Who licenses us, and what we do on the trail

License

Adults to children

• 1:101 adult to 10 children

  3-year-olds

  Group size: 12

• 1:121 adult to 12 children

  4-year-olds

  Group size: 12

Staff checks and training

• Background checks
• CPR and first aid
• Mandated reporter training

Safety routines

• Weather rules

  We go out in rain, snow and cold in the right layers. We stay in the yurt for thunder, lightning and strong wind, and when it is very cold we shorten our time outside. The Outdoors page lists each rule.

• Headcounts

  An adult counts the group when we leave the yurt, at every stop and when we come back. One adult walks at the front and one at the back, and children learn the spot where we stop and wait.

• First aid

  An adult trained in first aid and CPR is with every group and carries the kit and a phone. We tell you the same day about anything more than a bump or a scrape.

• Sign-in and pickup

  An adult signs each child in at the yurt door and signs them out at pickup. A child goes only with the people on your list, and we ask for ID until we know you.

• Boundaries and the site walk

  Children learn the edges of our play area from the first week and stay where an adult can see them. Before each morning we walk the area to check the ground, the branches and the sky.

• Ticks, sun and bugs

  We keep to the trail and the cleared play areas, ask families to do a tick check at home, and look at hats and boots at the door. On hot mornings we find shade and keep water close.