. Parents are welcome to attend with their children if they like.
Details
This class is for children ages 6-12. (Younger children may enroll if their 6-12 year old sibling is also enrolled. Parents must consult with the instructor before enrolling: naturelearningcommunity@gmail.com.)
Class meets at Nature and Nurture Farm in Dexter, MI, and sometimes at Sunward Cohousing Community on Mondays from 9:30 AM until 1:30 PM. Children bring their own lunch and snack. Special snacks, such as acorn pancakes, burdock rice, or maple syrup will be provided at many classes.
Winter Session - Mondays
The Fall Session runs from January 7 through April 1 (no class on 2/18 or 4/9). The cost of this series is $336, or $312 for each additional sibling.
The Fall Session runs from January 7 through April 1 (no class on 2/18 or 4/9). The cost of this series is $336, or $312 for each additional sibling.
Winter Session - Tuesdays
The Fall Session runs from January 8 through April 2 (no class on 2/19 or 4/10). The cost of this series is $336, or $312 for each additional sibling.
The Fall Session runs from January 8 through April 2 (no class on 2/19 or 4/10). The cost of this series is $336, or $312 for each additional sibling.
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Instructor - Mondays and Tuesdays
Rowena Conahan is a founder of Nature Learning Community, where she teaches nature connection and outdoors skills for people of all ages, and consults with educators seeking to increase outdoors experience for their students. She’s an anthropologist and Montessori teacher, with background as a homeschool parent and assistant in a Waldorf-based forest kindergarten. She attended Tom Brown’s Tracker School in New Jersey and Wilderness Awareness School’s Art of Mentoring. She’s currently a student in the Kamana Naturalist Training program, and volunteers for the global 8 Shields movement. She’s also a founding member of Sunward Cohousing Community, where she’s lived and learned for 20 years.
Rowena Conahan is a founder of Nature Learning Community, where she teaches nature connection and outdoors skills for people of all ages, and consults with educators seeking to increase outdoors experience for their students. She’s an anthropologist and Montessori teacher, with background as a homeschool parent and assistant in a Waldorf-based forest kindergarten. She attended Tom Brown’s Tracker School in New Jersey and Wilderness Awareness School’s Art of Mentoring. She’s currently a student in the Kamana Naturalist Training program, and volunteers for the global 8 Shields movement. She’s also a founding member of Sunward Cohousing Community, where she’s lived and learned for 20 years.
Instructor - Mondays
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.
Instructor - Tuesdays
Miriam Dowd-Eller is known for drawing us all into movement, laughter and play. Nurturing the body-mind-spirit with creative-expressive-restorative movement in the context of nature is one of her specialties. Miriam focused on Environmental Studies at Earlham College, and joined a 3-month Eco-Community Apprenticeship Program at the Hummingbird Ranch in New Mexico. She's also been a Children's Camp Counselor at NVC (nonviolent communication) Family Camp. She loves making food and medicine from the wild, and relishes a feeling of kinship with all things - the bugs, the trees, the campfire, the wind, and kids' laughter. And she super, super likes playing games where it's socially appropriate to lay flat out on the earth with a big smile on her face!
Miriam Dowd-Eller is known for drawing us all into movement, laughter and play. Nurturing the body-mind-spirit with creative-expressive-restorative movement in the context of nature is one of her specialties. Miriam focused on Environmental Studies at Earlham College, and joined a 3-month Eco-Community Apprenticeship Program at the Hummingbird Ranch in New Mexico. She's also been a Children's Camp Counselor at NVC (nonviolent communication) Family Camp. She loves making food and medicine from the wild, and relishes a feeling of kinship with all things - the bugs, the trees, the campfire, the wind, and kids' laughter. And she super, super likes playing games where it's socially appropriate to lay flat out on the earth with a big smile on her face!
Instructor - Tuesdays
Mandy Ervin really enjoys the simple complexity of nature; the balance between life and death and how everything she witnesses is a lesson and reflection to her of her. She's passionate about slowing down and observing the world around her and encouraging others, especially children to do the same. Her 12+ years spent with children as a nanny has kept her curious, adventurous and fearless. She enjoys creating things with her hands and is very excited to learn more about: identifying plants, creating shelters, pottery, tracking and so much more.
Mandy Ervin really enjoys the simple complexity of nature; the balance between life and death and how everything she witnesses is a lesson and reflection to her of her. She's passionate about slowing down and observing the world around her and encouraging others, especially children to do the same. Her 12+ years spent with children as a nanny has kept her curious, adventurous and fearless. She enjoys creating things with her hands and is very excited to learn more about: identifying plants, creating shelters, pottery, tracking and so much more.
Instructor - Mondays
Petar Simic studied plant ecology in college and graduated with a degree in Biology. He's been in love with the natural world his whole life and would rather spend his days no other way than in the woods or watching the birds and the clouds. Petar was a head farmer at the Community Farm of Ann Arbor and loves the ability agriculture has to connect us with the natural world. He also taught at the Rudolf Steiner school and finds a lot of joy in educating and working with children.
Petar Simic studied plant ecology in college and graduated with a degree in Biology. He's been in love with the natural world his whole life and would rather spend his days no other way than in the woods or watching the birds and the clouds. Petar was a head farmer at the Community Farm of Ann Arbor and loves the ability agriculture has to connect us with the natural world. He also taught at the Rudolf Steiner school and finds a lot of joy in educating and working with children.
Instructor - Mondays
As a social worker Nichole Lorenz is passionate about nature connection, specifically because of its capacity for deep healing. The human central nervous system is inextricably linked with the primordial resonant frequencies emitted by the earth and Nichole is excited that recent research supports how our mental health is improved by our connection to this planet's deeply healing magnetic field.
The human need for "Rx outside" is so deeply ingrained in our spirits and Nichole is the first to talk about how it currently benefits her and her family and also how it contributed to the growth and healing of her 2 children during their 4 years as homeschoolers between 2013 and 2017. Nichole has over 14 years of experience with children; since 2002 throughout her training as a master's social worker, since 2005 as a licensed clinical social worker, and since 2007 as a mother. Nichole is ecstatic to support the mission of Nature Learning Community.
As a social worker Nichole Lorenz is passionate about nature connection, specifically because of its capacity for deep healing. The human central nervous system is inextricably linked with the primordial resonant frequencies emitted by the earth and Nichole is excited that recent research supports how our mental health is improved by our connection to this planet's deeply healing magnetic field.
The human need for "Rx outside" is so deeply ingrained in our spirits and Nichole is the first to talk about how it currently benefits her and her family and also how it contributed to the growth and healing of her 2 children during their 4 years as homeschoolers between 2013 and 2017. Nichole has over 14 years of experience with children; since 2002 throughout her training as a master's social worker, since 2005 as a licensed clinical social worker, and since 2007 as a mother. Nichole is ecstatic to support the mission of Nature Learning Community.