Earth Child is a unique opportunity to share the wonders of the natural world with your children while building community with like-minded nature connected families. Your children will carry the benefits of these nurturing experiences for the rest of their lives. Let’s play, explore, laugh and have fun together while recovering our birthright of deep interconnectedness with nature within the nurturing context of community.
Parents and children attend Earth Child together to learn and enjoy:
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Outdoor adventures and natural mysteries
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Games that develop sensory awareness and embodiment
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Survival skills and knowledge of place
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Tracking, bird language and other naturalist skills
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Healthy nourishing snacks
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Song, music and storytelling
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Community building
“It takes a village to raise a child”
The well known saying comes from cultures that know the importance of a web of intergenerational relationships for children to be supported in the development of their full potential. As modern parents, many of us find ourselves with only but a fragment of the village our children need to thrive. What goes even more unnoticed is the fact that this village doesn’t only require human relationships. Our children need reciprocal relationships with as many aspects of the natural world as possible in order to unlock the full potential of who they are.
EARTH CHILD is designed to engage BOTH parent and child in nature, sometimes together, and sometimes close by. Parents will have the opportunity to learn new skills alongside other families while their children flow between participating alongside and playing with other kids. This model is designed based on the way our hunter-gatherer ancestors have mentored their children for thousands of years and is very different from the modern child-centred approach of many parent-child programs out there today.
Parents will be gradually introduced to the “Coyote Mentoring” approach to natural education and the 8 Shields Model for village building. They will also be offered valuable learning opportunities about compassionate ways to deeply support their child’s full development.
We believe that young children thrive in nature within the nurturing context of family & community.
We value the importance of early child-parent attachment and love to offer support to parents who want to build community while deepening their nature connection, knowledge of place and ancestral skills, while still being able to nurture their littles close by.
WHEN
Friday mornings 9:30AM-12PM
Earth Child runs one Fall session and one Spring session:
SPRING 2025: 10 Sessions March 21st to May 23rd (No session on May 2nd)
FALL 2025 (DATES TBA)
This is not a drop-in program; we ask for a commitment until the end of the session.
WHERE
Earth Child will take place at various beautiful natural locations primarily in and around
Bridgewater, NS and along the South Shore.
You will receive an email by the Sunday afternoon with location details for the Monday as location is often weather dependent.
INVESTMENT
One child (3-7) plus 1 or 2 parents/caregivers:
SPRING SESSION 2025: Starts March 21st, 2025: $350 plus GST
FALL SESSION 2025: TBA
Two children (ages 3-7) plus parent/caregiver:
SPRING SESSION 2025: Starts March 21st, 2025: $450plus GST
FALL SESSION 2025: TBA
Three children (ages 3-7) plus parent/caregiver:
SPRING SESSION 2025: Starts March 21st, 2025: $550plus GST
FALL SESSION 2025: TBD
Younger Siblings 2 and under are free. Parents and caregivers are responsible for the care of younger siblings.
Cost includes a light healthy organic snack.
What about Winter and Summer?
We'll be having pop-up days throughout the Winter and Summer months. You can access the calendar and register below. We also recommend signing up for our newsletter to find out in advance when pop-ups are happening.
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From 35 Canadian dollars
About your main facilitators,
Kristyna, Arnaud... and Nolan!
Arnaud is a papa, holistic wildlife tracker, ceremonial facilitator, modern day hunter-gatherer and capoeirista. He brings his lineage and 20 years experience in deep nature connection facilitation. You can read more about him on the About page.
Kristyna is a mama and holistic postpartum care practitioner with a natural gift for energy healing. She is currently deeply exploring the field of pre- and perinatal psychology to help support families in cultivating connection from the very beginning of life. She gave birth to their son Nolan at home naturally and is dedicated to the sacred duty of being a Mother. You can read more about her at kristynashea.com
Nolan is a 4 year old with uninhibited natural instincts. He grew up at home with his loving parents close to the beings of the natural world. He's been tending fires since before he was 2 and he uses sharp knives. He can become a bobcat, a coyote or many other animals of who he recognizes the tracks and signs of. He doesn't have a website yet ;)
Together, they are dedicated to being the change they want to see in the world. They do the best they can to live a natural life within modern times and are committed to helping other families thrive by accessing their birthright of a life in alignment with the natural cycles around and within us.
Join us in creating a thriving nature connected community!
CONTACT US
If you have any questions or if your wondering if this program is the right fit for your family.