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Nature-based education

Nature Programs Enrollment Open!

Maples Mornings Forest School

Explore & Play in the beautiful forests of Vaughan Woods, Brandmoore Farms & Great Works Land Trust in South Berwick.

Tues/Wed/Th
9am-noon
Full, part, single day options
Ages 3-6
8 spaces
$42/day or $120/3days

SCHOOL YEAR SESSIONS FOR MAPLES MORNINGS

Fall Session- September 7- Dec 16

Winter Session- January 4 – April 14 (Closed the week of Feb 21st for break)

Spring Session- April 26 -June 17

Vacation Breaks & Days Closed

Thanksgiving Break- November 22-26

Winter Break- December 20- Dec 31

After School Programs!

Dondero Elementary School at Urban Forestry Center

Winter Session: -1/10- 3/28

Mondays 2:30- 4:30pm

Cost: $325

Vaughan Woods, S. Berwick

Winter Session: 1/6- 3/31

Thursdays 2:30-4:30 pm

Cost: $325

School Vacation Options!

Special Vacation Days OPEN

Vaughan Woods 10am-1pm

MLK Day-Jan 17

February Break- Feb 22,23,24

Spring Break- April 16,17,18

Nature Play and Emergent Curric

Nature based child-led curriculum education

Child-led curriculum is based on the children's interest and passion at a certain point in time. Children thrive and learn best when their interests are captured. Learning occurs naturally through play. We strive to enhance the natural unfolding of the whole child leading to the development of capable learners.

Specific Examples of Development through Outdoor Exploration

COGNITIVE~ Literacy/Math/Science- Collecting, labeling, classifying, sorting, pattern recognition, journals, storytelling, singing, building structures (engineering), cause and effect in natural world

FINE MOTOR- drawing, cutting, picking (moss & bark off trees, flowers, plants), self-help skills, paining, sculpting, small scale construction, digging, breaking up dirt, carving

GROSS MOTOR- Hiking, climbing trees, running (on un-even ground), hopping, jumping, swinging, crawling, balancing on logs, circle games, large scale construction (fort building or lifting rocks)

SOCIAL- Conflict resolution, circle activities, group games/hikes, spontaneous & uninterrupted free play, group observation, storytelling, fort building, problem solving

SENSORY - Water & mud play, digging, sculpting, free exploration, smelling, tasting, nature collecting, weather experiences, music

EMOTIONAL- Uninterrupted imagination play, opportunities to problem solve & negotiate, journaling, observation of natural world, exposure to weather, self-help, breathing techniques

As a child many of us, built forts, dug holes, made mud pies, daydreamed in special hiding places and swung on vines. These activities are all nature play: unstructured childhood play in the outdoors. Nature play isn’t scheduled, planned, or led by adults. Instead, it’s open-ended, free-time exploration and recreation. For many of us, this sort of nature play virtually defined our childhoods. Good outdoor clothes are a must. Children will need to be prepared for the weather that day. As long as the weather is safe, we will go out and play!

About Eyes of the World Nature Immersion

Mission Statement

More than ever children need the outdoors and nature involved in their lives. Through outdoor play, EOTWNI children develop self-esteem, a sense of purpose, the ability to overcome obstacles and organically develop Learning Skills. Children are allowed the time and space to learn from their own wonder.

Eyes of the World Nature Immersion offers a wide range of nature based education opportunities for children and teachers. Roaming forest Pre-K through 5th grade classrooms and summer camps, After School Programs, Outdoor Classroom school consultation, design and installation as well as nature based/child-led curriculum teacher training.

FULLY INSURED!!

Dawn Jenkins- Founder

I grew up playing in the forest and along the ocean side. I knew I wanted to be a teacher from a very young age (both of my parents were teachers), so I started early in life babysitting and went on to receive my BA in Elementary Education in 1998. I have taught Kindergarten & preschool age children in public, private and Waldorf settings. I have always worked with children in outdoors, integrating nature throughout my classrooms, curriculum and programs.

I founded a successful forest preschool that embraced a child-led curriculum offering a unique preschool experience based mostly outdoors in a hand crafted outdoor classroom and the surrounding forest.

Eyes Of The World Nature Immersion was launched in 2019 to offer nature-based learning to preschoolers & elementary children as well as educators and schools!

I am happily married with 3 children, living in South Berwick, ME

Nature-based education

Nature-based education

Nature Programs Enrollment Open!

Maples Mornings Forest School

After School Programs!

School Vacation Options!

Nature Play and Emergent Curric

Nature based child-led curriculum education

About Eyes of the World Nature Immersion

Mission Statement

Dawn Jenkins- Founder

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