Natural Art of Play
Natural Art of Play offers a diverse landscape of play opportunities!
Our outdoor classroom is furnished with
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swings,
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slides,
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a dramatic play area complete with a mud kitchen,
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easels and low tables alongside ample art material (paint, glue, crayons, markers, scissors, loose part collage materials) for open-ended creating,
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a sandpit,
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a cozy area for quiet play and book reading,
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access to instruments, building blocks, balls, and dolls,
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and a gathering area for songs, stories and community building. Each child will be given a journal to record their observations or inspirations for the day.
Day to day activities, arts, and experimenting will vary based on the children’s interest in our child-led, emergent-curriculum based environment.
Each day, children will be given the opportunity to develop their fine motor, gross motor, language, social & emotional and cognitive development.
AM Cohort
8:30am-11:30am
8:30AM
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Arrival
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Use the bathroom
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Breakfast of a warm cereal and organic fruit is offered
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Children settle in with free play and morning connections as their classmates arrive
9am
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Community time- Children and teacher gather, sing songs, read stories, plan the day and introduce any investigations or provocations for the day
10AM
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Organic snack offered
10am-11:30AM
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Play; child-led, access to any and all of the above activities and more (depending on season and child-interest). Some guided activities and exploration as a group.
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End of day gathering- review our day, journal together, potty break & pick-up time.
PM Cohort
1pm-4pm
1pm
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Arrival
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Use the bathroom
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Children settle in with free play and morning connections as their classmates arrive
1:30pm
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Community time- Children and teacher gather, sing songs, read stories, plan the day and introduce any investigations or provocations for the day
2pm
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Organic snack offered
2pm-4pm
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Play; child-led, access to any and all of the above activities and more (depending on season and child-interest). Some guided activities and exploration as a group.
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End of day gathering- review our day, journal together, potty break & pick-up time.