LOLA Bees is purchasing supplies, equipment and tools to build an Environmental Education Activity Kit Library to support their new programming stream of hands-on environmental education for children; Forest Friends. These themed kits will include nature-based books, field guides, nature exploration tools and equipment, craft/activity materials and supplies and more, all centred around environmental education themes likely to emerge through the sessions (ex. trees, birds, mushrooms, creek life, navigation, forest amphibians and reptiles, native plants, etc.).
In collaboration with the Museum of Ontario Archaeology (MOA), LOLA Bees is developing a forest school pilot program. The Forest Friends program builds off our approach to impactful, hands-on, child-led outdoor environmental education that also characterizes our successful pollinator education program, Pollinator Pals!, and extends our mission of fostering a deep connection between children and the natural world.