Play is necessary! It gives children a chance to express themselves without direction from adults. Play is not only a fundamental right of children, it is vital for emotional, physical and social growth and development.

Independence! Having the autonomy to plan their day, their play gives children responsibility and independence. Being out in nature offers unlimited opportunities to provoke curiosity and stoke imagination.

Trust is key! – Our educators work hard to understand our kids and meet them where they are. With low ratios (1:8) we really get to know each child and foster their best self.

Always outside! With the proper gear, the weather is just another friend offering opportunities to learn and explore. We get to know and love nature intimately.

“Perhaps play would be more respected if we called it something like “self-motivated practice of life skills, “ but that would remove the light-heartedness from it and thereby reduce its effectiveness.

So we are stuck with the paradox. We must accept play’s triviality in order to realize its profundity.“

Peter Gray – Free to Learn