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Hardwood Nature School is an educational organization in Peterborough, Ontario that operates in partnership with Rowan Tree Children’s School.

Our outdoor learning programs combine nature connection, wilderness skills, and outside play to help children build resilience, and positive relationships with each other and the land.

 
 

Enrolling now for September 2022

EXPLORE, CREATE, PLAY and LEARN! Nature and the child at play are at the centre of this Waldorf-inspired, play- and place-based educational program for four- to five-year-olds. Our Nature Kindergarten is designed to support the development of the whole child (head, heart, and hands), through daily adventures in nature, emergent curriculum, an inquiry-based teaching style, imaginative play, and creative and artistic experiences.

GRADES 1 to 6 are now available! Our Grade School follows the same hybrid education model as our Nature Kindergarten program; combining Waldorf-inspired curriculum with Forest School principles. Children learn Literacy, Numeracy, Social Studies, Science, and the Arts. Afternoons are spent outdoors exploring, playing, and learning through inquiry and hands-on experiences.

For enrolment information:

Please contact info@rowantreeschool.ca

 
Spring is here! The children @rowantreeptbo love to look for worms under logs and rocks 🪱 They like to count how many they can find and hold in their hands at one time. . . . #naturekindergarten #rowantreechildrensschool #forestschool
@rowantreeptbo Another beautiful snowy morning in Nature Kindergarten! The children build strength, balance, endurance and coordination walking through the deep snow on the way to the day’s forest classroom 🌲🌲❄️ . . . #forestschool #forestsch
Beauty of the winter forest ✨The children played ‘rainstorm’ in the falling snow and raced for cover in the small stick shelters. I am forever in awe of their imaginations. No toys needed @rowantreeptbo Nature Kindergarten! . . . #hardwoo
Captivating ice formations! I love how small discoveries excite children. Their enthusiasm is infectious @rowantreeptbo Nature Kindergarten ❄️❄️ . . . #hardwoodnatureschool #rowantreechildrensschool #naturekindergarten #waldorfinspired #learnoutside
A child and a tree = endless possibilities! Today, a group of children busily carried small stumps over to their favourite Silver Maple tree and loaded them into the lower branches. The tree was a train and the stumps were luggage 🚂 🧳 I never would
Literacy in the forest: the Nature Kindergarten class created a giant letter D using sticks and stones found on the forest floor. Then they decorated it using a rainbow of leaves carefully selected by colour 🍂🍁 . . . #naturekindergarten #forestscho
Making leaf masks in the forest is a lot of fun!! 🦊 . . . #outdoorlearning #naturekindergarten #forestschool #playbasedlearning
Fall rolled in with the rain today 🌧 in Nature Kindergarten 🍂 Rain suits, rain boots, rain hats… we’re ready to play and explore in all weather! . . . #naturekindergarten #forestschool #outdoorplay #childreninnature #learningoutside
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Where mud and melting ice meet, there is fun to be had! . . . #naturekindergarten #forestschool #forestkindergarten #rowantreechildrensschool #playbasedlearning
A winter themed scavenger hunt is a good way to keep warm on a cold day! . . . #naturekindergarten #forestschool #rowantreechildrensschool
SNOW ❄️ Oh - we do love the snow! Bundle up and go out and play! . . . #naturekindergarten #rowantreechildrensschool #playbasedlearning

“The clearest way into the universe is through a forest wilderness.”

~ John Muir