Thursday, May 25, 2023

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