Growing Wild Forestship Fund

How many of your favorite childhood memories take place outside? We're betting a lot of them, because the natural world is the best place for young children to grow and learn. More and more science shows that young children need plenty of time spent in free play and gently guided nature connection in natural settings for optimal health, and that time spent indoors on screens is directly harmful to children's health. Our nature connection schools seek to provide space for that optimal development, and we need your support to help advocate for our most marginalized communities. Just $49 a day covers a child's entire tuition. Choose a one time donation or make a monthly commitment. When you pledge to cover a child's access to forest school, you invest in their future. OUR future.

Why Forest School?

Forest schools are suitable for ALL learners, of any age, exceptionality, background and demographic. The program is adaptable and suitable for every student's personal ability, skill and their unique pace of learning. Preschool age learner's will benefit from creative, sensory, spatial and motor development while older children of primary school age will strengthen foundation’s for continued personal, social and educational development. The combination of freedom and responsibility has been shown to be particularly beneficial to children who suffer from low self -esteem, low motivation or whose behavior is challenging in a normal classroom setting.

The Forest School Foundation's Mission:
A world where nature connection and education is available and accessible to all young people, inspiring them to become compassionate citizens and stewards of the earth.