Virginia Homeschool Naturalist Program - Great Falls II (Jan 15- June 11)

Description:

The Homeschool Naturalist Program provides participants with a deep nature connection as our experienced mentors use the knowledge of our ancestors to guide them through meaningful nature-based experiences.

We will explore the flora and fauna of the local area through animal tracking and plant identification and experience first-hand the interconnectedness of things. This 100% outdoor program is like no other, as nature is not only our classroom and our teacher it's the foundation of every lesson and experience.

Through countless numbers of Earthskills and natural crafts, your child will learn how nature has provided us the four basic elements of survival - shelter, water, fire and food. We will go on adventures and learn how to manage these resources and become stewards of the land.

This ancestral knowledge is your birthright and has been passed down from past generations. Through the ancient tradition of coyote teaching we are building a community of natural leaders that will hold this ancient wisdom and continue to pass it on to future generations to come.

This is a drop off program with age appropriate activities.

Ages: 7-14 (Participants must be of age at the start of the program)
Registration fee: 19 weeks $950 (payment plans are available, see below, includes material fees & a nature journal)
Where: Great Falls, VA
When: Friday's 10:30am-3pm once a week (please refer to our calendar for the exact dates)

Discounts available: Only one coupon code can be used at a time. *Discounts will not apply if you register without codes *discounts only apply when paying in full.
10% Family Discount* With two or more siblings attending the same camp, use Coupon Code: family
5% Returning Homeschooler* When you have previously attended our homeschool program use the code: return

How to register and pay:
Pay in full With Credit Card - Submit your registration below and submit payment.
Pay with Installments for 19 week program - First submit your registration Form then return to this page and scroll down to the bottom and subscribe to the installments.

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Meet the Staff

Eden Cornelius - Program Coordinator and Field Instructor

Growing up homeschooled, Eden first found the primitive skills community in upstate NY through enrollment in a program called Primitive Pursuits at age seven. From that time until her teen years, she participated in Ancestral Knowledges Homeschool program for many years and attended primitive skills gatherings. In her teens, her time was spent hiking, camping, backpacking, cross-country skiing, and filling her journal with detailed sketches and facts about the wildlife around her.

All of her free time was spent outdoors, building debris huts, making cordage, and adventuring in the forest. Schooled by her fiber artist and aspiring naturalist mother, her love of the natural world was fueled by a rich curriculum with a focus on hands-on learning and her intense interest in insects and plants.

Now, Eden is a multimedia artist and painter who continues to share and learn skills, with a particular passion for pottery, wet felting techniques, needle felting, and natural pigments. With a background in youth leadership, she enjoys working with groups and fostering a creative connection with the earth.

Mike Escol - Field Instructor

Mike grew up camping, hiking and backpacking in the mid-atlantic region with his family and friends. As a child, he remembers sneaking through the undergrowth of the forest after dark with a fern crown, hiding and trying to blend in with the forest around him to surprise his friends.

He has spent most of his life in the Baltimore region where he calls home. He has been inspired in recent years by the knowledge that nature can be found anywhere. Mike's journey to a deeper connection with nature began in 2012 at the Spruce Knob Mountain Center, where he learned a few of the survival and awareness skills that we teach at Ancestral Knowledge. The experiences and inspiration gained from the people there stoked his curiosity and propelled his desire to learn more. He continued this journey by completing an intensive adult class at the Living Earth School in Charlottesville , VA in 2018.

He believes firmly in cultivating a relationship with the surrounding environment in which we live, and learning about the connections between various living beings and ourselves. By learning respect, gratitude, and consent with all living beings we can bring ourselves back to a reciprocal relationship with the Earth and each other.

Mike has a passion for wild edible plants, gardening, herbal medicine, nature-based navigation, carving, survival, cross country skiing, and fire making. He looks forward to providing opportunities to share his knowledge with people from all sorts of background in a variety of circumstances

Ancestral Knowledge instructors are First Aid / CPR certified, have completed CJIS Criminal Background Checks, and have been checked against the National Sex Offenders Registry

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