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
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?
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
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?