Down To Earth 
Specialists in Education, Leadership & Training

Phone: 905 - 627- 3140  
Fax:     905 - 627- 8100      

 

Recreational Training Workshops 

 Staff Workshops 

• Wild & Zany Games: Active group games to energize staff and their young charges! We will keep you on your toes and have you stuffed with lots of new play ideas! 

• Backpocket Games: SURPRISE activities that will slow down the pace and catch the imagination of your participants. Invite children into an adventure. You will be amazed at the weird and wonderful things that will pop out of your backpocket! 

• Leadership skill sessions for summer recreation, YMCA after school staff and anyone working with children from ages 5 to 13 years. covering a variety of natural and environmental activities are available year-round.
  
  Teacher Training and Education Workshops 
  

• Down To Earth provides professional development opportunities for elementary and high school teachers in environmental education.
• We offer a series of courses for volunteers and front-line interpreters involved in interpretive programs for Nature Centres.
• Staff are qualified instructors in outdoor education and interpretation 
• Teachers: Let us know if you are interested in participating in a Summer Institute for Environmental Outdoor Education.

For a Change of Pace ...  Join us for a variety of new activities, or enjoy some of the 'tried and true' initiatives.  Take a look: Survival Simulations, Initiatives Forest and Stream Explorations Team Building Day Trip Backpacking on the Escarpment Orienteering and Co-operative Games Endangered Species Drama, Crafts, Fun!

Some of the distinctive clients we have worked with over the years include: 

Hamilton Region Conservation Authority; Hamilton-Wentworth Board of Education; Black Creek Pioneer Village; City of Burlington Parks and Recreation; Hamilton YM-YWCA ; Oakville Parks and Recreation; Regional Municipality of Halton; Niagara Separate School Board; Mississauga Separate School Board; Stoney Creek Children's Learning Centres; Scouts Canada; Guides and Brownies of the Golden Triangle; Kitchener-Waterloo Parks and Recreation; Burlington Mundialization Committee; St. Joseph's Hospital; Columbia International College; Brock University, and the list goes on. 

What Do People Say About Us? "Awesome! Energetic! Impressive! Enthusiastic!"

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