Parry Sound Forest School
1 College Drive P2A 0A9

Finally.... Thanks wholeheartedly to Emma and Matt, Jess and Isaac, Janice, Gina, Ray and Bill, George, and Cam!!! The interior of our cabin is done! What a team.

Need childcare for the March Break? We are offering a Forest School March Break Day Camp!! March 15-19, 2021. Make new friends, explore the forest, try new skills and spend all day outside enjoying the late winter weather. Ages SK to twelve years, 9:00-3:00. After school care available. This program will only run if there are at least six children registered. Please register at https://register.runsandbox.com/

Trying to solve a mystery. Long story but does anyone know of a family who have parents named Josie and David, kids Theo and Sadie and an Uncle Todd? Something of theirs has been found. Thanks for your help!

Yesterday we finished the ceiling and today began with the carpeting. I feel so fortunate to be able to prepare a special place to share with many children and families in the future!

Many thanks to Jesse and Isaac, and Matt and Emma for helping us put up the pine tongue and groove in the cabin. Stay tuned for updates on more work being done today!

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Our list is getting shorter! We have a bird feeder, and mats and a trail cam coming soon as well as the foam insulation. Thanks everyone!

Forest Families yesterday...

How we say good morning with our youngest learners.

Parry Sound Forest School Wish List. Now that we have a building to store our equipment, and a building that needs to be winterized, we have a long list of materials, supplies and equipment that we are looking for. If you have any of the following that you no longer need or have left over from a previous project and would be willing to donate, could you please let me know? Thank you!... - a surgical gown (suggested by the health unit) - two door mats - large funnel - bird feeder - minnow trap - solid wooden table to replace the plastic one we use in the forest - a trail cam so we can observe what happens at night - energy shield or other rigid foam insulation -Dricore insulated subfloor panels Thank you for your help!

Beautiful Fall day for Saplings. It’s only 12:00 and we have climbed the rocks, held a bumblebee (it was still warming up from the cool evening),crossed the beaver dam, listened to a rich story (The Giving Tree), and climbed the tallest white pine in the area. So thankful for this wonderful group of children and to Adrienne Wilson for joining us today.

There was so much learning during our chickadees program today it’s really hard to know what pictures to post. Some of the highlights included making chocolate Tim Bits out of mud, crossing the beaver dam and hiking to see a beaver lodge and then climbing up some daunting rocks as we took a different route home. We ate raw seeds right out of a sunflower and wintergreen berries too. This group of children are so creative and show great resilience as they get wet or muddy or have to cope with prickly juniper bushes!

Our cabin arrived today!!!

Forest Families- So popular we are now offering it twice weekly - on Mondays and Thursdays 9:30-11:30. Please let me know if you’d like to add a Thursday adventure. We have six families in each time slot now. Thanks for your flexibility! See psforestschool.com for registration and information.

Forest Families today. A beautiful day for a walk in the forest together!

Chickadees from last week, with photography by the very talented Annie Clements!!

Received this email this morning. Thanks for the feedback Sally and Jakub!!

Saplings enjoying a beautiful Fall day.

Beautiful day for our first day of Saplings!

Forest families sharing the first session of the Fall. What a perfect day to explore nature together!

Tomorrow, in partnership with Delaina Arnold from the Georgian Bay Biosphere, we will begin our first season on Forest Families, for parents, caregivers and their children four years old and under. Wonder what we’ll be up to? See the video attached!

Have enjoyed a few weeks off as I prepare for the Fall term. We start on Monday! So pumped. On Thursday our pre-fab Cabin will arrive. The photo shows where it will sit in the parking lot. It’s hard to see. Thursday I’ll share some pictures of the new Building!

The future is now at Parry Sound Forest School! Register today for weekly programs. psforestschool.com https://www.cbc.ca//pandemic-education-school-outdoors-1.5

Planning to keep your child home for now? Still concerned about socialization and mental and physical health? We have an option for you. Parry Sound Forest School We offer part-time outdoor-based learning through a variety of different programs in beautiful Parry Sound. Literacy tutoring also available for interested families.... Ages- 3.8 years up to 12 years Cost- $50 per day 8:30-3:30 - $15 for after school Forest Friends Group 3:00-6:00 Our programs help children learn to safely navigate risk and challenge themselves physically while meeting new friends and old, experiencing adventure, hiking, wood working, fire keeping, wild edibles, hands on wildlife, knot tying, exploring and so much more at an age appropriate level in a small group. Staying home doesn’t have to mean staying indoors or missing play with friends!! Visit psforestschool.com for more details. Play, Discover, Learn, Repeat

Thank you to all our families who helped make this summer a success in so many ways!