We are looking forward to seeing you this summer!

We will spend our days exploring the outdoors, developing a reverence for nature, and enjoying our beautiful campus!

We will garden, do crafts and fun activities, enhance social skills through play and discovery, and go on daily adventures in the woods!

For children ages 3-7years

Summer Camp 2024:

Week 1 (Jul 8-12): Let the Sun Shine in

Week 2 (Jul 15-19): Water Wonderland

Week 3 (July 22-26): Look Up

Week 4 (Jul 29-Aug 1): Printing from Nature

Week 5 (Aug 5-8): Look Down

Week 6 (Aug 12-15): Trees and Plants

Curriculum

Celebrating Each Child and a Caring Class

Teachers take time to create a caring relationship with each child and family. They strive to appreciate and celebrate each child's unique experiences and growth. They also create opportunities for the children to develop their social skills and friendships by learning to work together and care for each other, like a family. 

Meaningful Work

The children develop their skills, confidence and a sense of community as they engage in meaningful work such as gardening, bread-baking, sewing or wood carving, cooking, and caring for the classroom. 

Reverence and Festivals

Our curriculum carries in it a deep reverence for the beauty and sacredness of life. This is felt in so many ways, from the way we greet each child, to how we bless our food before our snack, to how we celebrate each season through songs, stories and artistic activities such as water color painting, modeling, nature activities and festivals. 

Our festivals bring the whole community together. In the fall we have our Autumn festival and lantern walk, near the Winter solstice we have a special candle lighting evening, and we welcome back Spring with flowers and a dance round the May poll.

Language and Math

Through our story time, recitation of song and verse with movement, and puppetry we begin the development of language skills and literacy. Numeracy skills unfold naturally through activities such as finger plays and verses, sorting of toys at cleaning time, collecting natural objects for play, setting the table and counting the chairs for story time.

Through this rich variety of activities in their day, and the underlying spirit of enthusiasm and reverence in all they do, we aim to nourish in the children a deep trust in themselves, a feeling of care for others, a wonderfilled connection to nature and a love of learning.

 A Welcoming Community

We are dedicated to creating a welcoming community and supporting each family to feel celebrated and supported at Spring Hill. We will offer opportunities for parents and guardians to connect with one another and to grow friendships. We value inclusivity and diversity in their many forms. Seasonal festivals that draw from the turning seasons and many traditions allow students to celebrate diversity and the sacred in all life.