Fuzzy Caterpillars Fridays, 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Join us for weekly exploration of nature, storytelling, playing games, experiencing camp life, and doing crafts! We will learn about safety in wild spaces, study local plants and animals, practice outdoors skills, stretch our sensory awareness with games and activities, and enjoy open time to explore nature at the pace of a fuzzy caterpillar.
This class meets outdoors in the forest by the campfire, and children learn to be at home here.
This class meets outdoors in the forest by the campfire, and children learn to be at home here.
Details
Fuzzy Caterpillar is for children ages 3-6. Class meets at Nature & Nurture Farm in Dexter, MI on Fridays from 10am until 12:30 pm. The Winter Session runs from January 14 through March 4.
$240 is the cost for the series. Payment is required for enrollment (see payment and refund policies). Scholarships of 25% or 50% off, and payment plans are available upon request. You are also invited to consider donating additional funds with your full tuition, if you're able, to support scholarships for students in need.
Fuzzy Caterpillar is for children ages 3-6. Class meets at Nature & Nurture Farm in Dexter, MI on Fridays from 10am until 12:30 pm. The Winter Session runs from January 14 through March 4.
$240 is the cost for the series. Payment is required for enrollment (see payment and refund policies). Scholarships of 25% or 50% off, and payment plans are available upon request. You are also invited to consider donating additional funds with your full tuition, if you're able, to support scholarships for students in need.
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.
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Instructor
Lauren Hunt’s journey through Environmental Studies led her to biodynamic homesteading. For several years she raised big vegetable gardens, berries, medicinal herbs, chickens, honeybees, biodynamic vegetable seeds, and grass-fed beef. She hunted morels and harvest wild foods such as burdock, nettles, chickweed, violets, wild parsnips, dandelions, etc. She built community as a board member and volunteer with the Driftless Folk School in Wisconsin and learned about plant medicine with local herbalists. Parenting two teens eventually brought her family to Ann Arbor, where her children attend the Steiner School, and she has taught gardening. Along the way, she became a wellness coach and yoga leader (learn more at www.laurenmhunt.com). When we asked Lauren if she’d consider teaching with us, she mentioned a month-long course she took in aboriginal living skills. She made practical things like cattail sleeping mats, made fire with a bow drill and went backcountry camping with few supplies for several days. It sounded like a fit! When she mentioned she’s also a singer and song catcher, we just couldn’t wait to welcome her to class!
Lauren Hunt’s journey through Environmental Studies led her to biodynamic homesteading. For several years she raised big vegetable gardens, berries, medicinal herbs, chickens, honeybees, biodynamic vegetable seeds, and grass-fed beef. She hunted morels and harvest wild foods such as burdock, nettles, chickweed, violets, wild parsnips, dandelions, etc. She built community as a board member and volunteer with the Driftless Folk School in Wisconsin and learned about plant medicine with local herbalists. Parenting two teens eventually brought her family to Ann Arbor, where her children attend the Steiner School, and she has taught gardening. Along the way, she became a wellness coach and yoga leader (learn more at www.laurenmhunt.com). When we asked Lauren if she’d consider teaching with us, she mentioned a month-long course she took in aboriginal living skills. She made practical things like cattail sleeping mats, made fire with a bow drill and went backcountry camping with few supplies for several days. It sounded like a fit! When she mentioned she’s also a singer and song catcher, we just couldn’t wait to welcome her to class!
Instructor
Ali Vogt was born in the Adirondacks, and spent her childhood summers outdoors in northern Michigan. As a young adult, she reflected on her lifelong interest and passion for the natural world and realized how deep an impact her early experiences had had on her values, as well as her feeling of connection and belonging in nature. She knew she wanted to work in early childhood education to facilitate those opportunities for children as well.
While teaching in a Montessori preschool program, she discovered nature preschools and forest kindergartens. She attended the Nature Preschool Institute at Chippewa Nature Center in 2016, and proceeded to develop and run a nature-based summer program for several years. She participated in the Michigan Master Naturalist program, as well as the Nature-Based Teacher Certification through ERAFANS, and is also a Kamana student. Ali completed her Permaculture Design Certificate in 2017 at Earthaven Ecovillage, she volunteers with Southeast Michigan Land Conservancy, and is certified in CPR/AED/First Aid. Her other interests include gardening, pottery, baking, hiking, and creating with her hands.
Ali Vogt was born in the Adirondacks, and spent her childhood summers outdoors in northern Michigan. As a young adult, she reflected on her lifelong interest and passion for the natural world and realized how deep an impact her early experiences had had on her values, as well as her feeling of connection and belonging in nature. She knew she wanted to work in early childhood education to facilitate those opportunities for children as well.
While teaching in a Montessori preschool program, she discovered nature preschools and forest kindergartens. She attended the Nature Preschool Institute at Chippewa Nature Center in 2016, and proceeded to develop and run a nature-based summer program for several years. She participated in the Michigan Master Naturalist program, as well as the Nature-Based Teacher Certification through ERAFANS, and is also a Kamana student. Ali completed her Permaculture Design Certificate in 2017 at Earthaven Ecovillage, she volunteers with Southeast Michigan Land Conservancy, and is certified in CPR/AED/First Aid. Her other interests include gardening, pottery, baking, hiking, and creating with her hands.