Sierra Club PEI Wild Child Program

Sierra Club PEI Wild Child Program Sierra Club Wild Child program is an environmental education program designed to give children an opportunity to experience, explore, and play in nature.

PEI Wild Child is an environmental education program of PEI Sierra Club
(http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/News/Local/2015-03-09/article-4070224/Sierra-Club%26rsquo%3Bs-Wild-Child-program-is-nature-inspired-fun/1)
designed to strengthen the 'outdoors' component of child care services, by having the children explore nature with the Wild Child staff-person and volunteers leading enthusiastic games and quiet activities. We at PEI Sierra Club want to continue and expand this important program. We've been holding fundraisers and reaching out to donors, funders and community organizations, asking them to help connect more young children with nature in the year ahead. Sierra Club Atlantic Canada Chapter developed Wild Child in response to the growing body of research showing that children need experiences in the natural world for healthy development. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJihjQK0Qso&feature=player_embedded
This 'nature immersion' program was delivered very successfully to children in fourteen day-cares and after-school programs in the Charlottetown area this winter. It is so important to give children an opportunity to experience, explore, and play in nature. Learning to have no fear of bugs, birds and other wild life is the first step to helping protect 'Mother Nature' and getting a strong foundation for good mental health. Relaxing and connecting by listening to the wind in the trees and other sounds of nature gives young children a necessary break from modern technology. To quote the elder Luther Standing Bear in the 1930s, "the old Lakota was wise. He knew that a man’s heart, away from nature, becomes hard; he knew that lack of respect for growing, living things soon led to lack of respect for humans, too. So he kept his children close to nature’s softening influence."

11/06/2025

Our friends at Mi'kmaq Family Resource Center / Aboriginal Headstart in Charlottetown have 2 fulltime spots available for Indigenous children aged 22 months to Pre K. They are a small centre that offers cultural teachings, school readiness, and lots of time outdoors. They also go on monthly outings. Please reach out to Barb at bmckennatoole.mahs@hotmail.com if you would like to discuss a spot!

We still have some spaces in our Nov 21 PD Day Camp! If you are interested, you can go ahead an register (it might put y...
10/29/2025

We still have some spaces in our Nov 21 PD Day Camp!

If you are interested, you can go ahead an register (it might put you on the waitlist, but there is space available and we will contact you and pull them off of the waitlist shortly after you register)!

Click here to register: https://campscui.active.com/orgs/SierraClubCanadaFoundation

Let us know if you have any questions!!

Today is our last day of summer programs! It has a been a FULL and wonderful summer packed full of creativity, fun, maki...
08/29/2025

Today is our last day of summer programs! It has a been a FULL and wonderful summer packed full of creativity, fun, making new friends, learning more about nature, and developing new skills, building resilience, and nurturing curiosity!

We are SO incredibly grateful to the passionate, big-hearted, and INCREDIBLE staff team that consistently put in SO MUCH energy, thought, patience, and care into each and every group and every kids this summer!

Please join us in thanking Shannon, Victoria, Caedda, Taylor, Alice, Cadence, Kristopher, Hannah, and Julia for the wonderful summer!!

We are already looking forward to fall programs, and even though some programs are full, we still have spots in our PD Days this fall, as well as our Little Foxes program for 3-5 year olds, and our Robert Cotton afterschool program, and our West Royalty afterschool program! Register for Fall programs here: https://campscui.active.com/orgs/SierraClubCanadaFoundation #/selectSessions/3668436

And if you need a subsidized spot for your child this fall, please fill out the subsidy request form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSehpEaQgxtPZDhnR5yuQWASVoPNiX377StUFt8bWjmmZSHOFA/viewform

Check out this awesome event happening this Saturday at MacPhail Homestead!!Connect & Act: Families Talk Climate in PEI!...
07/23/2025

Check out this awesome event happening this Saturday at MacPhail Homestead!!

Connect & Act: Families Talk Climate in PEI!

Ready to turn climate concerns into community action? Join For Our Kids for a free 'Families Talk Climate in PEI' event!

This gathering is for all generations, offering a supportive space to discuss the climate impacts we're seeing in the province. Kids will have dedicated fun activities, while adults will identify collective actions we can take right here in PEI. A free lunch will be served and we'll conclude our time with an optional walk in the woods.

Come find connections, share insights, and empower your family to make a difference.

Join us from 12-3 pm on July 26th at MacPhail Homestead. Register here! https://www.forourkids.ca/families_talk_climate_pei

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Charlottetown, PE
C1A4R3

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