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Thinking, Creating, Reflecting: Impacting the Future

Nature Integrated Preschool

Ages 3 - 5

  • Date created

    March 1, 2018

  • Last updated

    April 18, 2026

Description

Children by nature are kinesthetic learners; this program gives them hands-on opportunities to learn and explore in an environment that stimulates the mind and body.  The children in this class will be developing empathy through teamwork, confidence, and self-esteem as they work together solving problems and exploring their environment.

Research finds that children are stimulated by the outdoors and typically experience, over time, an increase in their self-belief, confidence , learning capacity, enthusiasm, communication, problem solving skills, and emotional well-being.

What to Expect

We value taking the students’ lead and use their interests as ‘teachable moments;’ having choice keeps students engaged and focused.

We will maintain a flexible schedule, with a predictable flow of daily activities to ensure a trusting learning environment is offered.

Arrival:  Your child will be greeted by a teacher and guided to an area where small activities are available for exploration.

Large Group Activity:  Movement, stories, songs, team games, collaborative art projects

Discovery Time:   Exploring and using the senses to connect with the physical world around us.  Literacy, math, and science will be incorporated through classifying, sorting, counting, problem-solving, investigating, measuring, answering open-ended questions, observing, and hypothesizing.

Inside the Classroom

Preschool Highlights! Apr. 20 – Apr. 24

Tuesday Morning Work Time!Tuesday Music with Ms. Sue! You can 

Preschool Highlights! Mar. 23 – Mar. 27

Baby Chick Visit?! Tuesday was such a fun and exciting 

Preschool Highlights! Mar. 16 – Mar. 20

Drama with Miss Gigi! Monday in Drama, Miss GiGi read 

Preschool Highlights! Mar. 2 – Mar. 6

Music with Ms. Sue! We had so much fun shaking 

Preschool Highlights! Feb. 23 – Feb. 27

Farmer in the Dell with Ms. Gigi! On Tuesday with 

Preschool Highlights! Feb. 17 – Feb. 20

Drama with GiGi! The children had a blast acting out 

Preschool Supply List 2025-2026

1 – 2” three-ring binder labeled w/ name inside it

1 package unscented baby wipes

1 – 8oz bottle hand sanitizer

1 package of copy paper

1 – 8 count watercolors with brush

2 – 10 count washable Crayola Markers

2 – 4oz. bottle liquid glue

3 – rolls scotch tape

1 – roll of 1” blue painters’ tape (or other color)

2 – package stickers of your choice

2 – rolls paper towels

2 – boxes Kleenex

2 – Seventh Generation disinfecting wipes

1 – extra set of clothes labeled w/ name (shirt, pants, underwear, socks)

1 – pair of rain boots labeled with name

1 – wrapped birthday gift under $5 (please label if for boy, girl or both)

These items need to be brought daily:
1- backpack

1- water bottle labeled with child’s name (this will go home daily – please clean and refill)

1- daily snack for your child

Students who stay all day:
1- 11×11 fabric cube that holds a small blanket and pillow
lunch

Extras if you’d like to purchase:
Play dough

Gems and beads

Pom poms assorted sizes and colors

Craft sticks

Finger paint (primary colors)

Pipe cleaners

Dry erase markers (variety of colors)

Chalk

Blank greeting cards

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