Half Day Toddler

A Fully Outdoors Program for Our Littlest Explorers!

Our half day toddler program aensures children are getting the high quality outdoor time they need each day. Toddlers can run through open fields and meadows, recognize the earth as provider in the vegetable garden, and delight in the sensory encounter that smelling roses and herbs bestows on young learners.

Meeting in the same spot every day provides our students with the routine and structure essential for success. At the same time, every morning outside brings something new!   After the class has arrived, the group hikes to a different "adventure spot" each morning.  We carefully select these outdoor "classrooms" for safety and diversity of natural elements that support children's imagination and creativity. Regular spots include  Dirt Hills, a shady forest refuge where students can climb, explore, and engage in joyful mud play on rainy days, Construction World, where children can build forts, ships, and canopys, and Nest World, where children can play in a life-sized nest, re-enacting the life-cycle of a bird!

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Before heading to their lunch spot in the warmer months or home for a cup of cocoa in the winter, the children sit for a gratitude circle. If you were a robin in the tree, you'd hear some children cheer about jumping off logs, others beam about bugs, and still more who find fortifying friendships to be most memorable!