Your Wildschooling adventure awaits!
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​What is Wildschooling?
More than a curriculum or framework, Wildschooling is a movement designed to honor and support our innate, inexorable bond with nature and lend a voice to our inner wild. Wildschooling takes inspiration from a wide-range of sources (to name a few): Forest School, The Reggio Emilia Approach, Earth Schooling, Waldorf, Charlotte Mason, Self-Reg, place-based education, permaculture, 8 Shields Model, indigenous knowledge and traditions, emergent learning and most importantly time spent with Mother Nature herself.
WILDSCHOOLING IS NOT:
A rejection of literacy, writing, math or other fundamental skills
Just bringing traditional school outside
Exclusive or just for those who are homeschooling
Letting kids just run “feral” in the woods
Incompatible with modern life
Socially isolating
"For almost 300,000 years of human history, we lived and learned alongside Mother Nature. It is worth remembering that where we are at right now in this specific incarnation of education is one way. It is not the only way."
{Nicolette Sowder}
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If this resonates with you, please explore our website to learn more about our programs.
Nature Explorers!
Childhood should be full of wonder, joy, curiosity, risky play and exploration in the natural world! We are so proud to say that Roots and Wings Discovery Preschool is 1 of only 10 programs in the state of Michigan to have a Nature Explore Certified Outdoor Classroom!
