In Partnership with MacGregor Ranch
What’s a Forest School?
A forest school is a school that draws inspiration from the greatest teacher: Nature. It takes place outside on the dirt and in the weather, and its curriculum is focused on natural rhythms and play.
The Mission of
Free Folk Forest School:
The Free Folk Forest School aims to cultivate groundedness, connection, and passion for nature within our community.
We aim to perpetuate the wild, ancient traditions of the land we inhabit while cultivating a wild-focused village to support parents and their littles.
Free Folk Forest School is a nature-based, caregiver-and-child integration program designed for children ages 0–8 with or without their parents or guardians. Due to the vibrant mix of ages, our curriculum will focus heavily on abstract nature learning rather than “school” subjects like reading and writing.
Who’s it for?
Free Folk Forest School is ecstatic to be partnering with MacGregor Ranch, a 2500 acre land trust bordering the Rocky Mountain National Park here in Estes Park, Colorado. Our classes will take place every Friday from 10 AM - 12 PM starting in the spring (April 24 - May 29) and continuing in summer and fall (July 17 - October 2)
Where and When?
Each Session Includes
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Nervous System Regulation
We ground our play in ritual opening and closing circle. This is to preserve connectedness and invite safety into the body. Each session is tailored to the season with nervous system grounding and regulation in mind.
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Minimally Structured Play
Each session will have it’s own theme; within that theme there are often puppet shows, songs, or stories followed by exploratory activities for little ones to engage in - or ! they can choose to freely engage with the forest
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Multiple Caregivers
Parents are welcome to attend with their Littles, but we will also have multiple caregivers onsite to ensure that all are safe and receiving any helpful one on one attention. Feel free to select the childcare option if you’d prefer not to attend with your Little.
About Your Facilitator: Sary Wynren
Sary is an outdoorswoman and personal growth facilitator. Sary has been facilitating transformative containers since 2017. Her education includes early childhood education, neurobiology, unconsciousness integration, and nervous system healing.
Her focus as a parent has been on breaking generational cycles of trauma by parenting and educating through the lens of attachment theory and the neurobiology of nurture.
Questions?
Questions?
Do you have questions or concerns about Free Folk Forest School? Get directly in touch with Sary now.