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Through The Trees

Through The Trees, a 501(c)3, non-profit offering nature immersion experiences for all ages.
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09/11/2024

We are having a great week back at Homeschool Nature Immersion! 💚🌲🐾🦉

09/05/2024

We have been busy preparing for Homeschool Nature Immersion, which starts next week! Today we discussed monthly themes and activities, prepped our skills cards for fire/tools/knots/plant and tree ID, tidied cohort sites, cleaned out supplies and storage spaces, worked on knot tying and tarp shelters for rainy days, and played some fun games to share with the kiddos in program. We are so excited to begin another 9 months! 🌲✨💚

08/22/2024

Rainbow over Through the Trees this evening! Thank you to for taking and sharing these beautiful photos! 💚

08/22/2024

Rainbow over Through the Trees this evening! Thank you to Leaping Frog Farm for taking and sharing this beautiful photos! 💚

08/16/2024

“Let them once get in touch with Nature and a habit is formed which will be a source of delight through life.”
-Charlotte Mason

08/08/2024

🐾🐢🦉🍄 For Homeschoolers! Join our First Friday Nature Science Exploration (Fri-Sci) each month! Our first class is Friday, September 6th from 10am to 12pm with optional lunch and play after.

Families come together at Through The Trees to become citizen scientists! Our September gathering focuses on learning more about Monarch butterflies and their fall migration South. We will respectfully capture Monarchs and gently tag them for journey. Feel free to bring your own Monarch for release if you have raised one at home. We will have some raised from caterpillars to release too. We will provide containers for students to gather eggs, larvae or caterpillars if you would like to continue the learning at home.

Just $25 per family. Register here: https://www.throughthetrees.org/classes-events

08/06/2024

🐸🐢🦆🐿🐾🌳 We have just one open spot in our 5-7 year old Forest & Aquatic Friends next week (August 12-15)! Grab the spot for your kiddo at this link: https://bit.ly/4c9RFBW

08/01/2024

Interested in our Homeschool Nature Immersion program in Freeport, starting this September? We are filling spots for Maple (ages 5-7), Beech (ages 8-10) and Aspen (ages 11-14). To learn more, join a tour! Our next tour is Wednesday, August 14th at 3:15pm. Sign up here: https://www.throughthetrees.org/tours-for-interested-families. 🌿🌞🌸🌲

07/30/2024

We have had a beloved ruffed grouse hanging out near one of our camps the last couple months. The kids lovingly named her Francesca, and over time sweet Francesca has become a little too friendly. The Maine Warden Service thought it would be best to relocate her to a safer spot away from people where she can thrive. On Monday Francesca made the move away from Through the Trees. We will miss you Francesca! 💚

07/11/2024

🌿🌸Join our next Self-Care Sunday (ages 17+)on July 28th from 9-11am! Enjoy some forest therapy with TTT Guide Nichole and leave feeling grounded, refreshed and de-stressed.

🌞🌿🌸Self-Care Sundays are FREE (offer a donation if you wish)!🌞🌿🌸

🌿🌸Self-Care Sundays are time designed to help you slow down and tap into nature's healing and relaxing energy. If you've been moving too fast with a busy schedule or taking care of everyone else, you are invited to use this time to replenish your body, mind and heart. Nichole will offer gentle invitations for mindful walking, writing/journaling and sharing/discussion, wild tea, creating nature mandalas and more. tte group may walk to the magical Frost Gully Brook for some water therapy, practice deep mindful breathing in a pine grove or sit and share tea among the beach and oak trees.

🌿🌸Sign up at the link in our bio!

07/01/2024

Our first three weeks of 🌞Summer Session🌞 were amazing! We had Fishing Adventure Week; Packrafting Expedition for Teens; 2 Survival Weeks with overnights; Wizards, Witches & Wildcrafting, Forest & Aquatic Friends; Building Boats & Bridges; Sprouts Half Day; and Nature Immersion!

🌞We are closed this week and back at it the week of July 8th.

🌞Pictured here are the kiddos from our 8-11 year old Survival Challenge Week (with one overnight). They worked on knife, saw and hatchet skills, shelter building, knots, campfire cooking and played games, took walks to Frost Gully Brook to explore and cool off, and had some down time (Sit Spot) to relax and quiet the mind and body. It was a sweet crew and we had a lot of fun together!

