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Our Program

Our year is tied to the cycle of the seasons. We celebrate the seasonal changes and focus our activities and classes around those changes. Our program takes place outside, on a working organic farm, all year long. Our emergent curriculum comes from the natural cycles and the farming year. We have an inside classroom space for inclement weather, this is a greenhouse converted to use for educational purposes. The sides can roll up to provide ventilation and yet still provide rain cover.
Our Summer Program runs for 6 weeks during the summer months. Each week is a stand alone week of fun, games, nature play, theater games and natural crafts.
Our Homeschool Program: Each semester our teachers generate ideas with the students and offer courses that the children are interested in as well as providing a broad base of the basics: reading, writing, arithmetic, history, social skills and more.
Our Preschool Program: Offers families a chance to explore nature and create connections.  
New this fall: After-school Program (Tues-Thurs 3:30-5pm) and Saturday Adventures (10-3pm).
Our Fall program calendar will be posted shortly.

During these challenging times of the Covid-19 pandemic we, at Four Winds, have chosen to continue to offer an in-person enrichment program to assist home-schoolers as well as those students doing remote learning, while maintaining our safety. We hold the majority of our classes outdoors, with some shelter from the weather in a heated greenhouse space.
(Updated Covid Policy)
Our Summer Program 2022
6 weeks of summer - wild time! Register now before we're full.

FALL PROGRAM 2021
Sept 13th - Dec 10th
12 weeks 9:00-3:00
After-school Tues-Thurs 3:30-4, Saturdays 10-3

WINTER INTENSIVE 2022
Jan 4th - Feb 10th
6 weeks 9:30-2:30
Tuesdays-Thursdays

SPRING PROGRAM 2022
March 7th - June 3nd
12 week program 9:00 - 3:00

Fees

Depending on how many days a week your child participates and also how many siblings are enrolled our daily rates are approximately $55-75 sliding scale per day per child.

Preschool Mornings are $18-22 sliding scale per parent/child session (multiple sibling discount are available)

A Compelling  Alternative to Conventional Education

Rekindle curiosity and creativity in your child.
Allow them to explore the world at their own pace.
Give them the skills to navigate and direct their own lives.

What does our day look like?

Our daily routine includes but is not limited to:
  •    Morning Circle: a time to check-in with how we are feeling and also a time set our intentions for the day.
    •    Body Awareness: movement, stretching, dance, singing, yoga.
    •    Story Time: a daily story, or perhaps one we revisit for a week that gives us inspiration or a theme. Some of our sources are world mythology, indigenous folktales, fairy-tales, legends, tales from history etc.
    •    Reverence for Nature: We venture outside in all weathers on daily jaunts, exploring, playing, hiking, bush-craft skills, making fires and being together to share our discoveries.
    •    Field Journal: Each child receives a field journal to take notes, make drawings and record their discoveries. Yes even the little ones can enjoy making field notes, pictures and letters/symbols that remind them of what they discovered.
    •    Rest/ Reflection: A time for the little ones to put their heads down and rest if they choose. And the big ones to work on more in-depth projects as well spend more time with their journals or digging more deeply into their interests.
    •    Free Play: a time to be with friends and just do what children do best.
    •    Conflict Resolution: as and when issues arise between students, we work them out with gentleness and peace.
    •    Final Circle: one thing you loved about the day? one thing you want to explore more? What did you discover today?

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  • Home
    • Photos
  • Summer Program 2023
  • About
  • Program
    • Preschool Program
    • Homeschool Program
    • After-school Program
    • Saturday Program
  • Resources
    • Outdoor Gear
    • Covid Policy
  • Events
  • Contact