We offer consulting services for homeschooling parents, forest school leaders and practitioners, and other educators involved or interested in taking education outside. My specific focus is on nurturing learning environments where children learn nature-based science along with ancestral nature skills and worldview. I also have supported thousands of homeschool families moving beyond replicating public education as home.
I have degrees in Psychology (BA, UC Santa Cruz), Child Development and Education (MA, UC Berkeley), and Science Education (Ph.D. UC Berkeley), and experience as a public school science teacher, NYC science coordinator, professor of science education, alternative school principal and science teacher. This background has given me a clear understanding of the structures of public education, many of which bear a striking resemblance to those found in factories. For the last twenty years, I’ve focused on designing learning environments, curricula, and ways of relating with children that support their learning ideas and skills in ways that feel more like playing in a forest and less like working in a factory.
I’m happy to schedule a free 15-minute Zoom meeting to answer questions, boast your confidence in stepping outside the box of traditional schooling, and possibly plan future individual or group sessions.
If you need additional time, my standard consulting rate is $75 an hour.
For more information, or to schedule a free consultation, please send me an email at peterkindfield@mail.com