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Next Meet Up: Wednesday, January 11

Come join the Forest Explorer's tomorrow at 11:00am at the Valley Green Entrance of Wissahickon Park. It looks like we'll be lucky enough to have another mild winter day with the temperature reaching 45° at 11:00am. Although the sun should … Read...

Happy 2017!

What an incredible turn out for our first meet up of 2017! Philadelphia's Forest School for All welcomed several new families, and the kids because fast friends as they explored the park. After three hours outside, kids left tired, wet, … Read...

Last Wednesday of 2016!

Come join the Forest Explorers on this last Wednesday of 2016! Today's weather is 42 degrees and partly sunny. Let's meet same time, same place- Wissahickon Park by the benches next to Valley Green Inn @ 11 AM. Hope to … Read...

Happy Winter Solstice!

Philadelphia's Forest Explorers celebrated the first day of Winter in the woods eating homemade chocolate chip cookies and hunting for icicles. Even with the cold weather settling in, we're looking forward to discovering the woods and the creek during the …...

Out of the Creek and Into the Woods

Philadelphia's Forest Explorers met again today for some unstructured play time in the woods beside Wissahickon Creek. Today we heard a tree fall in the forest and went to explore. There the kids walked along a small muddy creek bed … Read...

Next Meet Up: Wednesday, December 14

Philadelphia's Forest Explores are meeting Wednesday (12/14) at 11:00 at the Valley Green Entrance of Wissahickon Park. The weather will be 38° (but feel like 30°) and sunny at 11:00 am, so get your gear on and bundle up! Join … Read...

What is Forest School?

Outdoor play is a powerfully beneficial activity for kids, but in today’s day and age it’s happening less and less. Enter forest schools, group-based outdoor experiences for youth. Forest schools are relatively new to the US, but are catching on … Read...