We are planning on putting up a yurt in our backyard to serve as the indoor classroom. This is our friend Kyle's yurt. Luna and her friend Wren are in the foreground. A yurt, for those unfamiliar, is an adaptation of a traditional Mongolian housing structure, made with a wooden lattice frame covered with waterproofed canvas and nylon. It will be a light and airy structure. Ours will include wooden doors and windows and be on a foundation with a cedar deck. We also like yurts because they are circles, and spending time in the yurt will keep the kids connected to nature and the directions of the seasons.
To give you an idea of what the inside space would be equipped with, here are some examples of stations that would be available in various combinations throughout the year based on a theme we are working on or a particular sessions: Dress up, wooden blocks, puzzles, books, puppetry, interactive games, kitchen/city market section with money exchange booth, arts and crafts table, interactive science table (i.e. shells, insects, flowers/plants, rocks), musical instruments, small stage area, small and gross motor skill manipulation tools, tools to build cognitive and language (both Spanish and English) skills, Letter, number, shape, color matching games and exercises.
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