Year-Round Programs Spring 2012
FOREST (Friends Outdoors Relishing Earth Skills Together)
Co-ed Homeschool Program
Join our year-round naturalist training program for children ages 7-13. Ongoing, long-term mentoring in earth living skills and nature awareness. Co-ed community building, adventures, and fun!
Supplies List
Lunch and snack
Water bottle
Backpack for easy carrying of food and water
Waterproof winter boots and gloves
Weather-appropriate clothes: layers, so you're prepared for all day outside. Please avoid cotton clothes, particularly if it is going to be a wet day. Wool and fleece layers, synthetic long underwear, etc. are great to keep kids warm all day.
Thermoses of warm soup or tea can be nice!
Journal and pen.
Spring semester begins February 28 and runs for a total of 10 Tuesdays, ending May 8. Please note there will be no program on April 17. Makeup day in case of snow is May 15.
Tuition: $450
Registration deadline: February 15
Download a registration form.
Women in the Woods
Seasonal overnight adventures in wilderness skills, with four weekend gatherings each year. Make crafts from the gifts of the land, share stories around the campfire, learn to make fire without matches, increase your navigational skills, build shelters, and develop your knowledge of the trees and plants of this land. Learn how the earth provides for you, and feel the exhilaration and rejuvenation of meeting natural challenges with the support and fun offered by a community of wild women. Spaces are available now for Fall 2011.
Weekend dates for 2011–2012:
October 15-16
February 25-26
May 19-20
July 21-22
Chickadee Rain Boys' Homeschool Program
Wilderness mentoring for homeschooled boys ages 7 to 13. Learn about nature, the art of survival, and wilderness awareness through making fire, shelters, and nature crafts; hearing
stories, playing games, and taking adventures; and learning how to survive in the woods in a way that respects the Earth.
In Chickadee Rain we learn to understand nature as a family of friends and relatives who have a great deal to teach and provide us.
Chickadee Rain will not be running in Spring 2012; check out our co-ed FOREST program.
Daughters of the Earth Girls' Homeschool Program
Wilderness mentoring for homeschooled girls aged 7-13. Learn about nature, the art of survival, and wilderness awareness through making fire, shelters, and nature crafts; hearing stories, playing games, and taking adventures; and learning how to survive in the woods in a way that respects the Earth.
Daughters of the Earth will not be running in fall 2011; check back for future Daughters programs, including school-vacation programs. Call 518-794-6687 or e-mail info@flyingdeernaturecenter.org for more information.
School programs
Flying Deer Nature Center offers weekly and biweekly nature education programs during school hours, working within each school's and grade's study plans to co-create an exciting and educational cross-curricular experience. Current school programs include a collaboration with Mountain Road School in New Lebanon, NY. For more information on setting up an FDNC program at your child's school, e-mail info@flyingdeernature.center.org.
Moon Tribe: Nature- and Community-Based Rite of Passage Program for Adolescent Girls
Flying Deer Codirector Michelle Apland is now registering girls aged 11 to 13 for Moon Tribe, a long-term coming-of-age program for girls. The program begins in February and meets for one Saturday each month in the woods, leading up to a weeklong summer adventure! Now in its seventh year, Moon Tribe has been a rich, fun, and life-changing experience for many girls and women.
Moon Tribe is designed to support girls as they move through early adolescence, learning about themselves and the world and discerning their identities as young women. Over two-and-a-half years, the program weaves community and consciousness around potent issues for growing girls and nurtures each girl's innate strength in herself and in her relationships with the earth, her peers, women mentors, and the circle of mothers. Fathers and families are woven into the experience as well.
IMPORTANT MOON TRIBE REGISTRATION INFO: If your daughter participated in the Rising Moons tribe for the Fall 2010-Summer 2011 year and will be returning for the Fall 2011-Summer 2012 year, please register now. If your daughter is interested in joining the Rising Moons this fall, please call 518-794-6687 or e-mail info@flyingdeernaturecenter.org for more information.
Fall 2011 to Spring 2012 dates:
October 1-2: Intergenerational campout
November 5
December 3
January 7
March 3
April 7
May 5-6: Mother-daughter campout
August 6-10: Summer Weeklong
Download a registration form.
Sacred Fire: Boys' Rite of Passage
Coming-of-age program for adolescent boys. The year includes a weekend campout in the fall, Adventure Days on Saturdays from 10 am to 4 pm, family potlucks, and a five-day Initiation Weekend in May. A slightly different schedule is planned for each of the three generations of the group, including Crayfish, Dogwoods, and Buckskins. For more information, call 418-794-6687 or e-mail Devin at dev@flyingdeernaturecenter.org.
Fall 2011 to Spring 2012 dates:
September 17-18: All generations of Sacred Fire
October 1: Crayfish and Buckskins
November 5: Crayfish and Buckskins
December 3: Crayfish
January 7: Crayfish
March 3: Crayfish and Dogwoods
April 7: Crayfish and Buckskins
May 2-6: Crayfish, Buckskins, and Dogwoods
Tuition for participants enrolling in Fall 2011 (Crayfish): $900.
Tuition for participants who enrolled in Fall 2010 (Buckskins): $600
Tuition for participants who enrolled in Fall 2009 (Dogwoods): $525
Download a registration form.
Read our Financial Assistance Policy and download a Payment Plan Agreement or Scholarship Application.
Fostering respect
for the earth,
for each other, and
for ourselves!
5 Abode Road, New Lebanon, NY 12125