Wood Gnomes - Fall 2025
At Wood Gnomes, children will connect to nature through engaging in imaginative play outdoors and learning practical life skills. We will create a community with each other by participating in group music making, enjoying sensory awareness games and playing in our beautiful mountain creek. Children will build resilience, strong immune systems and close bonds with each other through spending time outdoors together in the elements. They’ll build confidence as they learn practical outdoor skills such as fire making and campfire cooking and gain respect for the level of focus and care that they require. On rainy days we’ll cozy up around a fire under our tarp. We will provide hands-on experiences digging in the garden, planting seeds and watching them grow.
Each day at forest kindergarten will follow a rhythm. When we arrive, we’ll sing our good morning song, listen to a story and share gratitude with each other. At lunchtime we’ll enjoy the ritual of lighting our lunch candle and eating in silence for the first five minutes. This gives everyone the opportunity to reset their nervous system and listen to the sounds of the forest.
During this special time when children are full of wonder and just beginning to think of themselves as individuals, those in our Wood Gnomes forest school will develop a deeper sense of self through their connection with nature. Through that newfound individuality, they will find community among their peers and mentors and build bonds with their fellow Wood Gnomes that can blossom into friendships lasting into adolescence and beyond.
At Wood Gnomes, children will connect to nature through engaging in imaginative play outdoors and learning practical life skills. We will create a community with each other by participating in group music making, enjoying sensory awareness games and playing in our beautiful mountain creek. Children will build resilience, strong immune systems and close bonds with each other through spending time outdoors together in the elements. They’ll build confidence as they learn practical outdoor skills such as fire making and campfire cooking and gain respect for the level of focus and care that they require. On rainy days we’ll cozy up around a fire under our tarp. We will provide hands-on experiences digging in the garden, planting seeds and watching them grow.
Each day at forest kindergarten will follow a rhythm. When we arrive, we’ll sing our good morning song, listen to a story and share gratitude with each other. At lunchtime we’ll enjoy the ritual of lighting our lunch candle and eating in silence for the first five minutes. This gives everyone the opportunity to reset their nervous system and listen to the sounds of the forest.
During this special time when children are full of wonder and just beginning to think of themselves as individuals, those in our Wood Gnomes forest school will develop a deeper sense of self through their connection with nature. Through that newfound individuality, they will find community among their peers and mentors and build bonds with their fellow Wood Gnomes that can blossom into friendships lasting into adolescence and beyond.
At Wood Gnomes, children will connect to nature through engaging in imaginative play outdoors and learning practical life skills. We will create a community with each other by participating in group music making, enjoying sensory awareness games and playing in our beautiful mountain creek. Children will build resilience, strong immune systems and close bonds with each other through spending time outdoors together in the elements. They’ll build confidence as they learn practical outdoor skills such as fire making and campfire cooking and gain respect for the level of focus and care that they require. On rainy days we’ll cozy up around a fire under our tarp. We will provide hands-on experiences digging in the garden, planting seeds and watching them grow.
Each day at forest kindergarten will follow a rhythm. When we arrive, we’ll sing our good morning song, listen to a story and share gratitude with each other. At lunchtime we’ll enjoy the ritual of lighting our lunch candle and eating in silence for the first five minutes. This gives everyone the opportunity to reset their nervous system and listen to the sounds of the forest.
During this special time when children are full of wonder and just beginning to think of themselves as individuals, those in our Wood Gnomes forest school will develop a deeper sense of self through their connection with nature. Through that newfound individuality, they will find community among their peers and mentors and build bonds with their fellow Wood Gnomes that can blossom into friendships lasting into adolescence and beyond.