Through The Trees

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

Due to high winds and low wind chill, we are delaying Program for Maple, Beech and Aspen today. Drop off times will be: ...
01/08/2025

Due to high winds and low wind chill, we are delaying Program for Maple, Beech and Aspen today. Drop off times will be: 10am for Maple, 10:15am for Beech, and 10:30am for Aspen. Sprouts is cancelled. Families, please check email/text for details.

Summer Registration opens January 15th!☀Fishing & Epic Adventure Weeks🌿Wizards, Witches & Wildcrafting🌸Nature Art & Scie...
01/08/2025

Summer Registration opens January 15th!

☀Fishing & Epic Adventure Weeks
🌿Wizards, Witches & Wildcrafting
🌸Nature Art & Science
🐿Forest Friends
⛺️Rafting & Camping Trip

Learn more at https://throughthetrees.org/summer-session

🦋🌲💧🌤️🕸️ Our next Friday Nature Science (FRI-SCI) for families is this Friday, January 3rd at 10 AM! Monthly topics rotat...
12/30/2024

🦋🌲💧🌤️🕸️ Our next Friday Nature Science (FRI-SCI) for families is this Friday, January 3rd at 10 AM! Monthly topics rotate and focus on what is ecologically and seasonally relevant. During each class, we will conduct an experiment, collect data and explore outside, seeing how these concepts play out in nature. Each family will leave with information to continue the STEAM learning at home for the rest of the month. We encourage families of all shapes and sizes to join us! Everyone will learn something, from preschoolers to highschoolers to parents and grandparents! Sign up at https://throughthetrees.org/classes-events! 🦉🐿️🍄🌙🌿

Happy Solstice! 🌞✨🌲❄️
12/22/2024

Happy Solstice! 🌞✨🌲❄️

🌲☀️✨❄️ Do you have any Winter Solstice traditions? ❄️✨☀️🌲The Winter Solstice is this Saturday, December 21st in the Nort...
12/18/2024

🌲☀️✨❄️ Do you have any Winter Solstice traditions? ❄️✨☀️🌲

The Winter Solstice is this Saturday, December 21st in the Northern Hemisphere. Many cultures around the world honor this time of darkness as a rebirth of the Sun and a time of quiet, peace, inner reflection and connection to the natural world and her rhythms. The solstice marks the longest night of the year, with the amount of light growing longer each day thereafter until Summer Solstice.

Celebrations from as early as the Neolithic period are recorded, with ancient structures built to honor the sunrise. Today, lantern walks in the dark, creating spirals of all sizes and festivals often play a part. The spiral walk symbolizes the sun's journey to the darkest night of the year (center of the spiral), then back out toward the longest day at the Summer Solstice. This is often done holding a lantern to represent the sun's journey as well as our own inner journeys in finding light. The Spiral Walk has been a beloved tradition with our Homeschool Nature Immersion Program for several years!

Due to forecasted high sustained winds and wind gusts, Homeschool Nature Immersion is canceled for today, Thursday, Dece...
12/12/2024

Due to forecasted high sustained winds and wind gusts, Homeschool Nature Immersion is canceled for today, Thursday, December 12th. Families, please check your email FMI. 🌲🌲🌲

GIVING TUESDAY is today! On this global day of giving, we hope you will consider supporting Through the Trees - https://...
12/03/2024

GIVING TUESDAY is today! On this global day of giving, we hope you will consider supporting Through the Trees - https://throughthetrees.org/. 💚🌲

Donations are vital in keeping our nature immersion programs running for youth of all ages - from toddlers to teens! Our programs focus on supporting kids and teens outdoors to experience the healing powers of nature. As screens become more and more prevalent on our lives, being surrounded by the trees, fresh and air and sunshine is paramount for our health and well-being. 💚🌲

At Through the Trees our Registered Maine Guides teach kids and teens wilderness skills such as fire building, debris shelter construction, foraging, tree and plant ID, bushcraft, navigation and knife and tool use. We give kids the opportunity to self direct their play and learning in the natural world, allowing them ample time to explore their own interests and slow down in this fast paced world. All of our Guides and Mentors are passionate about sharing their love of the outdoors and creating a meaningful community that supports children and teens in emotional intelligence, problem solving, communication skills, resilience, self-awareness, self-confidence and a love and respect for the earth. 💚🌲

Help us continue to nurture our nature immersion programs by giving to Through the Trees - https://throughthetrees.org/! We thank you for your support! 🙏

🌲🍂✨We are taking a break and will be closed through December 1st. Before we go, here is a little bit about what we've do...
11/24/2024

🌲🍂✨We are taking a break and will be closed through December 1st. Before we go, here is a little bit about what we've done during the month of November.

