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Thursdays 10-11:30amDescription
This weekly drop-in class is for toddlers, preschoolers, and young children and their caregivers. Each week, we explore a new topic and spend time enjoying nature at Lower Highland Park. We have guided activities, but allow the children to take the lead when deciding how to spend their time. Activities include crafting, building, cooking, and nature studies. Playfully Wild! will run September-November 2024 and March-June 2025.
Developmentally and Environmentally Appropriate
Playfully Wild! combines whole-child development and environmental literacy to create a high-quality nature preschool aged program unlike anything else in the Endicott area. Children will develop a lifelong connection to nature, become part of a community of friends, and encounter new and challenging ideas every day. And because you remain with your child, you don’t miss a moment of the fun.
Resilient. Confident. Regulated.
Countless studies confirm the same thing: children in forest school develop stronger resiliency, self-confidence, and better well-being than children in typical preschool programs. Children practice risk assessment, develop balance and agility, problem solve, and more all through play in a wall-less classroom. This allows your child to grow their self-regulation skills in a natural and healthy way.
Child-Led Learning
Forest School is unique in that your child essentially writes OUR lesson plans. Traditionally, preschools have an agenda for learning goals and lesson plans. At The Moss House, we honor your child’s natural curiosity and trust the developmental process while guiding your child to follow their interests. We offer guided activities in line with the seasons, but happily take detours and allow your child to take the lead in their learning.
FUN
Every day in the forest brings new challenges and ideas. While children will enjoy the freedom to follow their curiosities, they can also choose from a variety of exciting and inspiring activities and projects each visit. Building a working model of a creek, learning to identify bird calls and mimicking them, roasting apples, and making mud faces on trees and rocks are all ways we engage your child to learn more about themselves and the world around them in order to encourage free thinking and naturally curious children.
Who
Toddlers, Preschoolers, and Young School Aged Children
Cost
$7/child, $14/family maxHow
No registration necessary, we'd love to have you join us if you can make it! We meet at Shelter 7 in Lower Highland Park.
More Info
Check The Moss House Facebook page for updates or cancellations.
