Our Homeschooling enrichment program is focused on wilderness skills, wildcrafting, and immersive learning in the natural world.

We pay close attention to the seasons and rhythms that emerge in our local landscapes—noticing what’s happening with the plants and animals, and what materials are available in turn.

The result is confidence and common sense outdoors as we emphasize skills like navigation, hazard awareness, and community care.

We are child led in the sense that we pay close attention to each child’s personal interests and needs, making materials and projects available based upon individual and group interest. Activities are modeled and offered, but not forced.

With nature connection as our goal, we make projects available that utilize the natural world around us. Our teachers model and incorporate skills like whittling, shelter building, weaving, friction fire, navigation, nature journaling, and foraging into the classes on a regular basis, while also offering seasonal projects like acorn processing, natural dyes, wild pottery, tool making, and more.

Yes! We are an approved Blue Ridge Vendor. If there is another charter you would like us to partner with, please reach out!

Wild Kin’s leaders are educators, naturalists, adventurers, and mothers. Homeschool enrichment is lead by Kat and Desere, meet them here