🍂This month we have focused a lot of our energy on our Root Value of Kindness, with kindness challenges, sharing acts of kindness and talking about what it means to be kind. We've also talked about Gratitude and shared many things for which we are grateful. Oak has been our tree focus and Deer is the animal we've tuned into. There has been more debris shelter building, as kids make adjustments and insulate their shelters with leaves and grasses for winter. Our very special Grandfriends came to visit earlier in the month and last week we made lots of Stone Soup. There's been lots of woodworking, art projects, navigation activities and campfire cooking!

There has been lots of woodworking this month! 🪚🪓🪵
11/19/2024

There has been lots of woodworking this month! 🪚🪓🪵

🍂🌲 Join an upcoming tour to learn about our Homeschool Nature Immersion program! Tours are for families interested in th...
11/18/2024

🍂🌲 Join an upcoming tour to learn about our Homeschool Nature Immersion program! Tours are for families interested in the 2025-26 school year AND interested in our current year (we have a few spots open now!). We have three more tours before the end of the year: November 19th, December 3rd and December 17th. 🌲 Sign up here: https://throughthetrees.org/homeschool-interest 🌲

Each month in Homeschool Nature Immersion we have focus area for a plant/tree, animal, skill, community building and Roo...
11/14/2024

Each month in Homeschool Nature Immersion we have focus area for a plant/tree, animal, skill, community building and Root Value. For November our Root Value focus is Kindness. 🩷

“Kindness is choosing love over hate, light over darkness, compassion over judgement.”
-Raktivist

Join us for Nature Storytime & Tea this Friday from 10-11am! TTT Guide Molly will walk the group out to our Storytime sp...
11/12/2024

Join us for Nature Storytime & Tea this Friday from 10-11am! TTT Guide Molly will walk the group out to our Storytime spot (a very short walk into the woods) for stories, hot/warm tea and fun on our natural playground. Register here: https://throughthetrees.org/classes-events! 🌿📔🍂

Program is cancelled today due to predicted high and sustained winds and higher wind gusts. 💨
11/12/2024

Program is cancelled today due to predicted high and sustained winds and higher wind gusts. 💨

🥾🌲 Come join our Oak Outing Club for homeschoolers, ages 12-15! Outings are 9:30am to 3pm on Mondays, leaving from and r...
11/12/2024

🥾🌲 Come join our Oak Outing Club for homeschoolers, ages 12-15! Outings are 9:30am to 3pm on Mondays, leaving from and returning to Through the Trees in Freeport. Join for the rest of our nine-month program or try an upcoming drop-in date on November 18th or December 9th! Learn More & Sign Up: https://throughthetrees.org/oakoutingclub

Congratulations to our GLOW Raffle Winners*! 🎃✨🎃🎃Women's Patagonia Basket - John Serron🎃Spooktacular Halloween Basket - ...
10/28/2024

Congratulations to our GLOW Raffle Winners*! 🎃✨🎃

🎃Women's Patagonia Basket - John Serron
🎃Spooktacular Halloween Basket - Jim
🎃Kid's Nature Explorer Basket - Nolan Lascko
🎃Soulful Work Basket - Mika Lentz

Thank you to everyone who entered the Raffle and came out to support Through the Trees at our GLOW Jack O'Lantern Walk!

Thank you to Soulful Work Intuitive Consulting and Patagonia Outlet in Freeport for donating some incredible items!

*All winners have been contacted by phone.

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Freeport, ME
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It was a beautiful day for a trip to the brook and some more wool soap felting! #homeschoolfun #natureimmersion

GLOW Jack O’Lantern Walk starts TONIGHT and the spooky fun continues Friday and Saturday! Don’t get Tricked - Treat yourself to a Ticket before they’re gone! 🎃 Tickets: https://throughthetrees.org/glow 👻

Leaf Art 🍂🍁

We loved making cordage from day lily leaves last week. Sending a big thank you to the Through the Trees mama who came in to share this skill and gift with us. 💚

Rainy Day Fun!
Rainy Day Fun!

Happy Monday friends!

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

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