With the launch of our TimberNook programming at the Avon Hills Folk School June 13-15th, we’ve invited TimberNook founder, Angela Hanscom to give a presentation to our community.

Join us on June 14th from 6:00-7:30pm at the Weber Center on the campus of Saint John’s Preparatory School to hear from Angela, learn about TimberNook, the Avon Hills Folk School and participate in a Q&A session.

Why TimberNook?

As we continue to decrease children’s time and space to move and play outdoors, we are seeing a simultaneous rise in the number of children that are presenting with sensory and motor deficits. At the same time, classroom teachers are observing more and more children having trouble with attention, falling out of their seats in school, increased clumsiness, and even aggressiveness with games like tag on the playground.

So, how can we reverse this alarming trend of sensory and motor issues in children? How can we ensure that children are fully engaging their body, mind, and all of their senses?

Using the same philosophy that lies at the heart of her popular TimberNook program—that nature is the ultimate sensory experience, and that psychological and physical health improves for children when they spend time outside on a regular basis—Angela Hanscom offers several strategies to help children thrive in outdoor environments using a therapeutic approach to nature play.

Angela J. Hanscom is a pediatric occupational therapist and founder of TimberNook—an award winning developmental and nature-based program that has gained international popularity. She is the author of Balanced and Barefoot: How Unrestricted Outdoor Play Makes for Strong, Confident, and Capable Children. Hanscom is also a frequent contributor to The Washington Post and in 2019 won a Small Business of the year award for the State of New Hampshire.