🌿Several weeks are full for the rest of the summer, but there are some open spots. Visit https://www.throughthetrees.org/youth-summer-session2024 to learn more and register.

06/20/2024

Due to excessive heat warnings and a forecasted heat index of up to 108 in our area, we are cancelling our youth summer programs for today. Safety of our participants and staff is our number one priority and unfortunately these conditions make holding program unsafe. Parents/Families of participants please check your email for more information. Thank you! 🌞

06/11/2024

Taking a quick peek at some friends who made a home in the bathroom… 💚

06/10/2024

🌞⛵🐟🌱Summer Session has begun! Today was the first day for Fishing Adventure Week, Building Boats and Bridges (two age groups - 5-7 and 8-11) and Sprouts Half Day!

If your child/teen would like to join us this summer, here are the weeks we still have just a few spots available. Visit https://www.throughthetrees.org/youth-summer-session2024 to Sign Up!

🌞🌿🐢 JUNE
June 17-20: Wizards, Witches & Wildcrafting (Ages 8-11)
June 17-21: Pack Rafting Expedition (Ages 14-17)
June 24-27: Survival Skills Challenge with Wednesday overnight (Ages 8-11)
June 24-27: Survival Week with 3 overnights (Ages 12-15)

🌞🌿🐢 JULY
July: Sprouts Half Day on Mondays & Wednesdays (ages 4-5) - 1 Spot Left!
July: Nature Immersion for Homeschoolers on Tuesdays & Thursdays (ages 5-13)

July 8-11: Building Boats & Bridges (Ages 8-11)
July 15-18: Wizards, Witches & Wildcrafting (Ages 8-11)
July 22-26: Survival Skills Challenge with Wednesday overnight (Ages 8-11)
July 29-Aug 1: Building Boats & Bridges (Ages 8-11)

🌞🌿🐢 AUGUST
August: Nature Immersion for Homeschoolers on Tuesdays & Thursdays (ages 5-13)
August 5-9: Camping & Backpacking 100-Mile Wilderness (Ages 13-17)
August 12-15: Epic adventure Week (ages 11-15)
August 12-15: Survival Skills Challenge with Wednesday overnight (Ages 8-11)

06/07/2024

This week we have been prepping for our Summer Session, which begins next week! Woohoo! 🌞

Part of our preparations included Wilderness First Aid Training for our staff. We discussed and practiced WFA care for all sorts of different scenarios. This is a huge help for us in our nature programs, especially our Wilderness Trips! Thank you to and Northern Songlines for this fantastic training!

05/20/2024

Every year at the end of our Homeschool Nature Immersion Program we create a memory book with photos of the year and quotes from the kids of what they love most about Through the Trees. Here are just a few things the kids shared with us this spring...

05/16/2024

🌿We want to extend an enormous THANK YOU to everyone who helped make our Spring Online Auction a success! With your help we exceeded our goal and raised $13,457! This will help support our Youth Nature Immersion Programs right here in Freeport, Maine. Thank you to our Auction Sponsors Dirigo Tree Service, LLC & Royal River Natural Foods, businesses and individuals who donated so many amazing items and services, all of the bidders, folks who made additional monetary donations, and everyone who helped spread the word by sharing our auction with friends and family. We are so grateful for this tremendous support! 🙏

05/15/2024

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Join us for a Spring Scavenger Hunt this Saturday, May 18th! Join TTT Guide Molly for a nature walk and scavenger hunt followed by stories and a snack. All ages welcome! Visit https://www.throughthetrees.org/classes-events to sign up!

05/13/2024

🌲🛶 On Friday and Saturday last week, Our Oak cohort (ages 14-17) held their third and final overnight as part of the Nine-Month Homeschool Nature Immersion Program. They canoed part of the Cathance River in Topsham, then put up tents and camped just offshore. The teens planned this trip, right down to the meals and gear prep. They fished, set up/took down camp, cooked their meals over an open fire and even had a beautiful display of the Northern Lights on Friday night!

