Our 2025 Weekly Summer Camps for Ages 2.5 to 13:
June: 16-20 | 23-27
July: 14-18 | 21-25 | 28-Aug 1
August: 4-8 | 11-15
Half & full-day options available (Full day available for ages 5 and up)
REGISTER HERE: https://forms.gle/ujKGwdQSUeDHq5fE7
June: 16-20 | 23-27
July: 14-18 | 21-25 | 28-Aug 1
August: 4-8 | 11-15
Half & full-day options available (Full day available for ages 5 and up)
REGISTER HERE: https://forms.gle/ujKGwdQSUeDHq5fE7
Welcome to
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What is a Nature School?
As a nature preschool Peaceful Gatherings will spend the day outside regardless of the weather. The only time that we will not be outside is in unsafe weather.
Unsafe weather is defined as follows:
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1. Nature is the central organizing concept of the program. That is, nature is the integrating thread that intentionally ties together the preschool’s philosophy, methodologies, classroom design, outdoor spaces, and public identity.
2. A nature preschool’s program is based on high-quality practices of both early childhood education (developmentally appropriate practices) and environmental education (principles of interpretation and the North American Association for Environmental Education’s “Guidelines for Excellence in Environmental Education”), requiring its teaching staff to have skills and experience in both early childhood education and environmental education. 3. A nature preschool program uses the natural world to support dual goals that address both child development and conservation values. These include the development of the world of the child (in all domains – cognitive, physical, social, emotional, aesthetic, and spiritual) and the development of an ecological identity or environmental ethic. (Natural Start Alliance, 2014) Figure 1. Bailie & Finch’s Definition of Nature Preschools (Natural Start Alliance, 2014). |