Timbernook Baton Rouge

09/04/2026

09/02/2026

🌿 OUT OF SCHOOL FOR STAFF DEVELOPMENT DAY? WE'VE GOT YOU! 🌿

Looking for something fun, active, and meaningful for the kids on Friday, September 11?

Send them to TimberNook! 🌲

We’re opening up a ONE-DAY TimberNook adventure for children who are out of school for Staff Development Day!

✨ Friday, September 11
⏰ 12:00–3:00 PM
🌿 Ages 4–13
📍 The Haven of Ascension
💲 $45/child

Kids will spend the afternoon immersed in child-led outdoor play, creative challenges, building, exploring, problem-solving, movement, and plenty of opportunities to connect with friends.

No screens. No sitting still. Just 3 hours of purposeful, adventurous play! 💚

Whether your child is already a Castaways participant or you've never experienced TimberNook before, this is a great way to come play for a day!

🎟️ Spaces are limited—register now!

👉 Register here:

HTTPS://timbernook.com/program/castaways-timbernook-baton-rouge-2/

09/02/2026

🌿 What if PE could build more than physical skills?

At TimberNook, children are given the freedom, time, and space to tackle real challenges through adventurous, child-led outdoor play.

A stick becomes a tool.
A pile of loose parts becomes a fort.
A disagreement becomes an opportunity to practice communication.
A problem becomes something to solve together.

Through play, children naturally develop:

🤝 Conflict Resolution — learning to negotiate, communicate, compromise, and work through disagreements with peers.

🌱 Social Growth — building friendships across ages, practicing leadership, cooperation, empathy, and teamwork.

💪 Strength & Capability — taking healthy risks, using their bodies, building confidence, and discovering, “I can do hard things!”

🧠 Creative Problem Solving — imagining, designing, testing ideas, adapting plans, and finding solutions when things don't go as expected.

At TimberNook, children aren't simply told how to solve problems—they are given meaningful opportunities to experience challenges and discover what they are capable of.

🌲 CASTAWAYS | 8-Week Homeschool PE & Enrichment

📅 Fridays | 12:00–3:00 PM

👧 Ages 4–13

💲 $275 for 8 weeks

📍 The Haven of Ascension

🌿 Payment plans available

Give your child the freedom to move, create, collaborate, problem-solve, and grow in capability—all while having the kind of childhood adventure they will remember.

✨ Register now for Castaways!

👉 Visit TimberNook.com to register.

08/28/2026

Conservation starts at home.

This is so true: The connection kids build with nature early in life can stay with them for years.

Who helped you connect with nature as a child? A parent? A teacher? A Scout or Guide leader?

What helped form the connection? How will you pass it along?

Our parents took us camping and hiking and canoeing and skiing and oh goodness how grateful I am to them!

My husband and I are trying our best to pass along those same habits and traditions to our boys, with a few new ones added in. And we hope our boys continue the thread!

08/27/2026

Excited to host this group!

Check out some of our upcoming events! For more info on how to join us or how to become a CHEF member, please reach out!

08/26/2026

🌿 Strong hands. Growing brains. Outdoor play does it all!

At TimberNook, kids build grip strength, hand-eye coordination, and dexterity naturally through digging, climbing, carrying, building, pulling, twisting, and creating with loose parts. 💪🌳

The best part? They’re not doing “exercises”—they’re playing, exploring, and having fun.
🌲 Real play. Real movement. Real-life skills.

Register now for fall programs, at TimberNook.com

Contact Jessica Webb Geraci for questions, or with interest in field trips or birthday parties.

Email: [email protected]
Phone: 504-259-5627

08/24/2026

Angela Hanscom founder of TimberNook and Author of Balanced and Barefoot did this recent interview with Huffington Post and I LOVE her passion and willingness to be a child advocate for ALL children!! Let’s gooooo!

08/23/2026

Highlights from our summer camps, Next up…. Fall Programs, Field Trips, and Birthday Parties Galore!