Chesterfield Nature Academy hosts outdoor education programs for children in Chesterfield, VA. We believe that unstructured play in nature is the best way for young children to learn, and our mission is to give kids quality time outside while allowing them to follow their interests and fuel their natural desire to learn.
Here, children spend their time exploring our six privately owned wooded acres filled with blueberry bushes, pine trees and sweet pepperbush. They deepen their connection with nature while moving freely, engaging all of their senses, and using their natural surroundings to learn.
“Passion is lifted from the earth itself by the muddy hands of the young; It travels along grass-stained sleeves to the heart. If we are going to save environmentalism and the environment, we must also save an endangered indicator species: the child in nature.”
Richard Louv, Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder