Nurtured by Nature Outdoor Exploratory School is an all-outdoor forest preschool and kindergarten program for children ages 4-7. We use a child-led, play-based approach with integrated aspects from European Forest Schools, Waldorf and Regio Emilio Philosophies, and Environmental Education. Our mission is to provide a community of young learners immersed in and connected to nature, using children's intrinsic sense of wonder and imagination.
We offer full-day, year-round programming. Enrollment is open, contingent on availability. We also offer Session Enrollment for Spring, Summer, and Fall. We are now enrolling for both year-round and session-based programs. We offer small adult-to-child ratios. The staff is ECE-certified and well-versed in outdoor programming.
Nurtured by Nature is a mobile forest school, meaning that we occupy a natural space in one community for approximately one month and then move to a new natural space in a different community the following month. Moving locations has many benefits, but perhaps the most important is that new surroundings allow children to apply, modify, and enhance recently acquired skills.