Check out our other Teen Offerings here: https://www.throughthetrees.org/teen

05/08/2024

It was a beautiful, perfect day for
Aspen Outing Club (for 11-13 year olds). We went to Thomas Point Beach, followed by ice cream!🍦😎
We have one more outing left this spring and will then start back up in the fall. 🍂

05/04/2024

💚🌲 Homeschool Nature Immersion this week! Only 3 weeks left until our 9-month program wraps up for the summer, starting again in September. Each month we focus on different themes. For April it was:

🌲Root Value: All! We've covered all our Root Values so each day, choose the value you wish to focus on individually and/or as a cohort)
🌲Skill: Foraging & Wildcrafting
🌲Animal: Fish & Other Pond Life
🌲Plant/Tree: Spruce
🌲Community: Learning and growing through challenges

05/03/2024

💚 These are just a few books for younger kiddos that we love to read at Through the Trees! Have you read any of them?

💚 We have these books and MANY more in our Amazon Storefront. TTT earns commissions on purchases, which go to our Youth Scholarship Fund to support our nature programs. Here's the link: https://www.amazon.com/shop/throughthetrees!

04/29/2024

👉SALE ENDS MAY 1st for TEEN WILDERNESS TRIPS! ⛺️🌲

We are offering discounts on 3 Teen Adventures this summer:

🌲White Water Pack Rafting & Backpacking ($150 OFF)
🌲Camping in Maine's 100-Mile Wilderness ($150 OFF)
🌲Epic Adventure Week with Daily Outings from Freeport ($50 OFF)

Don't miss out! Sign up here: https://www.throughthetrees.org/teenwildernesstrips

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04/28/2024

Bidding ends at noon today! https://www.32auctions.com/throughthetrees

04/28/2024

Our Spring Online Auction ends at 12pm today! Place your bids to support our Youth Nature Programs here: https://www.32auctions.com/throughthetrees. There are over 100 items to bid on, including:

💚Maine cabin and lakeside getaways North Haven Inn & Market
🌲Clothing and outdoor gear
💚Artwork
🌲White water rafting adventures
💚Tickets to sporting events like Portland Sea Dogsdogs and Maine Mariners Hockey
🌲Tickets to Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens and Children's Museum & Theatre of Maine
💚Handmade Mohair blanket, cashmere mittens, woolen items
🌲Home Cleaning
💚Wellness Offerings including Floating Session at Float Harder , Akashic Records Reading with Soulful Work Intuitive Consulting , Emotion Code Session with Herbage by BeX
🌲Sourdough bagels and bread
💚Spring Yard Cleanup
🌲Organic Apple & Peach Trees
💚Mobile Automobile Cleaning Coastal Suds
🌲& SO MUCH MORE!

04/27/2024

🌲Bid now on this beautiful getaway on Spaulding Lake in Oaksfield, Maine!

👉Hurry! Bidding ends Sunday at noon! Bid here: https://www.32auctions.com/throughthetrees

🌲Truly relax this summer when you spend 7 days and 6 nights at this lakeside family camp just 3 hours north of Portland! Enjoy the peaceful lake life with provided kayaks and paddleboard during the day, then stargaze fireside with a fire in the solo stove.

04/26/2024

Nature Immersion this week 💚

04/25/2024

😀 Our online auction fundraiser ends this Sunday - have you placed your bids yet? Get in on the auction action here: https://www.32auctions.com/throughthetrees

🦀 NEW LISTING: Oceanarium and Education Center family pass for 2024 season (May-October) located in Bar Harbor! Oceanarium and Education Center

While visiting Bar Harbor, one of Maine’s most beautiful summer (and year-round) places to visit, explore Maine’s coastal habitat and marine life at the Oceanarium. The Gulf of Maine is home to uncountable bizarre and otherworldly creatures that live beneath the waves, atop the waves, and along our shores. The mission of this center is bring a small pieces of this exotic world to the surface so visitors can gain a window into the everyday lives of these incredible creatures and the lives of people who depend on them.

🙏 Thank you to our Auction Sponsors: Royal River Natural Foods Dirigo Tree Service, LLC

04/23/2024

Our auction is off to a great start and we are almost halfway to our goal with 4 days left to get your bids in! Visit auction here: https://www.32auctions.com/throughthetrees✌️

🏒 Item Feature: Tickets for 4 to the Maine Mariners! Huge congratulations to Maine's own Boston Bruins affiliate for making the Kelly Cup playoffs for the 3rd straight year! The lucky winner of this item will get to enjoy 4 tickets to a home game during the 2024-2025 season! 🥳

04/22/2024

Bidding is now open for our 2024 Spring Online Auction! Check out over 100 awesome items and place your bids here: https://www.32auctions.com/throughthetrees!

