Roots is putting down Roots!
Brad has purchased a home and land in the town of Corinth, VT, and it is here that Roots will be relocating. The land has over a half a mile of river frontage and several streams, a beautiful varied forest, rambling topography, and plenty of wildlife. We have no doubt that it will make an epic location for the Roots School.
Childrens Programs
The natural world holds infinite value for children. Much of modern culture pulls children away from the fields, forests, and streams, and puts them inside to sit in front of a screen. Root's Children's programs are designed to give children the opportunity to build a real, functional, and empowering relationship to the Earth.In the years we have spent teaching we have seen children repeatedly posses not only an amazing ability to grasp and use primitive skills, but to find a deep love for it. Given trust and guidance, children grow and learn important lessons through their relationships to the landbase and primitive and traditional skills.
Clovis Program
A year long program that approaches tracking, natural awareness, and primitive skills through the lens of the Ancient Clovis Culture. Includes flint knapping, bones work, hide tanning, hearth cooking, stalking and many more survival skills. Starts September 20, 2013 Ages 11-13
Discover and begin to unlock nature’s mysteries with a full day per week in VT’s woodlands. This program will engage children with a wide range of experiences in basic primitive skills, tracking, and nature awareness. Starts September 20, 2013 Ages 6-10
Children's Bow Making
Join Roots for a day of primitive bow making. In this course young students will take locally harvested saplings and carve them into working survival bows. ...
March 23rd-24th Ages; 10-14 Saturday & Sunday 9 AM- 4 PM with a break for lunch around noon.
Family Fire Class
Bring your son or daughter, mother or father out to Roots for a day of learning one of the oldest techniques for making fire. In this course students will learn the basics of fire build that can save of enhance your life, as well as how to carve and use a bow drill kit in order to make fire from scratch. Students will get to carve their own kits and learn all the points of form and technique that allow this ancient tool to work. This course is open to students ages 8 and up and children under 16 should be accompanied by an adult who also wants to learn these skills. Date TBA. The course will run from 9 AM- 4 PM
Roots Summer Camp
A week long primitive skills and tracking day camp with a sleep out at the end of the week. The perfect way to introduce children to the survival skills and connections to the natural world that are central to human origins. Ages 6-13 June 24-28 July 8-12
Niveus
Niveus camp is a great way for your child to spend time outdoors during the winter. This 5-day camp is full of adventure, wilderness survival skills, nature awareness, crafting from the landscape, games, skill-building challenges and more. ... Different groups; ages 6-13. Dates TBA
The Way of the Bow
Join Roots School for a five day overnight journey into the Way of the Bow. In this course, students will craft a beautiful and functional bow and their own primitive arrow. ... July 29-August 2, 2013
Safety First
When your child is with us, we understand their safety is our responsibility and this is an honor that we take seriously.
One of the first things we do with every new group is to teach hazard awareness of the landscape that is our classroom. We follow strict protocol regarding the use of carving knives, starting with passing our knife safety test. This is true for other activities that involve risk such as tree-climbing, or making and using throwing sticks or atlatls.
Since accidents can happen, at every class there is at least one staff member present who is certified as a Wilderness First Responder or Wilderness EMT.
We take pride in creating a safe environment for our students to experience the growth and self-discovery that comes from taking risks.