Nature Explorers

Olive Branch Preparatory School

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Nature Explorers: Where curiosity leads the way!

Give your child the chance to unplug, explore, and connect with the natural world through guided outdoor skills experiences designed just for them. Classes are intentionally designed to encourage mindfulness of Allah as we interact with nature and increase our knowledge of the world around us through self-reliance.

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Program Details

Mondays

Sep 21| Sep 28

Oct 12 | Oct 19 | Oct 26

Nov 9 | Nov 16 | Nov 23

2:30pm - 3:30pm

Location: Olive Branch Preparatory School

Gaithersburg, MD

Registration: $200/child

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Topics We’ll Cover

Week 1: Introduction, Safety & Awareness

  • Learning outdoor safety rules and Leave No Trace principles

  • Building awareness skills through games and sensory activities

  • Developing responsibility and safe decision-making outdoors

Weeks 2-3: Navigation Basics

  • Introduction to Navigation

  • Navigating solo and in teams

  • Navigating using natural signs

  • Islamic History & Navigation

  • Map-Reading & Topography

Weeks 4-5: Wild Foraging, Plant Identification & Exploration

  • Identifying safe vs. unsafe plants and common local species

  • Nature journaling, drawing, and observation

  • Preserving foraged items

  • Strengthening science knowledge and environmental respect

Weeks 6-8: Fire-building, Fire Safety & Outdoor Cooking

  • Fire-safety and basic burn first aid

  • Fire-building & the science of fire

  • Outdoor cooking, preparing simple meals, and food safety in the outdoors

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What is Nature Explorers?

Nature Explorers is a hands-on outdoor skills program designed to teach children practical, age-appropriate skills they can use anywhere they happen to be — all while having fun, building confidence, and forming lifelong connections.

Skills That Transfer Beyond the Outdoors

What happens in the woods does not stay in the woods. As kids practice outdoor skills like navigation, problem-solving, teamwork, and decision-making, they’re also building life skills they use every day.

Outdoor skills naturally strengthen:

  • Confidence and independence

  • Focus and attention

  • Communication and teamwork

  • Resilience and adaptability

  • Critical thinking and problem-solving

When children feel capable outdoors, they carry that confidence everywhere else.

Ready to add meaningful, hands-on learning to your homeschool?

Join Nature Explorers where Nature becomes the classroom — and the learning follows them home.