Natural Science and Outdoor education for youth and adults

Our Mission is to teach lifelong skills in nature awareness and outdoor living and provide experiences that create a positive and lasting connection with the Earth.

             We teach youth and adults the skills that will enable them to connect with the land in which they grow and live. So often it seems that people today grow up not knowing what trees are in their neighborhood, what wild plants are edible or hazardous, which birds are residents, and what animals are truly here and not here, let alone how to recognize evidence of their passing.

             We strive for what has been termed bioregional or place-based education – that is, education about the local environment in which you live. We have no classrooms save for the natural resources found in and around our magnificent county. Our floor is the earth, our walls are shaped by the trees and hills; our ceiling is the sky.

             We take children into nature and explore and have adventures. Our mentors role model that which we teach to our students – wonder, passion, curiosity, and a deep love for and a great respect of the natural world. We use primitive skills to inspire our students to learn to live without modern tools and to be self-sufficient. We honor community and each person’s individual path. We teach tracking and awareness so that they can see for themselves the animals, where they live, and where they are coming and going. And we follow the children’s passions and interests.

             We facilitate the deep connection children naturally want to have with nature. We open up a child’s senses and connect them to the natural world. Our educational philosophy is experiential and our aim is to instill a love of learning about the natural world that lasts a lifetime—Education with Nature in Mind.

Copyright Coyote Road School 2009

Education With Nature In Mind