Provo Family Gathering 25/26

Course Details

About the Course Our family gatherings facilitate community by encouraging different age groups to come together to solve problems, play games and triumph over challenges. We will make fires, cook food, go on wanders, play games and learn survival skills. Family gatherings are a great option if you are new to the outdoors but will still challenge even experienced outdoorsmen. *Please note this course is a family gathering for all ages, so each participant will need to register. Course Objectives We expect students to demonstrate basic outdoor competence by participating in weekly games, activities, workshops and sit spots. Students will demonstrate proficiency in the big 4 (shelter water fire food) by building, carving, and practicing the techniques instructors teach and facilitate during class. Students will choose at least one topic that inspires them to study, practice, experiment with and dive deeper into with the guidance of our instructors, the community and nature itself. Examples of skills taught Sit spot: meditation, journaling, ecology, taxonomy, ethnobotany, morphology, biology, mapping Survival Skills: shelter, water, fire, food, wood working, leather working, hide tanning, bowery, bone and stone tools, fiber weaving, and much more Wandering: nature based games, aided & aidless navigation, getting lost/found, tracking & awareness, bird language, edible & medicinal plants, natural movements Age Range: ALL AGES Please note our scheduled Vacation Days: Fall Break: Last week of October Thanksgiving: 4th Thursday and Friday of November Winter break: last two weeks in December Spring Break: The overlapping last week of March/First week of April Canyon Glen Park 1501 E Provo Canyon Rd, Provo, UT 84604 *Please note: The assigned instructor for this class is subject to change.