Seasonal nature curriculum for children ages 3-10
Bring the forest school to your home.
We've gathered the stories, songs, art, recipes and nature activities we share with children at our forest preschool and shaped them into a simple seasonal rhythm for your family.
The planning is done for you, so you can spend less time researching and more time connecting with your children and the living Earth.
For the mother who knows she wants a more magical childhood
ature-connected parenting
Kin of the Earth was born from one belief: families thrive when they remember they belong — to themselves, to each other, and to the living Earth. Through nature connection, seasonal guidance, and xxxx, we help families slow down and rediscover the wonder waiting in an ordinary day.
At Kin of the Earth, we partner with the land to bring your family gentle, nurturing nature connection guides that support the growth and development of children aged 3-10. Rooted in play-based learning and land-centered rhythms, our curriculum inspire curiosity, creativity, and connection.
Four Seasons, Four Guides
Each guide accompanies your family through a whole season of nature connection with stories, songs, art, recipes and time outdoors,
and a gentle daily and weekly rhythm to hold it all together.
NOV 1 - JAN 31
Winter
ROOT - REST - RISE
A gentle introduction to forest school for toddlers and their caregivers. This class bnurtures early development while fostering community, shared plat, and connection to nature.
FEB 1 - APR 30
Spring
EMERGE - GROW - BLOOM
A gentle introduction to forest school for toddlers and their caregivers. This class bnurtures early development while fostering community, shared plat, and connection to nature.
MAY 1 - JUL 31
Summer
FLOURISH - RADIATE - EXPLORE
A gentle introduction to forest school for toddlers and their caregivers. This class bnurtures early development while fostering community, shared plat, and connection to nature.
AUG 1 - OCT 31
Fall
RIPEN - GATHER - RELEASE
A gentle introduction to forest school for toddlers and their caregivers. This class bnurtures early development while fostering community, shared plat, and connection to nature.
$47 per guide, $147 for the whole year
The seasonal guides are being written now.
Join the waitlist and we'll let you know as each one opens.
OUR ROOTS
Created in the forest, with real children
We're Kathryn and Mariah, co-founders of Kin of the Earth and Wild Beginnings Forest School in Olympia, WA. We've supported hundreds of families in our in-person programs, watching children thrive through daily nature connection, and caregivers find their footing when rooted in the wisdom of the seasons.
As forest preschool teachers and mothers ourselves, we've learned that nature connection isn't built through the biggest adventures — it's built through rhythm and return. A child who visits the same tree every week develops a different kind of knowing than one chasing a new trail every weekend. The relationship comes from returning, again and again.
Kin of the Earth grew out of a simple reality: Wild Beginnings can only hold so many families, and our waitlist kept growing. We built Kin to carry that same work further — nervous-system-aware parent coaching, seasonal rhythm, caregiver support, and community, alongside nature connection — so families anywhere could have what we've spent years building in person.
“My kiddo gained a lot of outdoor confidence at the end of her time there (she was not an outdoorsy person before!), including being able to identify native plant and wildlife.”
STEFANIE, WILD BEGINNINGS FOREST SCHOOL PARENT
What we believe about childhood
Earth is our kin and our teacher
Most curricula pick a theme and take it outside. We do the opposite, and let our curriculum and rhythms follow what is happening in nature. What’s ripening, migrating or falling this week is the lesson, and children who learn from the land grow to love it, and protect what they love.
Play is how children learn
Children make sense of the world through play, and a rich childhood is the strongest foundation for lifelong learning. Fingerplays build the hands that will one day write, and verse and story build language through delight, not instruction.
Children need real challenge
Children build resilience and grit by navigating challenging weather and terrain, and they learn personal safety by navigating healthy risk, not by avoiding it.
Available now
A Year With Nature
your family's companion for every season
A Year With Nature is 365 daily invitations to connect with the living Earth. Rooted in the same seasonal, nature-based approach we've practiced for years at Wild Beginnings Forest School, this easy to use calendar includes everything you need to start weaving nature into your daily rhythms. Inside you'll find a sit spot practice, a nature-noticing wheel, seasonal stories, scavenger hunts, and reflection pages. Open to today's date and begin wherever you are.
The Longest Night
A 21-day countdown to the winter solstice
The Longest Night is a 21-day countdown to the winter solstice that invites your family into a slower, more intentional December. Each day from December 1st to the 21st, you’ll reveal one card with a simple nature connection activity for your child and a short seasonal reflection for you. Inside you’ll find the daily cards, a companion guide, and four seasonal bonuses. Print the cards or keep them on your phone, and begin on December 1st.
"Children are not forced into participating and are met where they are at emotionally and developmentally."
RUTH, WILD BEGINNINGS FOREST SCHOOL PARENT
Shared Responsibilities
With deep gratitude and humility, we pay homage to the land, the water, and the First People.
We reside, live, work, play and learn, in the home of the Steh-Chas Maritime people who lived and prospered along the shores of the southernmost inlets of the Salish Sea for untold centuries. Since time immemorial, the Steh-Chas presence infused the surrounding mountains, valleys, shorelines, and waterways. In honoring the people of the Squaxin Island Tribe, our Coast Salish neighbors, we embrace our shared responsibilities to this cherished place—their ancestral homelands—where we all coexist harmoniously.
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