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Forest School Oahu, Honolulu, HI (2025)

12/15/2024

After a long period of reflection, we're announcing that Forest School Oahu will be closing its doors at the end of 2024. We want to extend the biggest and warmest mahalo to all of our forest school families.
We are so happy to have had the time to look back on our journey so far and celebrate all of the milestones we reached with you. As we set our sights on new goals we are so grateful for all of the children and families we've had an absolute blast with!

Our hearts are full of gratitude for our amazing community and for all of the friends we have made along the way.
Your love for learning and nature has inspired us every day. Remember, you can still experience the forest school ethos with your ohana on this beautiful island: even if you only have a short period of time to go into nature with your keiki, reflect their curiosity and excitement back to them and you will not only create a wonderful attachment bond between you but a life long learner and lover of nature.

Thank you for helping us nurture a love for the outdoors and lifelong learning- You've made our journey unforgettable.

We will keep our socials open so that you can always contact us should you need to in the future. Mahalo nui loa🌿✨

08/12/2024

🚨A reminder for all of our friends: We are taking a break in September for some much needed family time, which means that this week is our final week of sessions for a while!
📍We will be at Nu’uanu on Wednesday and Kapi’olani on Friday.
💻BOOK via the link in our bio.

🎨Please remember to give us at least 24 hours between your booking and the session to ensure that we have enough supplies for your keiki.

🤔We’re going to take some time during our break to reflect on what has been working and not working for our Forest School which is why our next term dates listed are not yet listed. We appreciate your patience!
Please feel free to email us via our website or message us here if you have any feedback.

💚Mahalo, as always, for your support.
🌺 See you in nature soon!

06/24/2024

🥳New term dates and a new booking site: live today!

Our next term will run from 10 July - 16 August- now with Weds at Nu’uanu Valley Park and Friday’s at Kapi’olani Park.

📍We think you’ll like our new schedule: With summer in full swing you can now spend the morning at Forest school on Friday exploring our buggiest location (pill bugs! Lady bugs! Moths and more!) before stopping off in town for lunch, a visit to the zoo or aquarium or to our personal favorite- Monsarrat Shave Ice 🍧!

📅 We hope you’ll find our new booking site and procedures easier now too: you’ll be able to book specific drop in dates as well as our usual term bookings and sibling discounts.

The link for our new term via our new booking site is on our website booking page: forestschooloahu.com/book-online

See you in nature this summer! 😎

05/07/2024

Our new term is now available to book:

📅 May 22 - June 28
☀️Wednesdays and Fridays
🕙 10:00 - 11:30am
📍 Nu’uanu Valley Park
💵 starting from $22 per session / $125 per term
Sibling discounts are available
Babes in arms are free

What you get:
🎓Forest School Oahu is unique with its specially designed forest school curriculum
🎨Materials for arts and craft or STEM learning activities
🍎A nourishing snack
👶🏽 Social time with other keiki
🏡 Important development time with parents or caregivers

💻Book via the link in our bio.

Why Forest School?
Forest School can increase a child’s confidence and self-esteem through exploration, problem solving, and being encouraged to learn how to assess and take appropriate risks depending on their environment.

Book now to make sure you secure your place- see you in nature for a special Summer 🤙

05/06/2024

Happy Mother’s Day!

💚💕Celebrate that someone special in your life: Mom, Grandma, Auntie, a dear friend or carer or anyone else you love!

🍃At our last Explorers Club of the term we will be making a special gift for your someone special. After hunting for our beautiful leaves we will use air dry clay to create a leaf imprint dish. These make lovely jewelry or trinket dishes and can be further painted or decorated once dried at home.

Here’s what you need to know about this Explorers Club session:
📅 Sat May 11
🕙 10:00 - 11:30am
📍 Nu’uanu Valley Park
💵 $25 per keiki/ $20 sibling discount
👶🏽Babes in arms are free
🧒 ages 2-11

What you get:
🎓Forest School Oahu’s unique & specially designed forest school curriculum
🎨 Specific arts and craft materials for the learning activity
🍎A nourishing snack
📚A themed Story

💻Book via the link in our bio

04/23/2024

🔨This Saturday at Explorers Club we will work on developing our hammering and whittling skills!

Keiki who are new to these skills will learn safe tool use and practice these basic skills. For our returning friends who have already learned these basic skills we will develop them further by creating a special craft using both hammering and whittling.

