Our new Afternoon Program is a mixed-age program for 2 to 5 year-olds from 1-5pm. Class size is limited to 10 students.

Flow of the afternoon

Welcome Group Time at 1:00pm

Our time together begins with group time. This is the time when we reconnect and celebrate as we come together to share experiences, and make new friends.

Exploration of Materials

Wear old clothes and prepare to explore a wide range of beautiful, expressive media, for example, watercolor, clay, and collage. In-depth materials explorations give children the opportunity to develop their creativity, imagination and social skills. These explorations are set up as group experiences to encourage collaboration and problem-solving.

Open Snack-time & Outdoor Choice

Children’s growing bodies, minds, and spirits require nourishing foods free of pesticides, hydrogenated oils, and other chemicals designed to increase a product’s shelf life instead of human life. Our snacks include: fresh veggies and fruits, rice cakes, etc. Snack time is a time to share food, connect with our friends, and develop self-help skills. We understand and value the importance of children having time to connect with nature. Our beautiful outdoor environments give children time to explore nature through immerse experiences with clay, sand, water, natural materials and gardening. These experiences are set up to encourage children to connect with each other, develop peer relationships and make connections with nature.

Meeting time

We gather as a group to revisit our explorations and projects.

Clean-up Time

Everybody works together as we all clean up together. Caring for our environment helps the children develop the disposition to care and respect our space and materials.

Goodbye Circle

Our time together ends as it began, we come together to end our day.