Meet our Team
At Halton Hills Nature Immersion School, us outdoor educators design our programs for children to explore various subject-specific concepts, where the learning experience is achieved in and through nature. Children participate in literacy programs, STEM lessons (messy & hands on) science experiments, creative art expressions, bush-craft activities, team building games, play-based learning, and child-led exploration of the environment.
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All of our programs aim to deepen bonds with nature and with one another in support of health and the balanced self; (emotional, physical, intellectual and spiritual wellbeing.
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Located on Third Line in Halton Hills, nestled within a forest at the back of beautiful farm fields on a private 100 acre property. Halton Hill Nature Immersion School offers a safe, authentic outdoor experience curated by earth loving educators.
Natalie
Founder & Director of site operations and
program development.
Educator
Natalie is a homeschooling momma of 4, a believer in living as holistically, organically, & outside in nature as much as possible.
She thrives on bringing like-minded families together & growing the homeschooling community full of kind and loving children.
She strongly believes in the innate human connection to our natural world. Call it God, Mother Nature or Earth Mother; when we practice mindfulness within nature, it helps us to feel at peace and it brings happiness, harmony & healing into our lives.
While technology and academics all have their place, it is essential that we get our children outside. The benefits of time spent connecting with nature, are just too great to ignore.
~ Natalie Wooddisse
"Our challenge isn't so much to teach children about the natural world, but to find ways to sustain the instinctive connections they already carry". -TK
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Rachel
Co-Founder & Director of curriculum planning and
program development.
Educator
Rachel is a retired Ontario Certified teacher (since 2006), with over 15 years teaching experience in the Peel Board. She holds Primary, Junior, Intermediate and Special Education Qualifications, completed additional courses on indigenous Canada, arts-based and outdoor education and studied at Toronto Academy of Acting and Second City: Toronto.
She is a certified yoga teacher.
“ We have been plucked by the roots from the forests, and valleys and rivers of our past. There is a wanting in all people, a calling to return home -to the forests, back into nature, to our truest self”
~ Rachel Mainguy
Jamie
Educator
artistic master
marketing specialist
Jamie is a homeschooling momma of 3, certified ECE and home day care owner. Being a mother & teaching art was always a childhood dream. Now a reality; Jamie runs & operates an art studio out of her home where she guides children through the expression and creativity of art! There is no better place than here, within nature, to ignite our children's creative juices and enhance their inspiration. Surrounded by God's creations children can express their emotions while connecting to something deeper within themselves.
~ Jamie Krula
"This world is but a canvas to our imaginations" - HDT
Carrie
Educator
creative specialist
paparazzo chief
Carrie is a momma to 2 girls, & an animal rescuer, certified vet tech to 8 chickens, 3 rabbits, 2 dogs & 2 cats. Carrie believes that nature bring us into the peaceful state where we can find solitude, strength, beauty & healing. As a family of connected beings, we can all thrive in nature.
We are all creative, daydreamers and explorers. We are hikers, rock climbers, flower admirers, mushroom seeking, cloud gazing, sunset starring, bonfire loving, wanderers of this earth.
Children will all naturally live in the moment, and they allow that moment to be what it is; magical and beautiful in every way.
~ Carrie Skeels
"At the end of the day your feet should be dirty, your hair should be messy and your eyes sparkling"
Devon
Educator
homesteader
green thumb ruler
Devon is a momma to 2 kids and 50+ chickens. She loves the land, soil & all plant life. She enjoys her own home-grown fruits & veggies from the goodness and passion she pours into her greenhouse.
Devon was introduced to gardening by her grandmother when she was just a young girl; picking beans, strawberries, & managing pesty weeds.
In every home and climate that she has lived in, she has repeatedly created a space for a garden which has expanded her knowledge & love for nature.
She's got a magical green thumb & a love for teaching the beauty of growing our own food.
~ Devon Aresnault
"Show them the magic of growing food from a tiny seed, and they will never forget"
