Join us for this four-day (11/16&23, 12/6&7) hands on hide tanning workshop, where we will continue to honor our deer through wet processing their hides. Philadelphia Free-Range Education, in collaboration with Instructor Conrad Simas, will take us through the process of turning our raw deer hides into soft and wearable buckskins. This is a fair bit of work so feel free to work and share a hide with a partner. If you don't have a hide of your own, no worries! We have raw unprocessed hides for sale ($15).

Families in Cape May, NJ learn of many methods and techniques to cook on the coals for the feast to come!

For this series of programs, Free-Range provided lots of games and joined in on the community structure to the Wild Elements and Shine Foundation curriculum. Collaborating and activity planning built a foundation towards targeting multi ages and stages for this family program. -Thank you Jorge Brana Seeds of Pewen for your expertise on this coal cooking day-

A Winter Solstice crafting event Free-Range planned and implemented for The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education.

Free-Range gathered, tested, and tried all methods and natural materials to ensure all activities were accessible and engaging to a variety of participants.

-Wanishi Barbra Bluejay of the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania for sharing stories and the importance of Winter

Day 1: Flesh and Lime

Day 2: Grain and delime

Day 3: Dress and work

Day 4: Sew and smoke (and first repeat day 3 if necessary).

Panda Tracks is our all-weather, all-season, outdoor program for young children meeting weekly.

Above: Children experience a “difficult weather” day by strengthening their resilience to being temporarily slightly uncomfortable and making the best of it by utilizing the weather for playful ‘otter sliding’ underneath the Walnut Lane bridge.

Panda Tracks