Threes
3-year-olds
Adults to children: 1 adult to 8 childrenGroup size: 16
- Three mornings8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. · Monday, Wednesday and FridayOffered
- Five mornings8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. · Monday to FridayOffered
Programs
Programs by age and days
One mixed group of threes and fours on the land. Choose three or five mornings, or the two full days.
Fours
4-year-olds
Adults to children: 1 adult to 8 childrenGroup size: 16- Three mornings8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. · Monday, Wednesday and FridayWaitlist
- Five mornings8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. · Monday to FridayOffered
- Two full days8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. · Tuesday and ThursdayOffered
Fees and what each is for
- Registration
- Opens your family's file and covers the forms and enrollment materials. It is due once, when you accept a place.
- Tuition
- Set by the child's age and the days a week they come. We go through the figures on the tour.
- Gear shelf
- Spare boots, rain pants and mittens for the days a child outgrows or forgets a layer.
- Farm and garden supplies
- Seeds, tools and the feed for the animals on farm day.
Sample programs.
A forest morning
A morning, in order
The order stays the same from day to day. Only the place changes.
- 8:30
Step 1: Arrive at the barn
Families sign in at the barn door. Boots go on, bags go on the hooks and a teacher says where the day will be.
- 8:50
Step 2: Walk out
The group walks to the day's place together, with a teacher at the front and another at the back.
- 9:15
Step 3: Open play
Children choose where to start: a den, a digging place, the garden, a log to balance on. The teachers join in and listen.
- 10:30
Step 4: Snack outside
Everyone washes up at the portable tap and eats at the log table. Snack is fruit, bread and water.
- 11:15
Step 5: Story and song circle
A story, a song or a sit-spot minute, then a look back at what we found this morning.
- 12:00
Step 6: Walk back
Back to the barn room to warm up, change wet socks and wait for pickup.
Tuesday and Thursday
On a full day
The morning is the same. The afternoon is slower.
Lunch together
Children eat lunch from their own bags at the picnic tables, or in the barn room when it is cold.
A quiet hour
Mats, books and soft voices in the barn room. Children who don't rest can look at a book or draw.
An afternoon project
Something that takes longer than a morning: baking bread, repotting seedlings or building a bigger den.
Come and see a forest morning
A tour takes a morning, so you see how the day runs.