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The school is located in a retrofitted century-old former country church with a strawbale insulated addition. The school is powered completely by solar power and heated with wood, bringing together both past and present technologies appropriate for our location and our times.
Forest Kindergartens have been popping up all over Europe and North America in the past 50 years or so. This style of education offers a solution to Nature Deficit Disorder as the children are outside for the majority of the day. Many parents are recognizing the benefits of being outdoors and are taking advantage of these Forest Kindergartens. Some of the benefits include: better balance and agility, co-ordination, and depth perception. Studies have shown that children who are exposed to this style of learning are involved in fewer accidents due to their ability to set their own limitations and assess situations …
The children’s garden at the Knowlesville Art and Nature Centre has been a central part of our summer nature programs since we started in 2009. The children travel past the frog pond, through the fern thicket and the magical mossy cedar grove, out into the open field to the South Knowlesville Community Garden and orchard. There the children that are part of our summer and school programs have a sizeable garden that is more often than not a tangle of weeds and flowers and veggies. As one of the adult volunteers involved with the garden, I often sit myself down to …