Here’s what you need to know about this Explorers Club session:
📅 Sat April 27
🕙 10:00 - 11:30am
📍 Nu’uanu Valley Park
💵 $25 per keiki/ $20 sibling discount
👶🏽Babes in arms are free
🧒 ages 2-11

What you get:
🎓Forest School Oahu’s unique & specially designed forest school curriculum
🔨Specialized materials for this specific learning activity: hammers, peelers & wood
🎨 Specific arts and craft materials for the learning activity
🍎A nourishing snack
📚A themed Story

💻Book via the link in our bio

This activity is absolutely safe for keiki from the age of 2.

Benefits:
🪵 Alongside parents/carers, children will learn how to handle sharp tools safely and respectfully.

🪵Builds hand-eye coordination
🪵Develops fine motor skills
🪵Encourages our learners to let their imagination run wild and see what can be made from a simple stick found on the forest floor
🪵 Increased confidence
🪵 Learning persistence
🪵 Teaches ability to assess situations

04/23/2024

Enter our giveaway on Instagram and win a free session! See you in nature soon 🤙

03/28/2024

🤙Aloha friends!
🕵️‍♀️We’ve seen our Easter party advertised on a number of different social sites so wanted to bring it to everyone’s attention that this is a ticketed event and it is now SOLD OUT.
⛑️Unfortunately we are required to limit numbers in the park, for safety reasons, but also we are only a team of 2!
🛑Please, if you have not been able to book on to this event do not turn up on the day.
😢We’re so sorry we cannot welcome everyone as we would love to… BUT please follow us here or join our mailing list because we will be announcing some more free and special events soon!!

Mahalo nui and Happy Easter to you all! 🤙🐰🐣🥚🌷🌼

03/11/2024

🌰 Announcing the final Explorers Club session of this term!

🌰We’ll learn safe tool use with palm drills!
To use our palm drills, we will simply add pressure and twist the tool to begin drilling. Our handles are designed to be safer and easier for little hands.

🌰 After learning and practicing our tool use we’ll put these new skills into practice by creating our own nature craft!

🌰This program is available to book by single session only for $25. Sibling discounts are available and babes in arms are free.
Your booking fee includes our specially designed forest school curriculum, materials for specific wilderness skill learning as well as materials for arts and crafts or STEM learning activities and a nourishing snack.

Here’s what you need to know about this Explorers Club session:
📅 Sat March 16
🕙 10:00 - 11:30am
📍 Nu’uanu Valley Park
💵 $25 per keiki/ $20 sibling discount
👶🏽Babes in arms are free!

What you get:
🎓Forest School Oahu is unique with its specially designed forest school curriculum
🪛Specialized materials for this specific wilderness skill learning activity
🎨Materials for related arts and craft activity
🍎A nourishing snack

💻Book via the link in our bio.

03/08/2024

🐰Wow, we’ve had an incredible response to our Spring Party and it is now fully booked. We wish we could welcome more families but unfortunately we are required to have limited numbers in the park so if you were not able to book a ticket please do NOT attend.

🌱The good news is that you can book on to our new term of Nature Club instead, which is now live on our site!

🪵This program is available to book by term or drop in and will continue on Weds and Fri AM at Nu’uanu Valley Park.

🪺Prices are $22 for a drop in session or $125 per term. Sibling discounts are available and babes in arms are free.

🍄Your booking fee includes our specially designed forest school curriculum, materials for arts and craft or STEM learning activities and a nourishing snack.

🌺Book via the link in our bio.

02/26/2024

This week at Explorers Club we will learn the art of natural printmaking!

Hapa-zome is a Japanese printmaking technique that means “leaf dye”.
We will use the natural pigments in our plants to create our own artwork on cloth or paper. We’ll forage for our natural materials and then practice tool use, hitting and bashing with hammers, mallets or rocks.
Keiki will also have the option and guidance to take time to create special designs like mandalas.

This technique provides a great context for keiki to explore their natural surroundings using a range of materials in nature and then express themselves through a traditional art and design technique.

The cost for this activity includes additional dye / natural materials such as flowers and berries, and a natural cloth bag for keiki to dye and take home with them.

We will be using messy materials and grown ups are advised to ensure that keiki are dressed in old clothes or dark colors which they do not mind getting stained or dirty. It is possible that keiki will get stained hands as well if using berries.

There are spaces left to book to join us at this week’s session at Nu’uanu Valley Park.

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