Forgotten Skillz offers hands-on workshops, outdoor experiences, and experiential education programs across Long Island. Our events explore the connections between nature, traditional skills, cultural history, craft, science, stewardship, and human ingenuity through direct participation and discovery.
Programs may take participants into the woods to learn fire-making, navigation, foraging, ecology, or wilderness skills; into the workshop to explore historic crafts and technologies; or into the past through activities inspired by the ways people have created, adapted, solved problems, and understood their world. Events are designed for a range of ages and experience levels, with opportunities for children, teens, adults, families, homeschool communities, and the general public.
SkillCraft Lab is an ongoing outdoor homeschool class by Forgotten Skillz where ages 7–11 build practical skills, confidence, curiosity, and problem-solving ability through hands-on learning in nature.
A hands-on SkillCraft Lab for ages 11–14 that builds practical capability, confidence, and teamwork through this session’s focus on Wilderness Survival Basics.
A hands-on SkillCraft Lab for ages 11–14 that builds practical capability, confidence, and teamwork through this session’s focus on Wilderness Survival Basics.
Join us on September 12th from 10am to noon for a hands-on Coil Basket Weaving Workshop that will take you on a journey through history while teaching you a time-honored skill.
SkillCraft Lab is an ongoing outdoor homeschool class by Forgotten Skillz where ages 7–11 build practical skills, confidence, curiosity, and problem-solving ability through hands-on learning in nature.
A hands-on STEAM experience for ages 11–14 where students investigate, experiment, design, and solve real-world problems through curiosity, creativity, and collaboration.
A hands-on teen workshop exploring bookbinding, written communication, and the history of how people preserved and shared ideas.
Master modern ignition tools while exploring how ancient firekeepers prepared for the next flame — carrying and preserving fire as both a tool and a symbol of human continuity. Hosted by the Sands Point Preserve.
Master modern ignition tools while exploring how ancient firekeepers prepared for the next flame — carrying and preserving fire as both a tool and a symbol of human continuity. Hosted by the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum.
Master modern ignition tools while exploring how ancient firekeepers prepared for the next flame — carrying and preserving fire as both a tool and a symbol of human continuity. Hosted by CEED in Brookhaven.
Every Forgotten Skillz event is built around learning by doing. Whether you are trying something for the first time or building on skills you already have, our programs invite you to experiment, ask questions, work with real materials, and discover new ways of looking at the natural and human world.
Explore the calendar above to find upcoming Forgotten Skillz workshops and events throughout Long Island.
