Join us in the woods for some self-guided family forest & nature PLAY! Plus a chance to see our space & ask your questions!
On Saturday, February 7th, bring the whole family to enjoy a few hours of self-guided family forest & nature play at Kingston Forest & Nature School. This is a great opportunity to visit our space & meet our facilitators in time to register for our Spring 2026 Session!
More details here! Registration required.
REGISTRATION is NOW OPEN for SPRING 2026!
Join us for nature’s busiest season – the woods quickly wake up from winter and head madly towards summer! We tap trees, forage for wild edibles, splash in puddles, play in the mud kitchen, climb trees, build new swings, welcome the birds back, and so much more! Spring is a wonderful time to get outside and connect with nature through engaging activities, games, songs, stories, crafts, exploration, and community-building.
Please see our Registration Page for more info & our waitlist.
Learn about our programs here!
Please note that we are always in the process of updating our website. For the most up-to-date information concerning our 2025-2026 Program Sessions (including our expression of interest form), head our to Registration page or send an email!
Let’s celebrate all things SPRING! The birds are returning, the sun feels warm, and the mud abounds! Spring is HERE!
On Saturday, March 14th, bring the whole family to welcome back the SPRING! We are celebrating the Spring Equinox forest school style – playing, learning & growing in nature!
More details here! Registration required.
Celebrate the spring by singing along with Land Heart Song + Pete Moss for an interactive fun-filled nature-rich performance for the whole family!
On Saturday, May 23rd, bring the whole family to enjoy an afternoon of nature play, nature connection, and of course, TWO fabulous & fun sing-along performances with Land Heart Song + Pete Moss!
It has been a while since we’ve hosted one of these truly magical musical performances in the woods and we are so excited to welcome Land Heart Song BACK for another and to welcome Pete Moss for the first time!
More details here! Registration required.
We’ve got a merch shop now open year-round!
Show your love of our programs and support KFNS with your purchase from our Merch Shop with Solis Threads!
Be part of citizen science at KFNS!
Join our iNaturalist Project and help us to identify all of the more-than-human beings that we share the land with. You can use the Seek App to identify flora and fauna, and then post those findings to iNaturalist. If you found them within the boundaries of KFNS, they will get added to our project. Check out the project here!
Our Philosophy
In each of our programs, we strive to play, learn, and grow, and to build relationships to the land, each other, and ourselves through meaningful learning opportunities in a natural environment. Our team of dedicated and enthusiastic facilitators loves to learn alongside your child while they explore their curiosities and wonder at the ever-changing environment. We ask guiding questions that help to deepen a child’s curiosity and encourage opportunities to build confidence, resilience, and self-regulation. We do this through a child-led and play-based approach, and we follow an inquiry- or interest-based emergent curriculum (we dig deeper when and where there is interest with no predetermined “plan”).
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