What makes our experiences exceptional is the attention to detail.
We focus our design around a thoughtful learning objective and bring a unique set of skills to each event.
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You can incorporate educational content into puzzles and games!
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Ask about guided lessons, workshops, guest lectures, & classroom visits!
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Schedule engaging one-on-one or small group tutoring for any age!
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Ask about continuing education and professional development for educators, designers, and therapists interested in integrating games, puzzles, and/or outdoor immersion into their work!
Educational Opportunities
Nature Connection & Outdoor Skills
FIRE BUILDING
Build skills in friction fire and an appreciation for the attention required to generate a spark, a coal, or a flame using match, flint and steel, hand drills, and bow drills.
SHELTER BUILDING
Incorporate how to build tarp shelters, debris huts, and lean-to shelters. Learn about the basics of sustainable forest harvesting and the process of weather and waterproofing.
ARCHERY & STEALTH
Challenge your dexterity in stealth and build your skills and accuracy with archery or axe throwing lessons and games
KNIFE SAFETY & FORAGED CRAFTS
Learn to create from found items in your environment: whittling, carving, weaving, molding natural clays, and using natural pigments.
ANIMAL TRACKS
Learn about wildlife tracking & behavior! Interact with specimens and understand ecology, natural history, evolution, and comparative anatomy!
PLANT ID & USE
Identify native and invasive plants in our region! Understand their natural history and medicinal & edible uses! Make your own field guides!
Tutoring
We offer engaging one-on-one or small group tutoring in science, math, language arts, social studies, executive functioning, and more
both in person or online
for all ages
at $75/hour.
For students that benefit from a more interactive instruction to improve understanding and motivation in foundational conceptual areas.
Professional Development
Some past examples include:
GAME AND PUZZLE-BASED COURSES
Games and Puzzles as Educational Worldbuilding (Crow's Path and Vermont State University, Vermont, July 10-14, 2023) - SYLLABUS
Escape the Classroom; Games, Puzzles, and Riddles; Playtest Me; Map-Making and Worldbuilding (Renaissance School for Arts and Science, 2023-2025)
New Media & Games Program; Transmedia Puzzle Design and Performance (University of Chicago, 2017)
TALKS ON OUTDOOR LEARNING
Scaffolding Outdoor Learning for All K-8 Developmental Stages, Standards, and Environmental Access (Independent Schools Association of the Central States, March 2022)
Outdoor Learning and Growth Mindset (Independent Schools Association of the Central States, October 2021)
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We offer guest lectures, workshops, and courses for educators interested in learning more about integrating games, puzzles, or outdoor learning into their curriculum.
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Please reach out if you are a mental health practitioner interested in understanding the psychological and behavioral impacts of integrating role-playing game structures into your treatment plans.
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Please reach out if you are interested in participating in or instruction on the process of designing and playtesting games and puzzles.
