Origins Early Learning Foundation

Catch us under the canopy! 🌳🪵🔥🐿️🐞🌲🍄🏕️

Our Once Upon a Forest facilitators, Lewis and Bethany, have been busy learning, exploring, and practicing all things nature-based! 🌿

From hikes, sit spots, story stones, and nature art to knot tying, shelter building, fire making, foraging, and wood whittling, we’ve been building the skills and confidence needed to create meaningful outdoor experiences for our campers.

We can’t wait to share these adventures, lessons, and connections with our Once Upon a Forest community this summer! 🌲✨

This week in our Summer Literacy Enrichment Program, we are focused on identifying each child’s individual needs, creating strong relationships, and having fun! Because when those three elements are paired together, blah blahThis week in our Summer Literacy Enrichment Program, we are focused on identifying each child’s individual needs, creating strong relationships, and having fun! Because when those three elements are paired together, children feel confident, supported, and ready to learn.This week in our Summer Literacy Enrichment Program, we are focused on identifying each child’s individual needs, creating strong relationships, and having fun! Because when those three elements are paired together, children feel confident, supported, and ready to learn! 📚👩‍🏫🍎

Our final day of tummy time and as always, we will miss watching you and your baby grow but feel so lucky to have been able to work with you all 🫶🏼 our Tummy Time program will be taking a short break over the summer as our partner is preparing to welcome her beautiful baby into the world! We are so excited for her and her family and wish her all the best in starting this new chapter 😇❤️

Tummy time program in full swing 🫶🏼

Making learning fun isn’t just about planning activities that teach skills… it’s about connection. 🌿✨

It’s about getting to know each child, discovering what lights them up, and using those interests to guide how we teach. When kids feel seen, understood, and excited about what they’re learning, everything changes.

At our literacy enrichment program, we don’t just teach reading, we build relationships, spark curiosity, and create experiences that kids actually enjoy. Because when learning feels meaningful, it sticks. 💛📚

📚✨ Summer Literacy Enrichment Program ✨📚

Has your child been nominated by their school? We’re excited to support their learning this summer! Registration deadline for nominations: May 8th

Our Literacy Enrichment Program uses an evidence-based, multi-sensory approach to help children strengthen reading and writing skills in a fun, engaging, and confidence-building environment.

Designed for children who would benefit from extra literacy support
Individual, hands-on learning
Supportive, encouraging atmosphere

Spots may become available. If your child was not nominated but you’re interested, reach out to be added to our contact list for any unfilled spaces.

This summer, learning comes to life at The Woods 🌿📚

Our summer literacy enrichment program, offered by OELF and funded by NB SEED, uses an evidence-based, multisensory, play-based approach to help children grow their skills and confidence. Through hands-on exploration, we focus on phonics, reading fluency, and spelling, all while fostering a love of learning in a natural setting.

We are excited to work with School District ASD-S, for the second summer in a row, to help identify children who could benefit the most from this program. Registration is by school referral only. Families will be contacted directly if their child has been nominated to attend. If spots remain after initial nominations, we will offer remaining spots to current enrichment students and then to the public.

Calling all future creators, builders, and problem-solvers!

Our Coding Camp is where kids:

Build robots
Complete fun coding challenges (including making games and stories in Scratch as well as 3D bot challenges)
Bring their ideas to life
Make friends and HAVE FUN!

Register today to secure your spot!

Welcome to Coding Camp 💻✨

Where curiosity meets creativity and ideas come to life 🤖

From building and programming robots to tackling hands-on challenges, kids will explore coding in a fun, interactive way

🧠 Learn through play
🤖 Build + program with Spike
🎮 Explore Scratch
🚀 Solve real challenges

A space to think, create, and innovate 🌟
Register here: https://forms.gle/dxvYxHS2RXKt7F4X6

🌿✨ Once Upon a Forest ✨🌿

Our nature-based summer program invites children to:
Build fires & learn outdoor skills
Try wood whittling & shelter building
Create with nature through hands-on creative opportunities
Explore, imagine, and grow in the forest

Designed for all experience levels, Once Upon a Forest is rooted in forest school practices, building confidence, creativity, and connection to the outdoors.

July camps are now waitlisted
August camps (ages 9–12) still have limited spots available

Spots won’t last long—secure your child’s place today!

Once Upon a Forest 🌲✨

A nature-based program for all skill levels, whether it’s your first time in the woods or you already feel at home 🌿

🍄 Story stones
🔥 Outdoor cooking
🪵 Wood whittling
⛺️ Shelter building
🌱 Nature crafting + more

💛 FREE for school-aged children
🌿 Designed with diversity and inclusion in mind, especially for those who may not typically have access to outdoor education

Made possible through the Free to Play initiative with the Saint John Community Foundation

Register here: https://forms.gle/ZuKQTL3VBR4AKrtW6