Resource person: Jen Britton | jen@theguelphoutdoorschool.com | 519-760-4995

Location: 733 Stone Road East, Guelph, ON

Description:

Nimble, clever, quick, fun-loving.

Foxes is a celebration of child passions: climbing, running, sneaking, listening, hiding.  This program is also a step into the world of competence and self-sufficiency: building skills in fire tending, shelter building and tool use.  Tracking adventures satisfy the inquisitive and creative mind at this age, providing ample opportunity for inference, story telling, deduction, pattern recognition. Foxes delivers invisible learning and healthy growth, with the volume turned up on fun. 

What you can can expect

A welcoming atmosphere, days of exploring, practicing skills, and games that teach.  Foxes operates on long-term mentoring relationships, where professional facilitators work together to identify areas for growth and development: for individuals and the group. Our model seeks to support young people in becoming resilient, capable, and service minded.  Our daily endeavors promote attributes such as:  Quiet Mind, Common Sense, Aliveness and Agility, Inquisitive Focus, Caring and Tending, Service to Community, Awe and Reverence, and Self-Sufficiency.  We foster these attributes through a set of core routines and nature based challenges.  The learning experience is dynamic, emergent, multi-sensory, and exciting.

Spring Foxes is a time to behold the break up of the ice, to track the increasing animal activity, and celebrate the new growth of plants.  It is a chance to integrate the skills and knowledge from fall and winter, finish projects, and celebrate the year.

Mandatory membership(s):

• Annual Membership

Available: Full

Price: $567.00 Taxes waived

Required age: 6 - 10 on the day of the activity

Notes: * Drop off is between 8:45am and 9:15am * Pick up is between 3:45 and 4:15pm, at the latest. * If you arrive late (past 9:15am), please escort your child to program and make contact with a staff member before leaving. Please send your child with: - a filled and durable water bottle, snacks and lunch for the day and clothes equal to the weather. Trial Sessions are an option - for up to two (2) weekly sessions.  Simply register, and if the program isn’t a fit, GOS will provide a full refund minus fees for the days attended.  Once a third session is attended, we consider a registration fee to be final for the chosen trimester. Cancellation Policy. Should a cancellation be requested before a program start, we can offer a full refund minus the cost of one day of program to recover administrative fees. After 2 weeks of attendance, commitment to fees is considered final, and GOS is not obligated to offer refunds or credits for that trimester.

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