WINTER/SPRING 2025 CORE CLASSES

Enrollment open to current students until December 13th.  Please email to be placed on our waitlist. 

For students 4 and 5 years~Drop off Class

Wednesdays 2.5 hours ~ 18 weeks

9:00-11:30

$576

Students may choose to add Geography to their weekly schedule.  

Science instruction will  follows the Preschool/Early K Nature School schedule. We delve into various subjects including insects, flowers, camouflage in nature, owls and more taking the teaching up just a notch compared with our younger nature schoolers.   Students will love our Rooted Math curriculum which includes lots of patterns, categorization, shapes and more.  Both our nature lessons and our math lessons are playful, engaging, hands on and appropriate for these young learners. Lots of opportunity to explore books, expand the lessons with creative play and ample free play to practice those social skills. Our Rooted Mindset curriculum is also included in this class.   Students should have independent toileting skills. Many of our 4/5 students stay for extended time, taking advantage of our Rooted Build Class. 

Enrollment open to current students until December 13th.  Please email to be placed on our waitlist. 

For Students 5-7 years ~Drop Off Class

Tuesdays 3.5 hours~18 weeks

9:00-12:30

$810

Students may choose to add Geography to their weekly schedule.  

Science and math instruction dive deep into subject areas, striving toward higher order thinking skills. Students keep a science/math notebook for reference and documentation of work. Rooted Math uses storytelling with our forest kids, Fern and Arrow and natural elements to teach K/1 math concepts.  Both Nature School and Rooted Math follow weekly themes along with project-based work. Our 5–7-year-old students gain practice in following directions, dissecting and matching elements of nature, guided project work and increasing their nature vocabulary. Our Rooted Mindset curriculum is also included in this class.  K/1 Nature School includes a guide for meaningful homework in math, science and practical life making it easy for parents to plan, document and enrich each week’s lessons. A curated list of book suggestions (most available at the library) is provided for each study subject.

Many of our K/1 students stay for extended time, taking advantage of our Rooted Projects. 

Enrollment open to current students until December 13th.  Please email to be placed on our waitlist. 

For Students 6-8 years ~Drop Off Class

Mondays 3.5 hours~18 weeks

9:00-12:30

$810

Students may choose to add Geography to their schedule.

Our 1/2 class follows much of the routine of our K/1 class. In addition, our 6–8-year-old students gain practice in writing, labeling, following directions independently, organizing work and planning a project. STEAM elements are in play throughout our class to foster problem solving skills, collaboration and creativity. We work on students’ executive functioning to build planning skills, self- control, working memory, strong habits, time management, organization and responsibility. Our Rooted Mindset curriculum is also included in this class.  1/2 Nature School includes a guide for meaningful homework in math, science and practical life making it easy for parents to plan, document and enrich each week’s lessons. A curated list of book suggestions (most available at the library) is provided for each study subject.

Many of our 1/2  students join the project class to further their knowledge, spark their creativity and enjoy time with like-minded friends. 

Enrollment open to current students until December 13th.  Please email to be placed on our waitlist. 

For Students 8-10 years

Drop off Class

Thursdays 3 hours ~ 16 weeks

9:00-12:00

$594 - 18 weeks

This class, for our older student, explores science through experiments, microscopes and other scientific tools.  Students learn experimental design.  Students will create and end of year project board based on a science experiment of their choice.  Students learn about the many naturalists who have made contributions to the scientific world including Jane Goodall, Alexander Von Holmberg, Carlos Linnaeus and more.  This class works on writing, researching, grammar practice, and public speaking.  Some of the subjects include tree anatomy, plant cells, formation of mountain ranges and the solar system.  Appropriate weekly writing homework is expected.