Seeds of Love Collective
Community SubscriberSeeds of Love Collective empowers teachers, families, and students to collaborate and support each other in developing holistic educational pathways in connection with nature.
The Bay Area Open Wilderness Literacy and Science (OWLS) Forest Microschool facilitates a kind and safe community for learners ages 6-11 to enjoy authentic, hands-on learning experiences outdoors Tuesday, Wednesday, and/or Thursday to cultivate community, friendships and joy in learning!
Waitlist started for Forest Skill Fridays!
*Coming Soon: Monday Math Magic in the Garden (Spring 2025)
Seeds of Love Collective/OWLS has been a transformative experience for my son who absolutely thrives in nature. Brooke has brought out the mountain man in him while teaching him endless skills including working together in kindness across all types of diversity; age, race, pronouns, culture and neurodiversity.
My son came from public schools which began to quickly rob him of his youth. The OWLS program seems to have turned back time, and my son has regained his youth, his childlike wonder, excitement and anticipation.
The academics have fostered a side of my son that has him reading and writing unprompted. Incredible!
My son wants to go to school everyday. The community bonds are incredible and good friends are made. This is particularly powerful for the kids that may struggle with friendships.
Seeds of Love Collective offers a very flexible mindset and understanding. Whether one, two or three days a week will work for your child(ren), I encourage you to check out the program. Come and see the Seeds of Love it can plant for you.
Seeds of Love Collective runs an "Open Wilderness Literacy and Science" (OWLS") program in the true forest school tradition, using nature to prompt exploration, creativity, literacy, scientific discovery and social/emotional development. Brooke is a fully credentialed educator who is passionate about reaching each individual learner where they are and each week's curriculum is thoughtfully planned out with educational goals for individual and group learning alike. My ADHD kiddo thrives in this environment, having the freedom to move around outside while also being gently directed into focused learning. Each week Brooke creates a beautiful newsletter, summarizing the activities that were covered during the previous week, complete with photos and YouTube links to further learning, recommendations for family-friendly activities around the Bay Area (if nature-inspired, all the better!), and goals/plans for the coming week. You can view a sample newsletter here: Seeds of Love Collective: OWLS, Open Wilderness Literacy & Science Fall Opening Highlights. The website for the program is here: https://www.seedsoflovecollective.org/. Brooke is super easy-going and all the kids love her. The program runs Tu-Th 9:00 am - 3:15 pm, with flexibility within that schedule. If you would like more information, feel free to message me.
If you are open to a collective meeting outdoors at Tilden, we recommend connecting with Brooke at Seeds of Love Collective! She is experienced, credentialed, and resourceful at facilitating engaging projects for kids. Our child thrived in her pod during the 2020-21 school year (when they were 5) in Trackers Micro-school. Trackers is not running Micro-school this fall but Brooke is creating a literacy and science focused collective on her own. https://www.seedsoflovecollective.org
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