As the Natural Start Alliance highlights, nature preschools like ours hold "dual goals of promoting child development and developing children’s environmental literacy." For us, that means using nature as the central organizing theme for our entire program, and spending all of our instructional time outdoors!

Here's a peek at how your child will learn and explore with us:

• Sensory Fun: Touching soft moss, listening to birdsong, or smelling wildflowers. We engage all five senses for truly hands-on learning!

• Child-Led Discovery & Problem-Solving: They'll get plenty of chances to explore, experiment, and figure things out on their own, building independence and clever problem-solving skills. We also embrace the benefits of children’s healthy, appropriate risk-taking as they navigate and learn in the outdoor environment.

• Early Learning, Naturally: We mindfully weave in numbers (like counting acorns!), letters (finding shapes in nature!), patterns, and storytelling inspired by the world around us.

• Caring for Nature: Your child will build a real connection with the outdoors, observing local plants and animals, understanding how seasons change, and developing a lifelong love for our planet.

• Creative Play: Using sticks, leaves, and everything nature offers, they'll create art, build amazing structures, and dive into imaginative play.

• Growing Together: Through shared outdoor adventures, they'll learn to cooperate, share, and build friendships, forming lifelong social and emotional skills.

• Getting Active: From climbing and balancing to digging and exploring with natural "loose parts," they'll expand their physical development in the most fun way possible!