Tickets available below!
Tickets available below!
Tickets available below!
Winter Nature Play Day + Spring Open House
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!
Depending on the weather, you can expect to wander in along our trail to The Clearing, explore the yurt, warm hands by the fire, bake snow or mud creations in the mud kitchen, test squirrel skills on the fallen logs, swing on ropes at the forest kitchen, explore the ever-changing trails, watch birds at the feeder, laze in a hammock, see what’s happening in the woods, and more! The choice is yours when you attend a family forest & nature play session!
Registration for our regular weekly programs is currently open for our Spring 2026 Session which runs from March 2 until June 15. This event is perfectly timed for your family to tour our space, meet our incredible facilitators, ask all of your questions, and get a small taste of what a day at Kingston Forest & Nature School is like, in time to join us for 14 incredible weeks in the woods!
This event is open to all ages, however, please note that our regular programs & site are geared towards children 2-13 years of age. There will be staff on-site to enhance your visit, but there will not be any scheduled programming or activities as this is a self-guided event.
IMPORTANT DETAILS:
Please read more about our location here: https://kingstonforestandnatureschool.ca/about/contact-us/. More information will be provided to registered participants.
You must register in advance in order to attend.
In order to keep this event financially accessible, we are offering tickets on a by donation/pay-what-you-can basis. All proceeds from these events pay for staffing of the events & help KFNS to support more children in the outdoors. Suggested donation of $5 per family member.
REGISTRATION: please use this Google form to register for the event
PAYING VIA PAYPAL: please visit bit.ly/kfnspaypal to make your donation via credit card or PayPal balance.
PAYING VIA E-TRANSFER: please send your donation to kingstonforestandnatureschool@gmail.com with the event name in the memo line.
There may be a limited capacity due to parking constraints at this time of year.
PHOTOS: We take photos at our events. If you do NOT give permission for photos of your family to be shared publicly, please send an email with a list of all participating family members, and a note stating that you do not give permission for photos to be shared publicly, otherwise permission to share will be assumed.
NOTE: All participants will be required to sign an assumption of risk waiver and to follow our Illness & Community Wellness Policies.
Please email kingstonforestandnatureschool@gmail.com if you have any questions.
Spring Fling in the Forest
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!
Everyone is welcome to engage in all of the usual forest and nature school fun – nature play, campfire, stories, songs, wandering in the woods, balancing on fallen trees, swinging on rope swings, etc. BUT we will have some special activity stations set up to celebrate ALL THINGS SPRING!
You can expect:
- recipes to inspire mud kitchen play
- a seed swap &/or some seedy crafts
- some fun scavenger-hunt type activities to get you exploring the woods
- *maybe* a local tick & Lyme disease expert for all of your questions
- and more!
This event is open to all ages, however, please note that our regular programs & site are geared towards children 2-13 years of age. There will be staff on-site to enhance your visit & activity stations set up, but this is a self-guided event.
IMPORTANT DETAILS:
Please read more about our location here: https://kingstonforestandnatureschool.ca/about/contact-us/. More information will be provided to registered participants.
You must register in advance in order to attend.
In order to keep this event financially accessible, we are offering tickets on a by donation/pay-what-you-can basis. All proceeds from these events pay for staffing of the events & help KFNS to support more children in the outdoors. Suggested donation of $5 per family member.
REGISTRATION: please use this Google form to register for the event
PAYING VIA PAYPAL: please visit bit.ly/kfnspaypal to make your donation via credit card or PayPal balance.
PAYING VIA E-TRANSFER: please send your donation to kingstonforestandnatureschool@gmail.com with the event name in the memo line.
There may be a limited capacity due to parking constraints at this time of year.
PHOTOS: We take photos at our events. If you do NOT give permission for photos of your family to be shared publicly, please send an email with a list of all participating family members, and a note stating that you do not give permission for photos to be shared publicly, otherwise permission to share will be assumed.
NOTE: All participants will be required to sign an assumption of risk waiver and to follow our Illness & Community Wellness Policies.
Please email kingstonforestandnatureschool@gmail.com if you have any questions.
Songs for the Season:
a Spring Celebration with Land Heart Song + Pete Moss
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!
We invite you to arrive around 11:30am so that you have time to engage in some nature play, exploration of the woods, and general settling in before the music starts! Land Heart Song + Pete Moss will dazzle, delight, and most definitely engage the whole family from ~12:30-3:00pm – a time to gather as a community on the Land to bask in songs & stories, play with some puppets & props, explore our voices & nature, and celebrate the season! We will have a variety of seating available but encourage you to bring a picnic lunch, and stick around afterwards to play a little more!
This event is open to all ages, however, please note that our regular programs & site are geared towards children 2-13 years of age. This event has a schedule that we aim to stick to, however, as always, our programs & events are child-led, so feel free to be in & out of the space as your child needs.
About Land Heart Song:
Land Heart Song is Tiiu Strutt (she/her), a first-generation Canadian with Estonian and British Heritage, living in Williams Treaty Territory. Tiiu combines her experiences as a singer-songwriter and an educator to offer engaging musical performances for families. A genuine and engaging performer, Tiiu will have you tapping your toes, singing along and basking in the joy of nurturing love for the land through song.
Listen to Land Heart Song (our favourite Spring song – Friends Are Coming Back!) here.
Find out more about Land Heart Song at www.landheartsong.com
About Pete Moss:
Pete Moss (a.k.a. Peter Demakos) is an award winning children’s musician who connects people of all ages with the natural world. Drawing inspiration from Eastern North American birds, plants and weather, Pete’s songs inspire empathy, wonder and affection toward living things.
Pete’s albums Plants Rock (2019) and Birds Rock (2021) are grounded in the principle that building positive relationships between young people and local environments encourages future stewardship. His work aims to shine a light on everyday living things often overlooked in the children’s songbook. Red Winged Blackbirds, Milkweed plants and Juncos are brought to life through joyous, catchy, often emotionally impactful songs.
As a children’s musician, Pete performs at schools, libraries, provincial parks, music festivals and birthday parties across Ontario. Pete also works as a child and adolescent therapist candidate in his hometown of Toronto.
Find out more about Pete Moss at www.petemossmusic.com
IMPORTANT DETAILS:
Please read more about our location here: https://kingstonforestandnatureschool.ca/about/contact-us/. More information will be provided to registered participants.
Rain Date: If the weather is not favourable for this event, we will reschedule to the following day at the same time, Sunday, May 24, 11:30am-4:00pm.
You must register in advance in order to attend.
In order to keep this event financially accessible, we are offering tickets on a sliding scale. We need to be able to pay the performers and our staff, any additional proceeds will help KFNS to support more children in the outdoors.
- $10 / individual
- $30 / small family (or small budget)
- $40-$50 / large family (or large budget)
REGISTRATION: please use this Google form to register for the event
PAYING VIA PAYPAL: please visit bit.ly/kfnspaypal to make your donation via credit card or PayPal balance.
PAYING VIA E-TRANSFER: please send your donation to kingstonforestandnatureschool@gmail.com with the event name in the memo line.
PHOTOS: We take photos at our events. If you do NOT give permission for photos of your family to be shared publicly (by KFNS, Land Heart Song and Pete Moss), please send an email with a list of all participating family members, and a note stating that you do not give permission for photos to be shared publicly, otherwise permission to share will be assumed.
NOTE: All participants will be required to sign an assumption of risk waiver and to follow our Illness & Community Wellness Policies.
Please email kingstonforestandnatureschool@gmail.com if you have any questions.
