LITTLE THUNDERS
5-12 Youth Nature School Program
A Nature School program for families who want a more natural learning and developing environment for their children.
The Magic Waters community creates a simple and robust platform for parents and children to engage in a clear context to learn, socialize and naturally develop life skills.
HOW IT WORKS
This weekly program is guided by adult mentors who create, hold and navigate the space for relating, activities, games, skill development, exploring, and questions.
Age Group
The group is for youth 5 to 12 years old. This is a wide ramge of ages and it's intentional.
We encourage the being of different group ranges to foster Children's Culture to organizally emerge.
When?
Wednesdays
From 10am to 3pm
Seasons 2025
Winter/Spring: January 22 - March 12
Spring/Summer: April 2 - June 11
Summer/Fall: July 9 - September 24
Fall/Winter: October 22 - December 17
Where?
Locations vary.
Nature locations in Sooke.
Structure
The day has a rhythm that holds us through games, circling, food, activities and integrating what we’ve learned.
Fees
Day-by-day: $65/day/child
By season: $600/child/season
By year: $2,400/child/year
EDUCATION REIMAGINED
The mainstream education system, with its rigid structures and standardized curricula, has become disconnected from the holistic needs of human development.
Rather than nurturing creativity and critical thinking, it often functions as a mechanism for conformity and obedience to external authorities.
This system tends to prioritize rote memorization over genuine understanding, stifling imagination and individual expression.
By emphasizing standardized testing and narrow definitions of success, it suppresses children's innate curiosity and ability to think independently.
This approach not only fails to prepare individuals for the complex challenges of life but also risks producing generations of docile, numb, compliant adults who struggle to tap into their inherent potential for innovation and self-directed learning.
In essence, the current mainstream educational paradigm often serves to limit rather than liberate human potential, creating a cycle that perpetuates societal norms at the expense of personal growth and collective progress.
PROGRAM FEES
Payment plans are available for low-income families on request.
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🌎 Land Acknowledgement
We acknowledge with respect and gratitude that the land on which Magic Waters operates is the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Coast Salish Peoples, including the T'Sou-ke, Malahat, Sc'ianew (Beecher Bay), Songhees, Esquimalt, and Cowichan Tribes.
We honour the Indigenous stewards of this land, past, present, and future, who have cared for these territories since time immemorial. Our commitment is to engage in deep listening, learning, and respectful collaboration with the Indigenous communities as we work towards healing and regeneration.