Daily Schedule

Optional Before School Program:

8:30-9:30 - Before School Program

Our before school program will provide a healthy and filling breakfast. Children can eat breakfast anytime they arrive between 8:30-9:30. Breakfast will not be served after 9:30. After breakfast the children will be offered free choice of the following activities:

Art, manipulatives, and puzzles
Outdoor activities on the playground
Reading

On rainy/cold days we will dress the children in their muddy buddy suits and boots before moving into our forest program.

Forest School Program:

9:30-10:30 - Free Choice

Our free choice activities are designed to promote investigation, inspiration, social connections, and mental growth. Daily activities will be developed based upon child interest and teacher observations. They will be developed to support the developmental needs of children. Daily activities will include:

Exploration of the forest and projects that the children may be interested in.
Daily art and nature crafting activities.
Educationally enriching activities such as mathematics, science, and pre-literacy skills embedded in the forest school learning environment.
Activities that promote the development of fine motor skills such as picking edible native berries, cutting leaves, learning to tie knots, and a wide variety of other fine motor activities.
Gross motor activities that fit within the natural forest environment such as climbing on stumps, balancing on logs, running, and carrying materials to make a shelter.