Cowichan WOLF Youth Programs
Ages 7-9 and 9-11

A Foundational Wilderness Skills and Nature Study Program that brings kids to a deep understanding and comfort level in the natural world. We learn through play, challenges, stories, music, adventures and art and skills projects.
This September 2017, Wolf Cowichan is offering 2 two day programs for 7-11 yr olds. We will begin and end each day as part of a bigger community; with multi-age children, teens and young adults, but spend some time apart to enable developmentally appropriate activities, skills and challenges.

When

Mondays and Tuesdays - 10 am - 3 pm
September 4 through December 12, 2017
April 2 through June 26, 2018
(with optional Heartwood day on Wednesdays September through December and January through June)

OR

Thursdays and Fridays - 10 am - 3 pm
September 7 through December 15, 2017
April 4 through June 29, 2018
(with optional Heartwood day on Wednesdays September through December and January through June)

Where

Our home base on Mondays and Tuesdays will be at Sacred Cedars Educational Center on Traditional Cowichan Tribes Land in the beautiful Cowichan Valley, where we will have access to a five acre organic permaculture farm and gardens as well as forests, the Cowichan River, surrounding forests and mountains.

Our home base on Thursdays and Fridays will be in Cowichan Bay cafe/classroom where we will have access to the the Estuary, Ocean and Ocean shores as well as our commercial kitchen where we will learn food preparation and.preservation skills.
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The Program

At the core of our approach to educating young people is our concept of "Passion-based learning." This is the idea that every one of us has special gifts to bring to the world, things that spark our passions in life.

Our fundamental goal is to awaken this spirit in our students, and to help them identify and pursue their gifts. We believe that the most effective learning happens when young people are pursuing what they love, and so truly desire to learn.

Equally important is our philosophy that the most effective learning happens when students figure things out "on their own."

In their efforts to do this, they are individually guided by mentors who strive to create experiences and opportunities for students to discover their own answers.

We call this method Coyote Mentoring, a technique that encourages creative thinking rather than providing answers, and results in much deeper learning.
Coyote Mentoring Stimulates the growth of problem-solving skills, and stretches the students into greater self-sufficiency in their living and learning. It also:

- Strengthens powers of concentration, observation and endurance,
- Provides access to deep reservoirs of self-confidence and self-knowing,
- Cultivates innate, respectful relationships between students, the Earth, and all those who dwell upon her
- Empowers, Inspires and Prepares students to become active, responsible caretakers of the Earth

Costs

2 day a week program - $1750 (yearly cost) which can be paid in monthly installments ($175 per month for 10 months or  $250 per month for 7 months (with a $200 deposit which goes towards the final installments)
Heartwood Wednesdays are available throughout the year with no extra cost if you sign up before May 20, 2017 (depending on availability of space)

We are limiting enrollment to 16 students