Now enrolling 2026-27!

 

Now enrolling 2026-27!

Forest Nursery School

Fort Tryon Park

Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays (Fridays pending enrollment)

Semester 1: Sept 15, 2026 - Jan 29, 2027

Semester 2: Feb 2, 2027 - June 18, 2027

9:15 am to 1:00 pm for kids age 2 to 4

A typical morning in forest nursery school

Children explore, play, imagine, and work together outdoors in Ft. Tryon Park for the entire morning. Our nurturing teachers lovingly guide the children while observing each child individually and each situation with care.

• Play in open places with rocks, logs, sticks, and leaves, look at nature, climb trees, and be physically active

• Children practice and develop

✓ their physical bodies (balance, coordination, physical strength)

✓ social-emotional skills while building connections and friendships

✓ respect for each other

• Movement circles with songs and verses (e.g. greeting each other, greeting the forest)

✓ Expand language, including small Spanish component 

✓ Develop fine- and gross-motor skills

✓ Follow directions

✓ Forming a sense of being part of a group

• Sharing a snack together of fresh fruits and vegetables, sandwiches, and tea 

Benefits of forest nursery school

• Develop an appreciation for nature and the environment as they experience all the seasons outdoors

• Build lifelong resilience 

• Direct their own play and follow their own curiosity, strengthening their imagination because they are in a natural environment where they create and play with what’s there

  
  

  Tuition per semester starts at $2,140 for 2 mornings each week or $2,890 for 3 mornings each week, plus a one-time registration fee of $50.

For more information and registration, email admin@thewoodenbutton.com

Now enrolling mixed-age SUMMER 2026 forest school!

Summer schedule

Monday-Friday June 22 - July 31

8:45 AM to 1:00 PM (3s - 6s)

9:15 AM to 1:00 PM (2s) (12:30 pickup available if needed)

Families can choose which weeks they would like to participate.

Tuition 8:45-1:00pm

Registration fee - $25

5 mornings/week - $350/week

4 mornings/week - $280/week

3 mornings/week - $210/week

2 mornings/week - $140/week

Tuition 9:15-1:00pm

Registration fee - $25

5 mornings/week - $306/week

4 mornings/week - $245/week

3 mornings/week - $184/week

2 mornings/week - $122/week

Summer forest school is a wonderful experience where the children explore, play, and imagine outdoors for the entire morning in mixed age groups. Parents and caregivers bring their children to meet their teachers at the entrance of Ft. Tryon park at Margaret Corbin Circle. From there they will head to open places with climbing trees, rocks, logs, sticks, and leaves, all ripe for the children to create the worlds of their imaginations, look at nature, and be physically active. Once arrived, we start our mornings greeting the earth, sun, trees and each other in a movement circle.

Mid-morning the teachers and children sit for snack: fresh fruits and vegetables, sandwiches, and tea. They finish their last bits of play and work and sing goodbye to each other before taking a “hike” to meet their parents and caregivers where they were dropped off. 

To register or get more information, please email us at admin@thewoodenbutton.com.

Now enrolling 2025-26!

Forest Nursery School

Fort Tryon Park

Tuesdays, Wednesday (interest based), Thursdays

Semester 1: Sept 9, 2025 - Jan 22, 2026

Semester 2: Jan 27, 2026 - June 18, 2026

9:15 am to 1:00 pm for kids age 2 to 4

A typical morning in forest nursery school

Children explore, play, imagine, and work together outdoors in Ft. Tryon Park for the entire morning. Our nurturing teachers lovingly guide the children while observing each child individually and each situation with care.

• Play in open places with rocks, logs, sticks, and leaves, look at nature, climb trees, and be physically active

• Children practice and develop

✓ their physical bodies (balance, coordination, physical strength)

✓ social-emotional skills while building connections and friendships

✓ respect for each other

• Movement circles with songs and verses (e.g. greeting each other, greeting the forest)

✓ Expand language, including small Spanish component 

✓ Develop fine- and gross-motor skills

✓ Follow directions

✓ Forming a sense of being part of a group

• Sharing a snack together of fresh fruits and vegetables, sandwiches, and tea 

Benefits of forest nursery school

• Develop an appreciation for nature and the environment as they experience all the seasons outdoors

• Build lifelong resilience 

• Direct their own play and follow their own curiosity, strengthening their imagination because they are in a natural environment where they create and play with what’s there

  
  

  Tuition per semester starts at $2,140 for Tues/Thurs each week or $2,890 for Tues/Weds/Thurs each week, plus a one-time registration fee of $50.

For more information and registration, email admin@thewoodenbutton.com

Summer 2025!

  

Summer Forest School 2025: June 23 - August 1 It's time to enroll for our summer session of Forest School!

