About Us
Serving the communities of Shoreline, Lake Forest Park, Edmonds, Lynnwood, Mountlake Terrace, and north Seattle.
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We are a small, local, family-owned forest school, educating preschool and elementary-aged children in the greater Seattle area.
Mission
Mission
Our mission is to help children grow into confident, joyful, well-rounded adults with the knowledge, skills, and dispositions they need to pursue their goals and lead meaningful lives.
Vision
Vision
We envision a world where people live in community with one another and the natural world, and experience joy, meaning, and success.
Values
Values
Nature. Humans are part of the natural world. For most of our history, we lived in close relationship with nature, and our bodies and minds still reflect those origins. We believe meaningful learning and healthy development are strengthened by opportunities to engage with the natural world.
Community and Connection. People are meant to live, learn, and grow in relationship with one another. We believe strong relationships and a sense of belonging provide the foundation for meaningful learning and flourishing.
Learning. Learning is natural, authentic, continuous, and often messy and non-linear. We value curiosity, exploration, observation, and discovery, while recognizing that some knowledge and skills are best developed through intentional, explicit instruction.
Risk. The world is inherently risky, and children need opportunities to encounter and navigate appropriate risk. Rather than attempting to eliminate every risk, we help children develop the judgment, confidence, and skills to assess and manage risk for themselves.
Philosophy
Philosophy
Children learn best when they are known, challenged, engaged, and given the opportunity to experience the world directly.
Education is not simply the delivery of academic content. It is the development of the whole child: knowledge, skills, confidence, resilience, curiosity, judgment, relationships, and the capacity to participate meaningfully in the world.
Children need time outdoors to explore, move, take risks, solve problems, play, compete, cooperate, notice the natural world, and build relationships with other people. They also need time immersed in spoken and written language, listening, talking, reading, writing, encountering unfamiliar ideas, acquiring vocabulary, developing background knowledge, and experiencing the joy that comes from reading.
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