2023 Summer Session!
Week 1: We got started by exploring our landscape, and gathering flowers, plants and grasses that we encountered on our journey to weave...
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Earthwise Teachers
- Mar 4
Willow charcoal crayons
Willow is a plant we love and appreciate so much at Earthwise! The children love to climb in the beautiful Willows around our tipi, and...
Earthwise Teachers
- Feb 22
Nuthatch hopping down the tree, chicka-dee-dee-dee
Our Sprouts class has been hard at work on creating a miniature "fairy village" of many small house structures made of bark, grass,...
Earthwise Teachers
- Feb 22
Orange muffins, oh my!
The Sprouts and Saplings classes came together this week to prepare and bake orange muffins on our tipi fire. Yum! Orange muffins are a...
Earthwise Teachers
- Feb 22
Waking up like the seeds
The first signs of spring are everywhere- in the warm wet breeze, in the little seedlings poking their heads up out of the warming soil,...
Earthwise Teachers
- Dec 5, 2022
Bees, bears and hawks!
We were so grateful for a visit from a beautiful young Cooper's hawk on Tuesday. They were on the ground eating a ground squirrel when we...
Earthwise Teachers
- Nov 21, 2022
Little stars that swing
As we move into these darkest days of the year before Winter Solstice, it is traditional to make lanterns and take a walk under the...
Earthwise Teachers
- Nov 20, 2022
Pumpkin pancakes
P is for Pumpkin Pancakes! We welcomed Fire into our tipi classroom for the first time this week, and what better way to celebrate our...
Earthwise Teachers
- Nov 6, 2022
Stars in apple, seedpod, pear...
Stars around us everywhere! We discovered the magic of slicing an apple to find the stars inside, and made apple star stamps with our...
Earthwise Teachers
- Oct 24, 2022
Autumn leaves turn red and gold
The last week of sunny warm Autumn weather! We enjoyed the sunshine, adventuring around the land and exploring new trees, finding the...
Earthwise Teachers
- Oct 16, 2022
All things Acorns!
Our favorite autumn activity at Earthwise is acorn processing. Acorn is an ancient staple food source wherever oak trees grow...
Earthwise Teachers
- Oct 13, 2022
Frogs and cattails
It's early October and the heat hasn't subsided yet! So we are spending our days finding shade and water, where the frogs and cattails...
Earthwise Teachers
- Oct 13, 2022
Blackberry ink + twig paintbrushes
We got crafty this week with the last of the season's blackberries. We gathered the juiciest berries still clinging to their vines, and...
Earthwise Teachers
- Sep 25, 2022
Back to forest school, 2022!
We are so happy to be sinking back into the autumn season with a new class! Our two classes, the Sprouts and the Saplings, worked...
Earthwise Teachers
- Nov 30, 2021
Clay coil pots and popcorn
Working with clay is by far one of our favorite autumn activities and our imaginations light up with the endless possibilities as we...
Earthwise Teachers
- Nov 7, 2021
Pumpkin Celebration
In celebration of pumpkins, Halloween, and the elemental magic present with us at this time of year, we had a festive week at school...
Earthwise Teachers
- Nov 7, 2021
Autumn treasures
Mushrooms, Madrone berries, and autumn leaves, oh my! We have all been enjoying the full glory of autumn colors and the changing season. ...
Earthwise Teachers
- Oct 22, 2021
Welcoming Fire
It was our first rainy and chilly week at forest school so it was the perfect time to learn about fire. We learn about how to call Fire...
Earthwise Teachers
- Oct 9, 2021
All about acorns
Welcome to our Earthwise Forest School blog! For those of you who may be new to the blog, each post highlights a few of our favorite...
Earthwise Teachers
- Oct 9, 2021
Thank you Corn!
Animal tracking is a core nature awareness routine that we practice regularly. This dried up pond mud is the perfect substrate to see...
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