News from the Wild: Winter Survival for Animals & Plants
These Next Two Weeks
This week is honing in on the spectacular animal adaptations happening all around us during this time of year. Students will assess and compare how different animals use migration, hibernation, and adaptation to stay alive and thrive in the colder winter months. Special focus will be on winter birds and a seasonal favorite, reindeer.
Next week students will be studying surprising ways that plants adapt to their environment during these chilly winter months! Students will learn how to identify certain varieties of plants, such as perennials and conifers, and how the seasons affect their root systems and the very soil they need to survive.
Parent Tip
Well, after a remarkably warm November, Boise will begin to feel a consistent chill in the air this week! While this season often calls people indoors for rest and warmth, outdoor learning in the winter provides beautiful opportunities for growth. Your child’s teachers have been observing and encouraging self-management skills since the beginning of the school year, and winter is the season when that practice and preparation shows up as growing competence and mastery. The ability to integrate the sensory systems to achieve the goal of comfort in an environment that can feel decidedly uncomfortable is a tremendous skill!
If you are looking for family activities to enjoy as the winter season approaches, consider these opportunities:
Explore World Soil Day on December 5th. Soil health is a critical component of a healthy ecosystem, and there’s so many ways to dig in! Try planting seeds in various soil mediums from sand to gravel and see which plants grow best, go outside and plant a fruit tree in your yard (winter is the best time!), or create fun edible soil layers with ingredients in your pantry!
Join us at Rediscovered Books for a Kids & Family Make & Take Holiday Craft event on December 7th. More details below!
Clear Your Closet & Wear Your Support: Scholarship Fundraisers
Savers FUNDrive: We need your support!
This year, we are launching our first ever FUNDrive with Savers to help support EverWild’s scholarship fund⎼and now you can help while cleaning out your closets! We will begin collecting donations later this fall, so bag and box your unused and unwanted items and let us know we can count on you by filling out the FUNDrive tracker.
EverWild T-Shirts: Designed by Teacher Kari!
Show your support for EverWild and your love for the natural wonders of the Treasure Valley. Kari has designed not only a shirt, but a scavenger hunt! Shirts, along with some new merch, are available for direct order using the button below.
Upcoming Events:
Holiday Make & Take
Sunday, December 7, 2025
4:00 PM 6:00 PM
Looking for an afternoon of creativity and crafting with the whole family?
Join us at Rediscovered Books for a fun-filled afternoon of holiday crafting and fundraising. Get creative with hands-on activities and make your own nature themed crafts to take home or give as gifts.
At this event you'll be able to create three different nature themed craft gifts to display or wrap up for holiday gifts for your loved ones. No experience needed, just come ready and have a great time!
Winter Solstice Spiral
Welcome in one of the longest nights of the year, while celebrating the light and warmth of your family.
2025-2026 School Year
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We hope you have a wonderful week! Be sure to follow along our adventures on Instagram and Facebook!
EverWild Forest School is an initiative under the umbrella of the National Outdoor Learning Alliance (NOLA), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. NOLA operates with a broader mission to amplify outdoor learning opportunities. This overarching organization provides crucial resources, funding, and support to various programs and initiatives, such as EverWild Forest School, that aim to increase access to outdoor learning for youth across the nation.
