survival skills club
(formerly called forestbook)
for 7-12 year olds
Learn the skills of a forest naturalist and outdoor explorer, and gain stamps in your “Forestbook” for each level you advance. Some of our Forestbook skills include firecrafting, animal and plant identification, wayfinding, and rope wrangling. Our instructors will guide learning and also invite independent practice of the safer skills, and allow more independence as skills are gained. Knife and fire work is always closely supervised. Kestrel’s Forestbook skills tracker includes 8 skills, each with 5 levels. Our weekly club meetings will allow students to focus on one skill per week, and practice between classes to advance their levels if they wish.
Scroll to the bottom of this page to see the Forestbook Skills Tracker, with descriptions of skills and levels.
This is a drop -off club.
This club is 100% outdoors in all weather, except for indoor bathrooms. Come in layers when weather may be cool or rainy. Hazardous weather cancels.
When:
The Winter 2025 Survival Skills Club meets Tuesdays February 4th to March 25th (8 weeks total)
Meeting time is 3:30-5:00pm
Where:
Moraine Farm in Beverly
Who: 7-12 year olds
Instructors:
Jessica and TBA
Price
$200 general population
$160 current Waldorf student
Includes a survival kit for new registrants
We don’t want anyone to be kept from our programs because they are unable to pay the fee. Please contact us if you need a fee reduction.
How to sign up for Winter 2025 session
1) pay here for survival skills club winter 2025
2) Then Register here
We need to receive both a payment and an enrollment to consider your child enrolled. They cannot be added to our enrollment list until you complete the form If you are not able to complete the online payment form, the club may be full.
If you’re already in the early fall session and are enrolling in the late fall session, you don’t have to complete the registration form again, but please email us to let us know you’re signing up again so we can add you to the enrollment list
If you need a fee waiver due to hardship, please contact us; we are happy to remove barriers to participation whenever we can.
NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMINATION
All educational and non-academic programs, activities and employment opportunities are offered without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, homelessness, age and/or, disability, and any other class or characteristic protected by law.
