Most of our days will be spent outside under the shade of maple and oak trees, dancing out stories, painting our landscape, cooking and baking our own wholesome locally grown/organic snacks, singing songs and building bi-lingual Spanish/English language skills using hands-on creative and interactive games and natural artistic mediums.
Your child will have the opportunity to shape their own outdoor play area, through simple caring work like: planting, watering and harvesting plants of fruits, vegetables and herbs, mixing cob with their feet and hands to build a play house. Building a frog pond, stacking wood rounds and rocks. They will also have plenty of opportunities for climbing trees, jumping rope, building sand villages in the sand box, exploring water and other natural elements. Belmont park is only a block from our house for some structural climbing or water park fun and with a city bus stop just a block from our house, the city is ours for field trips; downtown, to city parks and recreation areas, nature walks and other fun community events.
Though our primary class space will be outside, during inclement weather or super hot or cold days, we may have to spend some time inside. Our indoor space will be a round beautiful sunny natural yurt structure made from non-toxic wood and canvas. In our inside space, your children may enjoy putting together a puzzle with a friend, molding clay or bees wax into fun shapes, putting on a puppet show, exploring some musical instruments or many, many other fun indoor activities. Workspaces in both our inside and outside spaces will be rotated out regularly, based on seasonal themes and the core interest of the group. These sections will be well thought out and neatly organized spaces that naturally encourage focus, creativity, interactive play, fine and gross motor skill development, critical thinking and depth.
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