Join us twice a month for an exciting day of playing, adventures, and learning in nature while
building routines and foundations of ecological knowledge of place. Through activities, stories,
and games we will exercise the senses, improve navigation and survival skills, connect to the
plants and animals of our surroundings, and simply experience the fun and mystery in nature.
For ages 7-9.
This will be an ongoing program where kids can benefit from continuing throughout all the
seasons.
Location: Northwest of Bloomington off of highway 37. Contact us for details.
Dates & Times:
Friday June 13th, 12:30-2:30pm
Friday June 27th, 12:30-2:30pm
Friday July 18th, 12:30-2:30pm
Friday July 25th, 12:30-2:30pm
Cost: $30 per child per month (2 days)
Registration Information: We have reached our full enrollment for this time! If we have enough
interest then we may start up another program at a different time.
To register, please send your name, home address, and name(s) of child(ren) you want to sign up to
kevin@owlcreekprograms.com with "Curious Otter" on the subject line
You will then receive a confirmation email and a registration packet in the mail.
Instructors: Kevin Glenn and Monique Philpot, see Bio Page
building routines and foundations of ecological knowledge of place. Through activities, stories,
and games we will exercise the senses, improve navigation and survival skills, connect to the
plants and animals of our surroundings, and simply experience the fun and mystery in nature.
For ages 7-9.
- Wilderness Games: sneaking, hiding, animal forms, and sensory games
- Navigation: the 4 directions, maps, and paying attention
- Hazards & Outdoor Safety: being alert, poisonous plants, building common sense
- Finding and Exploring Natural Mysteries: frogs, turtles, animal tracks, insects, birds, and feathers
- Survival Skills: safely building a fire and tending it, natural shelters and forts, edible wild plants,
making containers, and other tools - Storytelling
- Gratitude and Appreciation
- Stillness, Observation, and Listening skills
- And more!!!
This will be an ongoing program where kids can benefit from continuing throughout all the
seasons.
Location: Northwest of Bloomington off of highway 37. Contact us for details.
Dates & Times:
Friday June 13th, 12:30-2:30pm
Friday June 27th, 12:30-2:30pm
Friday July 18th, 12:30-2:30pm
Friday July 25th, 12:30-2:30pm
Cost: $30 per child per month (2 days)
Registration Information: We have reached our full enrollment for this time! If we have enough
interest then we may start up another program at a different time.
To register, please send your name, home address, and name(s) of child(ren) you want to sign up to
kevin@owlcreekprograms.com with "Curious Otter" on the subject line
You will then receive a confirmation email and a registration packet in the mail.
Instructors: Kevin Glenn and Monique Philpot, see Bio Page
"Passion is lifted from the earth itself by the muddy hands of the young; it travels along grass-stained
sleeves to the heart."
-Richard Louv, author of Last Child in the Woods
sleeves to the heart."
-Richard Louv, author of Last Child in the Woods
| "Curious Otter" Homeschool Group For adventurous boys and girls in the Bloomington area |
“new studies suggest that exposure to nature may reduce the symptoms of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
Disorder (ADHD), and that it can improve all children’s cognitive abilities and resistance to negative
stresses and depression”
-Richard Louv, Last Child in the Woods
Disorder (ADHD), and that it can improve all children’s cognitive abilities and resistance to negative
stresses and depression”
-Richard Louv, Last Child in the Woods