Children will use sticks, stones, pinecones, and other natural materials to build, balance, pretend, and create — including tiny shelters, woodland homes, bridges, nests, dens, and imaginative structures inspired by the animals who live around us.

Celebrate the long, bright days of summer with us in the Pine Wood Classroom! Join us for Summer Solstice Celebration, a playful morning of sunshine, shadows, flowers, movement, story time, and outdoor discovery.

Let’s look up, listen closely, and feel what the day is telling us! Join us for Little Weather Watchers, a Pine Wood Play Day filled with wind, clouds, sunshine, shadows, movement, and outdoor discovery.

Slow down and look closely — the Pine Wood Classroom is full of tiny treasures! Join us for Tiny Things Treasure Hunt, a playful morning of seeds, pebbles, bark, moss, insect signs, and small woodland wonders.

Create with the colors, textures, and treasures of the woods! Join us for Woodland Artists, a playful morning of leaves, bark, sticks, stones, pine needles, nature arranging, and open-ended outdoor art.

Come walk, wander, climb, balance, listen, and explore! Join us for Trail Adventure Day, a playful morning of movement, nature noticing, trail games, and outdoor discovery.

Gather, sort, arrange, and imagine with the treasures of the forest floor! Join us for Seeds, Sticks & Forest Surprises, a playful morning of natural loose parts, collection baskets, patterns, tiny museums, and outdoor discovery.

Come bake mud pies and pine needle tee with us in The Muddy Spoon!

This is a Private Creekside and DVLC Culminating Event! It is NOT open to the public. Grab your goggles, swim suits, and towels! Join us for an in between meal snack and treats as we play in the foam, at the beach, and tube down blizzard slopes!

Discover the first wildflowers and plants of spring! Join Creekside Nature Unschool and guest biologist Karen Davis for a guided woodland hike and family wildflower and plant scavenger hunt.

Bring the family to Dickson Valley Camp and Retreat Center in Newark and join Creekside Nature Unschool, along with Pearl from the Farmacy Farmstand, for a seed-bomb making class. Recycle paper and grow a garden with this spring activity.

Join Spark the Firefly and all her friends for stories and songs all about Spring and the power of kindness. The Story Garden includes puppets, original music, interactive movement, and lots of springtime fun for families! ​ ​

A winter art class with Creekside Nature Unschool, an all-ages family learning event.

Family event for kids of all ages with an accompanying adult. $5.00 per family. Free to registered Creekside Families. Join Creekside Nature Unschool and Pearl Carpenter from The Pharmacy Farmstand, a local flower farm, and build a winter green house out of a gallon milk jug. Plant some seeds for your spring garden!

If you are a member of Creekside Nature Unschool, RSVP for a community-building family event. Pop your tent, roast some treats over the fire, play some games, and share stories around the camp fire.

Join us on a learning nature hike, observing the native trees and plant life in the Fox River Valley. Stay for a fun learning activity to reinforce what the kids have learned on their hike!

Join Creekside Nature Unschool for a morning of learning about pollinators, flowers, and harvesting flower seeds to plant your own pollinator garden for next year! This event is open to children of all ages in the community with a participating adult!

Come preview the Creekside Nature Unschool classrooms at Dickson Valley Camp and Retreat Center! RSVP's required