Learning Outside
Community Services Non Profits
Why pick this one
Learning Outside offers year-round outdoor programs for children at a 269-acre nature preserve serving five North Carolina counties.
Best for
- Preschoolers and kindergartners seeking play-based outdoor education
- Children ages 5 to 14 seeking weekly after-school nature programs
- Children ages 6 to 10 seeking full-day outdoor summer camps
- Families seeking nature-based learning with hiking, environmental activities, art, gardening, and animal care
- Eligible underserved children whose families need full scholarships
Look elsewhere if
- Families seeking indoor children's programming
- Families outside Orange, Chatham, Durham, Alamance, and Wake Counties
- Families seeking single-day Forest Kindergarten enrollment, because the program requires enrollment for the full September-to-May year
- Children younger than 3 or not fully potty-trained for Forest Kindergarten
Specialties
- Forest Kindergarten
- After School Nature Clubs
- week-long outdoor summer camps
- nature-based experiential learning
- environmental stewardship education
Certifications
- Partnership with Triangle Land Conservancy
What makes them different
- Programs take place entirely outdoors year-round at Triangle Land Conservancy's 269-acre Irvin Nature Preserve
- Summer camps use a 5-to-1 camper-to-instructor ratio
- Forest Kindergarten and After School Nature Club groups have a 15-child maximum and 1-to-5 ratio
- Programs include hands-on activities involving forests, wetlands, ponds, creeks, gardens, goats, and chickens
- At least 20% of annual participants attend through full scholarships or grants, with referrals from local public schools and partner organizations
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Contact & Location
- Address
- 2912 Jones Ferry Rd, Chapel Hill, NC 27516-5586
- Phone
- +19199320322
- Website
- http://www.learningoutside.org/
- shelby@learningoutside.org
Services
- outdoor early childhood education
- after-school children's programs
- summer camps
- nature education
- need-based scholarships