Summer forest school runs June 23 - August 1. The Mixed-Age summer forest school allows all the children to play, interact and learn together, but the hours are different for the nursery-age and preschool-age children: Nursery age (2s): 9:30 am to 12:30 pm ($105/wk for T and Th + $25 registration fee per family) Preschool age (3-5s): 8:45 am to 1:00 pm ($340/wk for M-F + $25 registration fee per family) Our morning schedule will mostly be the same as it is during our school year: After the younger children arrive we will have our morning circle. Snack all together at 10:30 am. At 11:40 we join together for a goodbye circle before the nursery children are guided back to the park entrance to be picked up. In between the children will sing, have a movement circle, play with each other, climb, run, roll, and dig with sand and sticks.                 Are you interested in having your child participate? Please email us and we'll get the process started.

Now enrolling for 2024-25!

Forest Nursery School

Fort Tryon Park

Tuesdays, Wednesday, Thursdays

Semester 1: Sept 10, 2024 - Jan 23, 2025

Semester 2: Jan 28, 2025 - June 19, 2025

9:15 am to 12:30 pm for kids age 2 to 4

A typical morning in forest nursery school

Children explore, play, imagine, and work together outdoors in Ft. Tryon Park for the entire morning. Our nurturing teachers lovingly guide the children while observing each child individually and each situation with care.

• Play in open places with rocks, logs, sticks, and leaves, look at nature, climb trees, and be physically active

• Children practice and develop

✓ their physical bodies (balance, coordination, physical strength)

✓ social-emotional skills while building connections and friendships

✓ respect for each other

• Movement circles with songs and verses (e.g. greeting each other, greeting the forest)

✓ Expand language, including small Spanish component 

✓ Develop fine- and gross-motor skills

✓ Follow directions

✓ Forming a sense of being part of a group

• Sharing a snack together of fresh fruits and vegetables, sandwiches, and tea 

Benefits of forest nursery school

• Develop an appreciation for nature and the environment as they experience all the seasons outdoors

• Build lifelong resilience 

• Direct their own play and follow their own curiosity, strengthening their imagination because they are in a natural environment where they create and play with what’s there

  
  

  Tuition per semester starts at $1,900 for Tues/Thurs each week or $2,800 for Tues/Weds/Thurs each week, plus a one-time registration fee of $50.

For more information and registration, email admin@thewoodenbutton.com

2024 Summer Forest School

 

Summer Forest School 2024: June 24 - July 19 It's time to enroll for our summer session of Forest School!

Summer forest school runs June 24 - July 19. The Mixed-Age summer forest school allows all the children to play, interact and learn together, but the hours are different for the nursery-age and preschool-age children: Nursery age (2s): 9:30 am to 12:30 pm ($105/wk for T and Th + $25 registration fee per family) Preschool age (3-5s): 8:45 am to 1:00 pm ($340/wk for M-F + $25 registration fee per family) Our morning schedule will mostly be the same as it is during our school year: After the younger children arrive we will have our morning circle. Snack all together at 10:30 am. At 11:40 we join together for a goodbye circle before the nursery children are guided back to the park entrance to be picked up. In between the children will sing, have a movement circle, play with each other, climb, run, roll, and dig with sand and sticks.                 Are you interested in having your child participate? Please email us and we'll get the process started.

Now enrolling for 2023-24!

Mixed-Age Forest Preschool

Fort Tryon Park

Tuesdays, Thursdays

Semester 1: Sept 11 - Jan 26

Semester 2: Jan 29 - June 21

9:15 am to 12:30 pm for kids age 2 to 3.5

A typical morning in forest preschool

Children explore, play, imagine, and work together outdoors in Ft. Tryon Park for the entire morning. Our nurturing teachers lovingly guide the children while observing each child individually and each situation with care.

• Play in open places with rocks, logs, sticks, and leaves, look at nature, climb trees, and be physically active

• Children practice and develop

✓ their physical bodies (balance, coordination, physical strength)

✓ social-emotional skills while building connections and friendships

✓ respect for each other

• Movement circles with songs and verses (e.g. greeting each other, greeting the forest)

✓ Expand language, including small Spanish component 

✓ Develop fine- and gross-motor skills

✓ Follow directions

✓ Forming a sense of being part of a group

• Sharing a snack together of fresh fruits and vegetables, sandwiches, and tea 

Benefits of forest preschool

• Develop an appreciation for nature and the environment as they experience all the seasons outdoors

• Build lifelong resilience 

• Direct their own play and follow their own curiosity, strengthening their imagination because they are in a natural environment where they create and play with what’s there

  
  

  Tuition starts at $1,860 for two mornings/wk, plus a one-time registration fee of $50.

For more information and registration, email admin@thewoodenbutton.com