At Fresh Air Learning, we believe that children need lots of time to play outdoors. When we get to know our local places without the rush that we often feel in our day to day life, we form a connection to those places that is beautiful and deep. We currently work to bring nature connection programs to children ages 0 to 13 in the Metro Vancouver area, but our vision extends far beyond that, to a future in which children of all ages play, learn, and create freely in their neighbourhoods. We envision children and adults working together to connect with and become stewards of the places where they live, and we look forward to a future in which all forms of learning turn to natural places as some of a child’s most important teachers.

 

In 2010, a group of families gathered to create a place-based program for their young children. We hired our first facilitator, early childhood educator Lisa Howey-Louter, who co-created the program with Tricia Edgar, a long-time outdoor educator. In 2013, our Vancouver programs began with facilitator Cara Agro in Pacific Spirit Park, and in 2014 we partnered with the Online Learning Community to create a nature-based programs for distributed learners.

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At Fresh Air Learning, we strive to create programs that are inclusive, welcome a diversity of children and families, and respect people and place.

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