Each week, from September through May, we will gather from 8:30am - 12:30pm. We will have the same schedule for both cohorts, and all students will be required to attend all three days. This schedule is support for children of this age, many of whom still need a nap, and also supports our state requirements for alternative education. We anticipate that this may change for older students as we grow.

In forest school, as in many of our pre-school and kindergarten environments, we center learning through play, and through physical movement. our days will be a mixture of free play, nature/focused basics in reading, counting, writing, STEM, math, etc— just like you would in a “normal” school— but instead of books and counting blocks, we have stories and acorns. A large part of young learning, especially under 7, is best integrated through motor development and physical activity, so most of our learning will be physical in nature. Climbing logs, making stone piles to count, tracking the shape of animal prints, learning seasons from, well, the actual seasons instead of a book.

We’ll walk, hike, sing, snack, play games, build fairy houses, and learn, outside, together.

Sample Schedule:

8:30am - Arrivals and Free Play
9:00am - Songs, Stories and Games
9:30am - Critter Craft + Lesson
10:15am - Forest Exploration Walk
11:00am - Snack + Nature-based OT
11:45am - Free Play
12:30pm - Pick Up

Yes! We will have access to covered shelter in case of inclement weather, but we will be outside all day. Enrolld students will receive a suggested clothing list. As we like to say, there is no wrong weather, only the wrong clothes!

To some extent, yes! We love children who thrive “outside the box!” We do, too. However, we are limited by our outdoor environment and the size of our enrollment / staff. If your child has special needs, please reach out and qe will evaluate together whether this is the right school for them.

Yes, all children need to be potty-trained or very-late in process with pull-ups, in order to attend.

The cost per month, per child at Wild Oaks is August - April, which includes 3 days of school per week, at four hours per day. Any sibling within a family will receive a $50/month discount. There is a one time non-refundable registration fee of $225 upon enrollment. to secure your spot. Payments are due on the first of each month, with a late fee of $25 if after the 5th.