Northern Outdoors The Jaguar Path Treeline and Tide Maine Mariners Hockey In The Trees - Maine Treehouse Rentals & Mountain Disc Golf Patagonia Outlet Freeport Northeastern Fi****ms

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Turtle is our creature focus this month. 🐢💚

Sign up for some self care this Sunday at Through the Trees. Relax and refresh through gentle, intentional nature immersion. Hold this time and space for yourself, releasing everything that is weighing you down as you ground to the Earth. Gentle movement and walking, nature journaling, wild tea, and other nature-focused activities surrounded by the quiet and peaceful forest will leave you feeling rejuvenated and ready for the week. Join this free offering - You deserve it! 🌼🌿🙏🌲🩷 Sign up: https://www.throughthetrees.org/classes-events

We had our last TTT campout of the season last week! It was part of the Survival Challenge Week, with fire 🔥 building, shelter construction, campfire cooking and knife and tool practice 🪚 for various projects. Of course there was flashlight tag 🔦and s’mores too! Thanks for a fun week friends!

Lots of artsy-crafty fun this summer! 🌿🌸☀️

Only two weeks of summer session left! 💚🌼🐢🌿

Had to share how beautiful the field at TTT is right now. 🩷🌼 #summervibes #wildflowers #mainesummer #plantfriends #naturesbeauty

Happy Summer Solstice! 🌞 It’s a super hot and sunny solstice and a perfect day for making sun tea in honor of the changing season. This tea has wild Wood Sorrel and a few plants from the garden: Chamomile, Bee Balm and Peony. Tear and crush the leaves and blossoms a bit, shake it up and let it have a sun bath for the day! We also like to ask permission of the plants and thank them, the Sun and earth for these solstice gifts. 💚🌿🙏🌼🌞

It’s so quiet while everyone is on a walk to Frost Gully Brook. 💚🌼🌿

The first week of Summer Program is in the books! We’re looking forward to many more weeks of fun at TTT! 🌞🦋🌿🌼 #mainesummer #summercamp #naturecamp #kidsoutside #natureimmersion #forestfun #freeportme #freeportmaine

We did a lot of contra dancing in our last week of Homeschool Nature Immersion. It was so much fun!

We love playing Drip-Drip-Drop at TTT! It’s perfect for hot days! 💧☀️

Each spring as we near the end of nine months in our Homeschool Nature Immersion Program, we hold apple tree ceremonies to celebrate every child and teen who has been with us, and families are invited to attend and share in this special TTT tradition. We share moments of gratitude for each other, the earth and ourselves. Every kiddo receives a special message written by our Guides and then everyone breathes or infuses their gratitudes and wishes into a nature item, which is placed at the base of a newly planted apple tree (one tree per cohort). Each ceremony ends with a a big group howl or joyful noise! Thank to all the families who were able to join us, helping to make our ceremonies extra special. 💚🌲🌿🥰

Our Maple cohort (ages 5-7) has some open spots on Tuesdays and Thursdays for the 2024-25 Nine-Month Homeschool Nature Immersion Program! Email us at [email protected] if you’re interested. 🌲☀️🐢🌿

We are currently full for 2024-25 Homeschool Nature Immersion starting in September, except for some space on Tuesdays and Thursdays in our Maple cohort for ages 5-7. If you’re interested please email us at [email protected] FMI!

Our Aspen Outing Club for ages 11 to 13 visited Fort Preble and Spring Point Ledge lighthouse yesterday. It was so much fun to explore, learn a little about the fort and even do a polar plunge in the ocean! 😎

This was Homeschool Nature Immersion for our teen crew on Monday!

Spring Clubs start in a couple weeks! 😎 Tuesdays & Wednesdays - Outing Clubs for homeschoolers, ages 11-17😎 Thursdays - Outing Club for Freeport Middle School & Brunswick Jr High Schoolers, with after school pick up😎 Thursdays - Outdoor Strategic Gaming Club (think DnD, MTG, etc, but all outside!). 👉 Sign up - https://www.throughthetrees.org/clubs!