Let your Kindergartener flourish in the forest. Our curriculum is a blend of Waldorf principles, European forest school approaches, and rooted in play-based practices. Ages 5-8 years old.
Each day we offer unstructured play as an important time for children to socialize, express ideas, problem solve, explore and connect to nature. We take a wellness moment for children to reflect and observe their surroundings. Long periods of exploration and discovery are offered along with a daily activity. Classes are 3 hours long.
September 2023 – May 2024
Location
Eagle (Eagle Island State Park), Idaho
165 Eagle Island Pkwy, Eagle, ID 83616
Days
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday
Times
AM 9:15am-12:15pm
PM 12:45pm-3:45pm
Each program-Fall, Winter, and Spring are 11 week long sessions.
You choose how many days per week you want your child to attend and then you choose either an AM or a PM time slot!
Class Options:
All classes include a lesson, songs, wellness moment, journaling, storytelling, and unstructured free play.
Monday: Bushcraft Skills
Nature presents challenges! In this class we will learn basic, age appropriate, wilderness and survival skills such as outdoor safety, shelter building, knots, fire making skills and safety, plant identification, and navigation.
Tuesday: Art & Handicraft
In this class we will work on strengthening our fine-motor skills while we create using clay, beeswax, mud, sewing, finger knitting, nature crafting, and more.
Wednesday: Outdoor Cooking
Calling all choppers, peelers, stirrers, and taste testers. This class is sure to bring out the chef in us all as we create and share meals and snacks outdoors together.
Thursday: Adventure Club
This class brings all the days together in a child led, teacher supported mash up. It will include water/mud/snow play, hiking and exploring, games and life skills, sensory connections, crafting and creating, and lots of fun and adventure.
Tuition
1 day/week
- Season Total: $494
- Plus $100 enrollment fee due upon registration
2 days/week
- Season Total: $941
- Plus $100 enrollment fee due upon registration
3 days/week
- Season Total: $1270
- Plus $100 enrollment fee due upon registration
4 days/week
- Season Total: $1614
- Plus $100 enrollment fee due upon registration
Payment
*Early Bird Special: Get 50% off the enrollment fee when you register by February 6th, 2023!
- Enrollment fee is due upon registration.
- Fall season payment is due by August 11, 2023.
- You have the option to pay each season in full or in monthly payments.
- There is a 5% discount when you pay the season in full (shown in chart above).
- Pay through Brightwheel- we will send you an invoice to your email within a week of you completing the enrollment form.
- Venmo available upon request.
- Additional siblings registered pay a $50 enrollment fee and get a discount of 10% off.
- Late fees apply (see parent handbook).
- Each class has a 6 student minimum for enrollment.
- For the monthly plan- a 30 day withdrawal notice is needed if no longer continuing with program.
- There are NO refunds on tuition.
2023-2024 Calendar
September 11th – December 1st (Thanksgiving Break November 20-24th)
December 4th – March 8th
(Holiday Break December 25th – January 7th)
(Holiday on January 15th)
(Holiday on February 19th)
March 11th – May 31st (Spring Break March 18th-22nd)
(Holiday on May 27th)
Questions?
Please contact our Forest Kindergarten Coordinator, Melissa at: melissawildbeginnings@yahoo.com
