Wild Rhythm
Where nature, creativity, and connection come alive.
Wild Rhythm is a unique outdoor program where children are invited to explore, create, play, and grow together.
Rooted in music, storytelling, mindfulness, and nature connection, our days give your children a natural space to ground in mindfulness practices, learn and create songs and stories, and express themselves freely in the great outdoors.
We believe children thrive when they feel safe, connected, and free to be themselves. From that foundation, creativity and confidence naturally emerge.
A Different Kind of Day
A Wild Rhythm Day might find us making music beneath the trees, bringing a story to life, exploring a river, playing a ridiculous group game, learning a new outdoor skill, sitting quietly and listening to the forest, or creating something together that none of us could have planned. We’ll use the year to lay down foundational concepts and then build upon them. Creating new songs together, and embodying stories deep in our memory.
Our days weave together four central elements
Mindfulness
Simple, playful practices that help children develop awareness, emotional regulation, and a deeper relationship with themselves and others
Music
Singing, rhythm, instruments, improvisation, and collaborative music-making that invite creativity and self-expression.
Storytelling
Traditional tales, imaginative storytelling, drama, and opportunities for children to discover the power of their own voice.
Nature & Adventure
Time spent fully immersed in the natural world — exploring forests, rivers, trails, and wild spaces through play, curiosity, challenge, and discovery. Nature is both our classroom and our inspiration, offering endless opportunities for growth, resilience, and wonder.
Meet Mike & Sally
Wild Rhythm is led by Mike Diaconu and Sally Plummer, two experienced nature educators with more than 30 years of experience working with children and youth.
Sally is an award-winning storyteller with a gift for bringing imagination, humour, and deeply creative activities that inspire wonder in young learners. Mike is a musician and mindfulness facilitator who brings music, movement, reflection, and play into his work with young people. Sally and Mike have been working together for the past five years and their synergy speaks for itself!
Together, we create days that are playful and adventurous while being grounded in something deeper: helping children feel that they belong, that their voice matters, and that they have something unique to contribute.
About Wild Rhythm Days
Growing through connection, creativity, and the natural world.
Our Approach
Our program brings together four practices that have shaped our own lives and our work with children: mindfulness, music, storytelling, and outdoor adventure.
Mindfulness
Mindfulness gives children practical ways to understand their inner world. Rather than asking children simply to “calm down” or “pay attention,” we explore what attention actually feels like. Through movement, sensory awareness, games, quiet reflection, and age-appropriate mindfulness practices, children learn to notice their emotions, bodies, thoughts, and surroundings with greater curiosity.
Music
Music creates connection almost instantly. We sing, explore rhythm, play instruments, improvise, and create songs together. Children don't need to consider themselves musicians. The emphasis is on participation, listening, experimentation, and discovering the joy of making something together.
Storytelling
Stories have always helped human beings make sense of the world. We share traditional stories, folktales, ridiculous stories, meaningful stories, and stories created by the children themselves. Through storytelling, drama, and imaginative play, children practice listening, speaking, creativity, empathy, and the courage to express themselves.
Adventure
And, of course, we are outside. Forests, rivers, trails, rocks, mud, changing weather, unexpected discoveries, and plenty of games are part of the experience. Nature provides endless opportunities to experience awe and reverence - the slime trail of a banana slug, the spores on a fern, and our felt sense of unity with it all.