We are a group of outdoor guides and teachers who have worked with children for many years. Our experiences have led us to believe that kids can learn and grow tremendously by exploring together in nature.
Our goal is to create a fun and enriching exploring club where kids will learn, build new friendships, and foster positive relationships with nature. All Ramblin' Adventure Club outdoor teachers have been finger printed and background checked, and we are fully insured.
Our goal is to create a fun and enriching exploring club where kids will learn, build new friendships, and foster positive relationships with nature. All Ramblin' Adventure Club outdoor teachers have been finger printed and background checked, and we are fully insured.
Courtney CastañosRamblin’ Adventure Club Co-Founder, Certified California Naturalist, UCSC Masters in Education & B.A. in Art, California Multiple Subject Teaching Credential, Santa Cruz Adventurers Founder
When I take kids out hiking the first thing I notice is a shift in temperament; they relax, become engaged with their senses, they giggle loudly and run wild or become solemn and focused and fix themselves on investigating. As an educator who had worked with children for 15 years I dreamed of becoming a classroom teacher. I wanted to be that teacher that I rarely got as a public school student, inspiring, empathetic, creative and caring. After working in public school classrooms and seeing first hand the negative effects ever increasing budget cuts, classroom sizes, and heavy emphasis on high stakes testing has on hard working teachers and students I realized the classroom wasn’t for me. I shifted from 32 students to 12, from circle rugs to redwood circles, from textbooks to field guides and instead of worksheets we have newts, acorns, miner’s lettuce and limestone. |
Nick BischoffAssociation for Environmental and Outdoor Education Northern California Outdoor Educator of the Year 2018, UCSC B.A. in Community Studies, Certified California Naturalist, Certified Wilderness First Responder, Red Cross CPR Certified, Teaching at Ramblin' since 2015
I grew up creek walking, catching lizards behind my elementary school, and mountain biking Marin’s fire roads. These experiences had a huge impact on me growing up and I want to share it with others. I believe it is important to get outside, take some time to explore what is around us, and to connect to this amazing diverse local ecosystem. There are a lot of benefits of having children play outside including, improved creativity, problem solving, and social relations. Every child should have the opportunity to explore the natural world and have the opportunity to connect to place, community, and nature. |
A huge thank you to all of the wonderful teachers who have supported Ramblin' over the years. Ramblin' would not be the program it is today without all of the hard work, dedication, and love you put into teaching and caring for our students. To see our past teachers and where they have gone on in their careers click the button below: