Outdoor Elementary Education:
Forest Microschool
Now Offering Visit Days for our Days Exploring Nature Summer Camp!
Get Started with OWLS 24/25 School Year!
Experience joy in learning through connection with nature!
Get outside and thrive!
Seeds of Love Collective
Seeds of Love Collective empowers teachers, families, and students to collaborate and support each other in developing holistic educational pathways in connection with nature.
The Bay Area Open Wilderness Literacy and Science (OWLS) forest microschool program facilitates a kind and safe community for children ages 6-11 to enjoy authentic, hands-on learning experiences outdoors Tuesday, Wednesday, and/or Thursday to cultivate community, friendships and joy in learning!
*We are a vendor for:
Hickman
Connecting Waters
Visions
Pacific Charter Institute: Valley View, Heritage Peak, Sutter Peak, and Rio Valley
*Coming Soon: Monday Math Magic in the Garden and Forest Skill Fridays
Now enrolling for the 24/25 School Year!
Families are welcome to fill out our Get Started at OWLS Form for children ages 6-11 years old. Space is limited as groups are capped at 8 students. Register ASAP to begin the onboarding process.
The Days Exploring Nature (DEN) Summer Program facilitates a kind and safe community for children ages 6-12 to enjoy exploring nature at Wildcat Canyon in Richmond to cultivate community, friendships, and joy in learning!
Now enrolling for our July/August Summer Camp!
Families are welcome to enroll children ages 6-12 years old using the 2024 Summer Days Exploring Nature Camp at Wildcat Canyon Form. Space is limited as groups are capped at 8 kids. Enroll ASAP to secure your spot.
Expand Community
Be Kind & Safe
Appreciate Languages, Cultures and Neurodiversity
Play Cooperative Games
Team Work Makes the Dream Work
Explore Nature
Consistent Sites: Camp Herms, El Cerrito; Tilden Nature Area, Berkeley
Summer 2024 Site: Wildcat Canyon, Richmond
Occasional Sites: Lake Anza, Berkeley; Oakland Zoo, Albany Bulb, Albany; Joaquin Miller, Oakland
Experience Joy
Morning Message/Meeting & Greetings
Sit Spot
Literacy Support
Skill Building
Roses, Buds, and Thorns
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