Tekoa Mountain Outdoors

We're the Adventure Guys.

We link adventure through education.

27 Sugar Hill, Rd.
Williamsburg, MA 01096
ph: 413-296-4249
fax: 413-785-5501
tim@tekoamountainoutdoors.com

Homeschooling Family Programs

ALPs Homeschooling Schedule.

Tekoa Mountain Outdoors

“Adventure Learning and Leadership Programs” (ALPs)

This is what a classroom can look like.

ALPs.

Our custom School & Homeschooling Program has been selected to receive a Certificate of Merit.

The Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs.

The Secretary’s Advisory Group on Energy and Environmental Education.

The 15^thAnnual

^{Secretary’s Awards for Excellence in Energy and Environmental Education}

These awards honor individuals, schools, teachers and students across the Commonwealth who have distinguished themselves in energy and environmental education initiatives.

Homeschooling Family Programs

Adventure Learning & Leadership Programs,

TMO Adventure Learning & Leadership Program.

ALPs

Parents are welcome participants.

Winter Wildlife Tracking
February 7, 2012 10:00 am - 2:00 pm

Come and explore a winter wonderland. Let’s go outdoors and see who else is visiting our forests and back yards it amazing what you'll see and what you'll hear out there. What do the animals eat out there? Where do they sleep? What do they do all day long? Let’s find out together. Bring a Journal & pen. We'll also discuss survival skills, fire building and Leave No Trace (LNT). If you have a Tree, Tracks, forest Id books please bring them. Parents are welcome observers or participants. Dress casual and warm. Bring a water bottle, snack and lunch.

Snow Shoeing or Cross Country Skiing

February 14. 2012. 10:00 am - 2:00 pm

That’s right YOUR CHOICE we'll have the instructors and guides ready for either activity. learn how to Snowshoe or Cross Country Ski, Gear, how to put them on, turn, stop and ski at a relaxed pace learn about the environment you’re in. If the opportunity arises then maybe some tracking and much more, we use a 500 acre Maple Sugar Farm with Maple Sugar products for sale, in the beautiful Berkshires. It offers great views and gentle rolling hills, fire place and new dining area. Includes Instruction, gear and a Hot Cocoa, Tea

Meets at :

Maple Corner Farm / Cross Country Skiing

749 Beech Hill Rd.

Granville, MA.

Parent pays for ski rentals on sight. Parents are welcome observers or participants. Dress casual and warm. Bring a water bottle, snack and lunch

Ice Fishing with expert, winter anglers, Held at TMO Base Camp
February 15. 2012. 10:00 am - 2:00 pm

Checkout winter fishing here on TMO's Lake. WHAT you've never been Ice Fishing. What’s a jigging stick? What’s a Tip up? How do you dig a hole in the Ice to fish in? Learn by doing. Then don't miss your chance. Experience a whole new different way to fish, we'll explain what goes on with fish in the winter, Biology, Habitat and the different methods of catching & releasing them, what baits to use. Then a warm fire to have hot drinks by. I can't wait.

Winter Outdoor Survival skills, What If.
March 1. 2012. 10:00 am - 2:00 pm

What If. Is a leadership skill used to show and experience firsthand what to do in the event of a problem on the trail or a problem while on a family ski trip that went wrong the scenario is going to be, you’re driving to your favorite big mountain skiing area and your car breaks down. Are you prepared? Could you survive the night alone or with your family? Yes you can! Learn the skills that will save your life and or your family or friends. This is a course that you won't want to miss

Meets at TMO.

Winter Outdoor Survival skills, What If.
March 8. 2012. 10:00 am - 2:00 pm

The Thinking Game: Map & Compass Orienteering Skills Part 1.
Tuesday, March 8, 2012 10:00 am - 2:00 pm

Orienteering is fast becoming a favorite sport which brings lots of new people to the outdoors but no amount of modern day technology will be replacing the lifesaving skills used with a basic map and compass. For when the batteries run out!. Being able to read a map and compass is vital to your outdoor survival skills. During this four-hour program we will teach each student the basics of orienteering. They will become familiar with compass terminology, degree readings, taking bearings, and pacing off distances and independently complete a beginner level course on site before the end of the day. Meets at TMO. Parents are welcome observers or participants. Dress casual and warm (sturdy boots or snowshoes are preferred). Bring a water bottle, snack and lunch.

TMO is running a sequential learning program of ALPs classes for

14 - 18 year old Boys & Girls.

This is a fun family friendly program that builds off of each previous program in order for you to gain the needed skills and confidence to successfully complete the wilderness portion of our TMO Homeschoolers ALPs program.

Sequential Progressive Learning (SPL), Classes.

All the classes in this ALPs Adventure will end with.

Wilderness Canoe Trip in NY.

Or a

Backpacking Trip in CT/MA.

August 22-24. 2012.

2-14-12. Primitive Shelter Building / Ice Fishing.

3-13-12. Snowshoeing or Cross-country skiing.

4-9-12. Bluebird Box Restoration Program. (build one for home)

5-8-12. Rock Climbing. (Local)

6-12-12. Canoe Skills development.

7-10-12. Survival and Primitive Shelter Building