109 Professional Drive, Suite 2, Morrisville, VT, 05661 |  802-888-9218 | [email protected]

Mud City Forest School

Now Registering for Fall 2023
A once-a-week full-day or half-day program entirely outdoors at the beautiful Lamoille County Nature Center located in Morrisville, VT.
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Forest School

Welcome To Mud City

The Lamoille Nature Conservation District’s forest school program is thriving. As we return for our second year, we are excited to open a new half-day session, in addition to the return of the full day session!

Mud City Forest School is a once-a-week, full-day or half-day program, located entirely outdoors at the beautiful Lamoille County Nature Center in Morrisville. We acknowledge that this land is the traditional land of the Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk Abenaki Nation.

Each day consists of outdoor skills such as fire-building, forest safety, weather prediction, cooking, and quiet observation. We also incorporate storytelling, puzzles, and free play in nature. Youth use creative problem-solving to build fort structures, cut new trails, and work together to complete goals. We use movement games to learn about Vermont’s ecology and wildlife and how animals, plants, and people interact. 

Mud City Forest School is committed to providing interest-based learning and choices for youth; examples of options include art, engineering, games, and opportunities for research into special topics. Youth will learn to use tools and develop teamwork skills. Above all, we will explore the natural world with curiosity, joy, respect, and gratitude. We hope you will join us. Please feel free to reach out to us with any questions.

Emily Porter-Goff (she/her), PhD, expert in freshwater ecology, has been educating youth on wildlife ecology and conservation for 15 years. 

 Willow Longo (she/her), MA, VT Highly Qualified teacher (grades 7-12), naturalist, artist, and writer who has been working with youth for more than a decade. 

–We believe that Black lives matter and are a secular, LGBTQIA+ welcoming space–

Full-Day Session- A few spaces left! Not to late to join (contact us for rate of partial session)

Best for kids ages 7-14

9am-3pm Thursdays, rain or shine

Cost: $875 eleven-week session

September 7th – November 16th

Click the link or image below to purchase this session. Then, after you purchase, please make sure you fill out the registration form for your child here.

Half-Day Session- A few spaces left! 

Best for kids ages 4-7

9am-12pm Wednesdays, Rain or Shine

Cost: $300 6-week session

September 20th – October 25th

Click the link or image below to purchase this session. Then, after you purchase, please make sure you fill out the registration form for your child here.

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Open house and cider press

Open house and cider press

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