Hibernate, migrate or keep active!

by Animal Tracking, Birds, Collingwood (Th), Fire Building, FSFNS Blog, Past Stories, Shelter, Survival, Winter FunPosted on No Comments

Hi everyone! Today was packed full of exploration, curiosity and new skills!  With our focus on wilderness survival we decided to gear our day towards learning about our furry little friends and how they survive our harsh, Canadian winters.  Our students decided to start their day by working towards a new bead – “starting a fire …

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Who needs snow for snowshoes…

by Animal Tracking, Art, Collingwood (Th), Fire Building, FSFNS Blog, Past Stories, Projects, Survival, Winter FunPosted on No Comments

Hi Friends! We would like to welcome back all of our students to Free Spirit Forest School for the winter semester and we are happy to introduce one of our newest teachers; Neal! This week was all about getting comfortable with outside travel.  We took time to set our intentions for Forest School meaning, how …

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