Wild Sky preschool program
Registration open for 2024/2025!
*** From September 2024, our program will meet exclusively at the Space on H. We will be catering for snacks and meals. From September 2024, our program will begin at 9.30am and continue until 12.30pm. ***
Children attending the Wild Sky preschool spend their time outdoors - exploring their community, local woodlands, green spaces, natural playgrounds & outdoor classrooms along & around the South Saskatchewan River, acknowledged as the Treaty 6 Territory.
Our educators utilize emergent, experiential, holistic, inquiry and play-based learning approaches to facilitate learning that supports children in their early years and foundation stage of learning. In any given moment, a child-led experience can cut across math, science, social studies, art, literature, physical education, and more!
Interested to find out more: come try out a session at no cost. Simply email us: wildskylearning@gmail.com. Registration is ongoing throughout the year
We do Forest School in the winter too
Children are adaptable and resilient - we need to remember this. Our northern climate does pose a challenge to the safety of children being outside for extended periods of time during extreme cold snaps, and that is why we partner with a neighbourhood indoor space to warm up, have snacks / naps, regroup, and continue learning during more outside time!
For further details please see Wintertime Fun.
Our Wild Sky preschool helps to support children to identify, co-manage, and navigate risk. The opportunity to experience risk is an integral part of learning and healthy child development. Peer-to-peer learning, loose parts, natural materials and imaginative play are the building blocks of the Forest School model. These support open-ended experiences guided by curiosity. Find out more about the Forest School Model here.
Learning in & from nature
Wild Sky Adventure Learning’s preschool program is centred on observation of nature and trying to learn the valuable lessons that the plants, animals, insects, weather, and other natural systems can teach us. The profound understanding that we are nature, and thus we must observe and learn from ourselves is nurtured in the Forest School “classroom”.