Our Mission

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Our mission is to connect children to nature and their community by engaging them in the natural world through exploration and social-emotional development.

Our curriculum aims for hands-on, experiential learning outdoors. We emphasize:

• Nature connection: interconnectedness to each other and our ecological systems
• Multi-sensory science: using experimentation, hypothesis, and documentation
• Movement: hiking, running, climbing, rolling downhill, dancing, and other gross motor skills 
• Community building and social skills: entering play, conflict resolution, self-regulation, and social thinking. We also work to nurture close relationships within the group so the children trust their teachers and listen to each other as a community.
• Fine motor skills: building with natural materials, art projects, studying insects, and more! 
• Language development: We read books every day and use rich language in our teaching.
• Diversity and inclusion: We cultivate curiosity and appreciation for other cultures and traditions while building our own. 
• Confidence through skill-building and independence: We teach benefit-risk analysis in play and exploration. We strongly encouraging autonomy with gear and a child-led interest curriculum.
• "Since Time Immemorial" curriculum is utilized all year.