Come join us for the 2023-24 school year!
~We successfully launched Curious and Kind Education in Spring of 2023 and are ready for more!~
2 Programs:
~Nature Stay and Play (ages walking - 7 years old)~
~Forest School/Self-directed learning Drop off program (ages 5-8 and 8-12 years old)~
Welcome to
Curious and Kind Education
Curious and Kind Education empowers children to learn about themselves, others and nature by developing their minds and bodies. Using a play-based approach, children follow their interests and direct their own learning. The forest setting sparks curiosity and children grow strong roots and confident branches.
When children come into contact with nature, they reveal their strength.
Maria Montessori
Our Approach to Education...
Play is the highest form of research.
Albert Einstein
Curious and Kind Education merges Forest School and Agile Learning Center principles with Montessori and Reggio inspired approaches to make a unique offering for each child that is grounded in:
- Play-based learning
- Inquiry-based learning
- Emergent curriculum
- Self-identified and directed
- Kindness towards self, others and nature
- Listening and observation of the child
- Place based education
- Environmental stewardship
- Resilience based: immersion in a variety of weather
- Exploration of the natural world and local habitats
There are intentional coaching moves we take to support emerging literacy including enjoying plentiful read alouds, dialoguing, using high level vocabulary, engaging children in storytelling and retelling, playing with words and mark marking (early writing) which are done in this forest setting.
Justine Wilson
Founder of Curious and Kind on early literacy in a nature setting
