Cascade Kids Nature School

Fall 2026 Wild Pages Adventure Club Registration

Interested in registering for our Wild Pages Adventure Club? Go to this page to fill out an application.

Wild Pages Adventure Club

A book club like you've never experienced before!

All aboard! Join us this September and October for our fall session of Wild Pages Adventure Club, where beloved stories come to life through hands-on outdoor adventures.

This season we'll journey into the classic American novel The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner. Rather than simply reading the story, children will step inside it—building shelters, Dutch oven cooking, solving mysteries, exploring nature, keeping journals, nature crafting, learning wilderness skills, and discovering the joy of outdoor adventure alongside new friends.

Through this immersive experience, students will strengthen reading comprehension, critical thinking, communication, and language arts skills while developing practical outdoor and homesteading skills, confidence, creativity, and a deeper connection with nature.

Perfect for children who love:

📚 Great stories

🌲 Exploring the outdoors

🏕️ Building forts and shelters

🍳 Outdoor cooking

🔎 Solving mysteries

🎨 Hands-on crafts and projects

🌿 Nature exploration and imaginative play

We can't wait for you to climb aboard and join the adventure!

Program Details

📅 Dates: Thursdays, September 10, 17 & 24, and October 1 & 8

🕐 Time: 1:00–3:00 PM

👧 Ages: 6–10 years old

📍 Location: Provo Canyon

💲 Program Fee: $195

Ready to join us? Visit our Registration page and complete the Google Form to reserve your child's spot!

For more detials check out our FAQ/Policies page!

Led by an Experienced Educator

Wild Pages Adventure Club is taught by Katie Marchant, founder and lead teacher of Cascade Kids Nature School. Katie brings a wealth of experience working with children as a retired elementary school teacher with more than eight years of classroom experience, a former children's ski instructor, and an experienced outdoor educator. She is passionate about helping children develop a love of reading, learning, and nature through meaningful, hands-on experiences.

Want to learn more? You can read more about Katie and her background toward the bottom of our Home page.

About Cascade Kids

We explore, we play, we grow each day!

At Cascade Kids Nature School, every day is an adventure! We explore, make friends, and discover the wonders of nature together.

The outdoors is our classroom, we spend 100% of our time in nature, in every season, and all kinds of weather. Our program encourages curiosity and independence, while thoughtfully integrating academic learning in a natural, play-based way. Children learn at their own pace through adventure, connection, and discovery, building a strong foundation for both academics and a lifelong love of learning.

2026 Summer Day Camps

Learning, hiking, connecting! Come explore with us this summer, our day camps are packed with outdoor fun and hands-on adventures!

Wild Utah: Powerful Plants!

This summer, we’re thrilled to present our theme: Wild Utah: Powerful Plants. Campers will dive into the fascinating world of Utah’s native plants, discovering how seeds grow, exploring the plant life cycle, and learning how plants shape our local ecosystems.

We offer two camps designed for different age groups: Trail Lambs Day Camp (ages 4–7) and Mountain Rams High Adventure Camp (ages 8–11).

Trail Lambs Day Camp (4-7):

Each day features guided hikes, interactive lessons, read-alouds, group motor-skill activities, creative nature crafts, and plenty of free play and discovery time in the great outdoors. This camp is located at Rock Canyon Park, Provo, Utah each day of camp.

Mountain Rams High Adventure Camp (8-11):

Hiking, scootering/biking, creek exploration/water play, geocaching, and dutch oven cooking! This older group builds skills and confidence during an unforgettable week of high-adventure fun. Each of the four days features a different outdoor challenge while also weaving in this year’s theme: Wild Utah: Powerful Plants. If the weather is warm, campers will also stay cool with fun water games and activities!

Drop-off and pick-up locations may vary each day based on the activity. All locations will be within Utah County, typically in the Provo/Orem area.

Check out our FAQ page for questions

Fill out the google form to submit a registration application today!

We are offering two separate week-long sessions this year (Monday-Thursday):

Session 1: Trail Lambs

When: June 8-11, 9:00am-11:30am

Ages: 4-7

Where: Rock Canyon Park, Provo, UT

Program fee: $125

Session 2: Mountain Rams

When: June 8-11, 1:00pm-3:30pm

Ages: 8-11

Where: Various Parks/Trailheads in Utah County

Program Fee: $125

Parent Note: If your child is near the edge of our age ranges (ages 3, 7, 8, or 12), we may be able to place them in either the younger or older group, depending on fit. Please consider their hiking experience, stamina, and comfort level when choosing.

Our older group participates in more high-adventure activities. Such as river rafting, Dutch oven cooking, and scootering/biking. They take longer, faster-paced hikes.

Our younger group spends more time on crafts, group games, read-alouds, free play, exploring, and enjoys gentler, shorter hikes.

If your child is on the edge of the age range and has a sibling enrolled, you may choose to keep them together by placing your child in the older or younger group. Whichever feels like the best overall fit.

The Person Behind Cascade Kids

Katie Marchant, Founder, Owner, and Lead Teacher of Cascade Kids, brings a wealth of experience and a lifelong love of the outdoors to her work with children. She is a licensed teacher with 3+ years of previous experience in preschool education, over 8 years of experience teaching in public elementary schools, and is even a former children’s ski instructor.

Katie grew up in the Pacific Northwest, where her childhood was filled with fort building, blackberry picking, and endless adventures in the woods (ask her sometime about the crow that stole her burger!). Her love of nature has only grown since moving to Utah to attend BYU, where she has lived for the past 16 years.

Along with her children, she has completed the 1000 hours outside challenge three times and counting! She enjoys skiing, hiking, mountain biking, camping, dutch oven cooking, kayaking, and just about any adventure outdoors. Katie is passionate about teaching and inspiring a love of the outdoors in the next generation.

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