Hand-In-Hand News
5th Annual Vancouver Island Nature Education KIDS Campference
After a 3 year hiatus due to COVID, the KIDS Campference is finally back on at Miracle Beach Provincial Park, Black Creek, BC. Our 2023 dates are still yet to be determined, so please stay tuned for details!!!
New 2021-22 Courtenay Location: Comox Valley Exhibition Grounds
We are so happy and excited to announce that we will be offering our Early Years Program for 2021-22 in Courtenay for the first time! We are working in partnership with the Comox Valley Exhibition Grounds and the Regional District and are ready for registration!
5th Annual Vancouver Island Nature Education KIDS Campference: CANCELLED AGAIN for 2021
With Rathtrevor Beach Provincial Park’s Picnic Shelter still closed and BC Centre for Disease Control order to limit social gatherings, we are cancelling our 5th Annual Vancouver Island Nature Education Campference…FOR KIDS on June Friday, June 11th to Sunday, June 13th, 2021.
5th Annual Vancouver Island Nature Education KIDS Campference: CANCELLED for 2020
With Rathtrevor Beach Provincial Park’s Picnic Shelter closed and BC Centre for Disease Control order to limit social gatherings, we are cancelling our 5th Annual Vancouver Island Nature Education Campference…FOR KIDS on Friday, June 12th to Sunday, June 14th, 2020.
Purchase a CVCS Calendar to raise funds for the Cumberland Community Forest
We have partnered with The Comox Valley Conservation Strategy, a regional conservation planning framework, initiated to stop the loss of valuable ecological areas in the Comox Valley to raise funds by selling their 5th annual 2015 Comox Valley Conservation Calendar.
Hand-In-Hand’s Spring Break Program at Comox’s Filberg Park
Go wild this spring! This outdoor educational program is designed to offer a unique early childhood learning experience. Your children will explore, interact and learn as they play outside and discover what they love about our local forests and beaches.
1st Annual Vancouver Island Nature Preschool Conference…for KIDS only!
This is a collaborative effort of nature preschools throughout Vancouver Island. We’re planning a conference for preschoolers where we will all gather for a weekend in June 2016 (dates are still left to be determined) at a Rathtrevor Beach Provincial Park.
Join us at the Growing More Knowledge Symposium at Royal Roads University
Come join Hand-In-Hand Early Years Nature Education Program’s Director Jarrett Krentzel at the Growing More Knowledge Symposium at Royal Roads University on Saturday, October 24th, 2015 from 12:15pm – 1:15 to learn about the 1st Annual Kids Conference!
Special Kids Program: Mystical Protector Mystery at the Perseverance Party
Hand-In-Hand Early Years Nature Education Program’s team is happy to offer a special kid’s program called the Mystical Protector Mystery at the Perseverance Party for the Forest in the Cumberland Community Forest on Sunday, October 25th, 2015.
Parent/Guardian Information Night for Registered Kids
Hand-In-Hand Early Years Nature will be hosting an information session on Monday, August 10th, 2015 from 6pm – 7:30pm at the Cumberland Community School (former elementary school), Annex Building; 3342 Egremont Street, Cumberland.
Nature Preschool Parent/Guardian Info Night (Courtenay Elementary School, Courtenay)
Hand-In-Hand Early Years Nature Education Program hosts a Parent/Guardian Info Night on Friday, May 22, 2015 from 7 – 9 pm at Courtenay Elementary School. Come and join Program Director Jarrett Krentzel and ECEs Alix Wilson and Heather Thomson.
Nature Preschool Parent/Guardian Info Night (Aspen Elementary School, Comox)
Hand-In-Hand Early Years Nature Education Program hosts a Parent/Guardian Info Night on Wednesday, May 20, 2015 from 7 – 9 pm at Aspen Elementary School. Come and join Program Director Jarrett Krentzel and ECE Alix Wilson for an evening of Nature Preschool information.
Elevate Arts Festival: Cumberland’s ‘Village Market Days’
Hand-In-Hand Early Years Nature Education Program will be participating in Cumberland’s Village Market Day on Saturday, May 16th 2015 from 10 am – 4 pm, Dunsmuir Avenue, Cumberland as a part of the annual week long Empire Days celebration.
Nature Preschool Parent/Guardian Info Night (Cumberland Community School, Cumberland)
Hand-In-Hand Early Years Nature Education Program hosts a Parent/Guardian Info Night on Wednesday, April 15, 2015 from 7 – 9 pm, Cumberland Community School Strong Start Classroom. Come and join Program Director Jarrett Krentzel and ECEs Alix Wilson.