Forest School - 3-5 Year Olds - Monterey

Riekes Forest School is an entirely outdoor, nature-based program for 3 to 5-year-olds. The foundation for our day-to-day learning is play, exploration, and discovery.  Our main goal at Forest School is to cultivate friendship and connection among our young explorers while gently guiding them through challenges and conflict with mindfulness and listening.  Forest School children often develop a deeper respect and sense of wonder for our environment while cultivating social-emotional skills that form a foundation for learning.

Mother Nature serves as both our teacher and classroom, where work and play are one.

The outdoor classroom offers engaging learning experiences that develop all of our senses.  It offers open-ended materials, opportunities for imaginative play, and both large and fine motor challenges, all of which are necessary for early childhood development.

Enrollment Requirements

• 36 months old or older by the first day of forest school

• Able to know and regulate their body without diapers, aka potty-trained.

• Your child must be prepared (and want!) to be outside rain or shine, cool or warm.