Our Program Offerings
Nests
caregiver & me program
SUNDAYS, TUESDAYS - FRIDAYS YEAR-ROUND
AGES 0-4
Nests is an outdoor teaching and learning program for families and our littlest ones. Classes run from 9-11AM across four seasonal sessions consisting of 8 weeks each (Autumn, Winter, Spring & Summer).
In this program, we work together to cultivate a welcoming and joyful space for families and children to safely explore nature – and practice what it means to teach, learn and grow in anti-racist and anti-bias community. Each class is gently structured to include circle, story, snack and free play.
Join us as we sing, walk, leap, dig, run, sort, observe, smell, track, touch, listen, laugh, taste, tumble, climb, build, deconstruct, and work together. Minds, bodies, and spirits are engaged as we stretch our understandings of the place we live in and what it means to care for ourselves and each other.
program goals:
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introduce and practice age appropriate consent-based body awareness and safety skills
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share environmental knowledge amongst a multicultural group
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connect deeply with ourselves and our child(ren) through activities that focus on care, collaboration, and wonder
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build meaningful relationships with one another in a safe, anti-bias environment
Sample Morning Rhythm
9:00-9:15 Arrival and welcome
9:15-9:45 Morning circle & snack
9:45-10:45 Play Exploration
10:45-11 Closing circle
Now Enrolling
for 2024-2025!
program goals:
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introduce and practice age appropriate consent-based body awareness and safety skills
-
share environmental knowledge amongst a multicultural group
-
connect deeply with ourselves and our child(ren) through activities that focus on care, collaboration, and wonder
-
build meaningful relationships with one another in a safe, anti-bias environment
Sample Daily Rhythm
9:00 - 9:15 Drop-off
9:15 - 9:45 Play Exploration
9:45 - 10:00 Morning Circle
10:00 - 10:30 Snack
10:30 - 11:45 Environmental Exploration/Safety Skills/Garden Time
11:45 - 12:15 Lunch
12:15 - 1:30 Story/Handwork/Art
1:30 - 2:30 Play Exploration
2:30 - 2:45 Closing Circle
2:45 - 3:00 Pick-up
LIMITED SPACES AVAILABLE
Now Enrolling
for 2024-2025!
Gardens
pre-k/k pilot program
TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS SEPTEMBER-MAY
AGES 2.5-6
Gardens is a part-time pre-K/K program for children ages 3 to 6 with plans to grow into a full-time program by Autumn 2025. Building from our Nests (Caregiver & Me) rhythm, this program offers a gentle transition for children ready to further their learning in an educational setting where nature is their primary teacher.
This program is designed to nurture the whole child as they embark on their own learning journey. Each day children will be invited to participate in skill-building activities including healthy self expression, radical empathy, non-sectarian and inclusive spirituality, early literacy, numeracy and more.
Children will discover the joys of community while gaining important self introspection and conflict transformation skills. Together they will practice communicating and responding to boundaries as they navigate interactions with friends, their environment, and all its lifeforms.
The Gardens teacher(s) serve as an extension of the caregiver role as they model our consent-based, anti-bias, and anti-racist values. The teacher(s) follow the child, learning with and responding to each child's uniqueness in relationship to the cohort.
Journeys
primary school program
AGES 6-9
In the Journeys primary school program, children build upon what they already know and follow their curiosities while practicing being in anti-racist and anti-bias community. Transdisciplinary workshops will offer children the space to seek out and make connections between maths and sciences, arts, histories and cultures.
Throughout the year, children will encounter diverse knowledge systems through storytelling and the arts. They will balance their time in self-directed learning while working collaboratively with their peers and teacher(s) in a year-long family heritage project.
The Journeys teacher(s) will support children as they take their teaching and learning journeys across Edgerton Park's expansive 25 acres.
COMING
SOON
program goals:
Students will develop skills at their own pace in the following areas:
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Digital and civic literacy
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Identity, diversity, justice and action standards
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Noticing, studying, answering to and rebuilding relationships that exist in nature and societies
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And so much more
Sample Daily Rhythm
9:00 - 9:15 Drop-off
9:15 - 9:45 Play Exploration
9:45 - 10:00 Morning Circle
10:00 - 10:30 Snack
10:30 - 11:45 Environmental Exploration/Safety Skills/Garden Time
11:45 - 12:15 Lunch
12:15 - 1:30 Story/Handwork/Art
1:30 - 2:30 Play Exploration
2:30 - 2:45 Closing Circle
2:45 - 3:00 Pick-up