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Our Nature Connection Community
Here are some of our favorite links to opportunities to connect with nature:

Summer Camps, After School Programs, and Classes for Children

Blue Turtle Nature Camp

Leslie Science & Nature Center

Faye Stoner's Nature Program's at Washtenaw County Parks and Recreation (click on "great programs" to see upcoming classes)

Apple Playschools Nature Outings

Linda Keen's Country Mouse Town Mouse Farm Forest Camp



Forest Kindergartens and Nature-Rich Preschools in the Ann Arbor Area
Oak Trails Montessori School

Linda Britt's Wholesome Home 734-994-3745 or lbritt@ameritech.net

Jeannine Palm's Blossom Home Preschool jeannine@wetmeadow.org

Tara Habeck's Ann Arbor Forest School 


Linda Keen's Town Mouse Country Mouse Wee Care & Play-Based Preschool

Lorraine Hough's Dandelion Daycare 734-678-5710 lorrainehough@comcast.net

Nature Connection and Outdoors Skills Education for All Ages in Michigan
Frank Levy’s Classes through Blue Turtle Nature Camp

Rachel Mifsud's Will Forage for Food

The Beginning Bowyer in Ypsilanti - Leo Schreiber coaches people through the process of making a wooden self bow - thebeginningbowyer@gmail.com or 734-478-7218

Gone Feral with Matt Nisbett in Ann Arbor

The Humanature School in Traverse City

Claire Maitre's Active Hope Workshops


Events
Great Lakes Traditional Arts Gathering on Drummond Island

Great Lakes Primitives Gathering in Chelsea, MI

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Nature Awareness and Outdoors Skills Education Out Of State
Wilderness Awareness School

The Tracker School


Great Places to Study Nature
Matthei Botanical Garden

University of Michigan Museum of Natural History

The Leslie Science Center

Gerald E. Eddy Discovery Center

Friends Lake


Edible and Medicinal Plant Walks
Jim MacDonald at Herbcraft

Faye Stoner through Washtenaw County Parks

Linda Diane Feldt


Natural Building
Straw Bale Studio


Herbal Medicine
Naturopathic School of the Healing Arts

Herbcraft

Linda Diane Feldt


Books
Coyote’s Guide to Connecting with Nature by Jon Young, Ellen Haas, and Evan McGown

The Tracker (and all of Tom Brown’s books) by Tom Brown, Jr.

Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv

The Nature Principle by Richard Louv

The Forager's Harvest by Sam Thayer

And so many others!!!



Films
Mother Nature’s Child

Where do the Children Play?
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