Nature Program

Our Nature Program

We believe that the children develop a sense of place through meaningful play experiences that are inspired by their own interests and curiosities. The Imaginarium Daycare nature program is where educators support children in play, making connections to the land and investigating the biodiversity that the forest has to offer.

Our nature Program is led by a team of educators composed of Certified Forest School Practitioners, Registered Early Childhood Educators. These educators are loving, nurturing, skilled professionals with a profound love and respect of the great outdoors. This passion for nature is modeled by the educators for the children and becomes the foundation for developing a sense of stewardship among our young learners.

Potential Benefits of participating in forest and nature school

• Improved confidence, social skills, communication, motivation, and concentration.

• Improved physical stamina, fine and gross motor skills.

• Positive identity formation for individuals and communities.

• Environmentally sustainable behaviors and ecological literacy.

• Increased knowledge of the environment, increased frequency of visiting nature within families.

• Healthy and safe risk-taking.

• Improved creativity and resilience.

• Improved academic achievement and self-regulation.

• Reduced stress and increased patience, self-discipline, capacity for attention, and recovery from mental fatigue.

• Improved higher level cognitive skills.