Our Philosophy
Access for all
Proactively designing our spaces and institutions to meet a diverse set of accessibility needs and being open to learning and adapting new ways of doing things is the best way to make space accessible to everyone.
Proactively designing our spaces and institutions to meet a diverse set of accessibility needs and being open to learning and adapting new ways of doing things is the best way to make space accessible to everyone.
Community Care
We are all interconnected and all the children are ours. We build the world that we wish to give to all our children. We care for the land, animals, plants, waterways and each other.
Our public health policy using layers of protection is a central part of our commitment to community care.
We are all interconnected and all the children are ours. We build the world that we wish to give to all our children. We care for the land, animals, plants, waterways and each other.
Our public health policy using layers of protection is a central part of our commitment to community care.
Nature Stewardship
We are on unceded native land of the Massachusett tribe. We all have a responsibility to tend to this land, as we learn its history and teach our children to support native struggles for self-determination. We are part of our environment, just as “natural elements” - trees, mountains, bodies of water, and animals are. It is our duty to learn to care for and be with nature.
We are on unceded native land of the Massachusett tribe. We all have a responsibility to tend to this land, as we learn its history and teach our children to support native struggles for self-determination. We are part of our environment, just as “natural elements” - trees, mountains, bodies of water, and animals are. It is our duty to learn to care for and be with nature.
Notes on our Pedagogy
Child Led, Facilitator-Guided
Children learn best when they understand concepts in a concrete context related to the things they can see and understand. With scaffoldng from a skilled educator, children can build upon existing knowledge, incorporating new material and skills with greater confidence and interest.
We incorporate elements of traditional “building block” skills like literacy and math, through our mixed Reggio Emilio and Montessori inspired approach.
Children learn best when they understand concepts in a concrete context related to the things they can see and understand. With scaffoldng from a skilled educator, children can build upon existing knowledge, incorporating new material and skills with greater confidence and interest.
We incorporate elements of traditional “building block” skills like literacy and math, through our mixed Reggio Emilio and Montessori inspired approach.
Mixed-Age Outdoor Education
Mixed age education creates a range of opportunities for learning and growth - leadership and skill acquisition that is less available in traditional classrooms.
Older or children more advanced in a particular skillset, are able to teach one another. Similarly, younger children become encouraged to learn new skills when they see their older peers strive for mastery.
Vast body of research (and thousands of years of human experience!) show that being outdoors is important for regulation, wellbeing and mental and physical health.
Mixed age education creates a range of opportunities for learning and growth - leadership and skill acquisition that is less available in traditional classrooms.
Older or children more advanced in a particular skillset, are able to teach one another. Similarly, younger children become encouraged to learn new skills when they see their older peers strive for mastery.
Vast body of research (and thousands of years of human experience!) show that being outdoors is important for regulation, wellbeing and mental and physical health.