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MSatHome_L1_SitSpots.pdf

MSatHome_L4_WalkingWonder.pdf

MSatHome_L2_TreeBudJournal.pdf

MSatHome_L7_Adaptations.pdf

MSatHome_L3_NatureArt&Writing.pdf

MSatHome_L5_Phenology.pdf

MSatHome_L6_TrailCookies.pdf

MSatHome_L13_DouglasFir.pdf

MSatHome_L8_Granola.pdf

MSatHome_L10_TreasureMaps.pdf

MS@home_L11_ShadowPainting&Poetry.pdf

MS@home_L12_ISpyNature.pdf

MSatHome_L15_Watersheds.pdf

MS@home_L14_FieldGuides.pdf

MS@home_L7_Adaptations_Spanish.pdf

MS@home_L16_Glaciers.pdf

MSathome_L1_SitSpots_Spanish.pdf

MSatHome_L17_Landscapes_English.pdf

MSatHome_L17_Paisajes_español.pdf

Mountain School makes the magic of the wilderness real for kids

The concept behind Mountain School, run by nonprofit North Cascades Institute, sounds simple: In a three-day mountain camp experience, imbue in school children a visceral connection with this special place — the thumping, mountainous heart of Northwest wilderness. Make its magic real to them at a micro level, in the hope that some of them will feel the pull to return as powerfully as a salmon headed home to spawn. Slip into their consciousness rudimentary skills of a naturalist — the ability to observe and make the same personal connections to other wild lands.

This is how it’s done at Mountain School. Has been, in fact, for 25 years as a program that sprouted in leaky Army surplus tents at Newhalem Campground matures into a national model for wilderness education on public lands."

— The Seattle Times