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Wild Child

Wild Child is an educational program of Sierra Club Canada Foundation and has been connecting children, youth, and families to nature since 2010.

Overview

The mission of our Wild Child programs in Edmonton Alberta, Halifax Nova Scotia, & Prince Edward Island is to provide child led, play based learning through repeated exposure to nature helping to foster a lasting relationship with the natural world.

Wild Child program brings fun environmental education and encourages staff and children to get outside, play games and age appropriate activities to learn about their environment and the other critters they share their community with. Watch a video below about the impact these programs have for children across Canada.

Photo from Sierra Club Canada's Wild Child outdoor education programs. Wild Child kids outdoor education programs in Edmonton, NS, & PEI.Find out more below about our three Wild Child Programs in Alberta, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island.

Wild Child programs

Photo from Sierra Club Canada's Wild Child outdoor education programs. Edmonton, Nova Scotia, & PEI Wild Child Forest Schools

Forest school

The goal of Forest Schools is to help children youth find inspiration, build self-confidence, and develop healthy self-esteem through skill development, hands on activities, and outdoor experiences.

Photo from Sierra Club Canada's Wild Child outdoor education programs. Nature immersion.

Nature immersion

Over three visits, an educator will brings fun environmental education to child care sites, and encourages staff and children to get outside, play games and engage in age appropriate activities.

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Eco-Buddies

Eco Buddies is holistic outdoor environmental education. An Eco-Buddy helps children to care for nature & educates kids on sustainability. Eco-Buddies bring the Grades 4’s, 5’s and 6’s outdoors using the basics of play and discovery! With an innovative, holistic approach to environmental education, classrooms get to connect with nature and become eco-literate.

Want to find out more? Listen to our podcast with our Wild Child PEI program below!

You can also listen to this podcast episode on the Harbinger Media Network, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Youtube, or wherever you get your podcasts. This podcast series also airs bi-weekly on CKUT Radio in Montréal (90.3 FM).

This program is funded by

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