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Inside the school

A craftsman, a barn, a garden in the middle.

Every photo here was taken inside one of our rooms on a real school day by one of our teachers. Not a brand shoot, not a photographer sent in for a brochure. This is the school.

Seedlings

18 mo to 2

A small, quiet room on the main floor of the craftsman. Soft rugs, low mirrors, real wooden climbing structures, and a sleep room separated by a hand-sewn curtain. Eight children, two teachers.

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Sprouts

2 to 3

Upstairs in the craftsman, with big south-facing windows and a dedicated back deck for wet-weather play. Low shelves of loose parts, a light table, and a climbing loft built by a Sprouts dad in 2021.

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Saplings

3 to 4

In the barn. One long open studio, a quiet reading nook, a project shelf where ongoing work lives for weeks, and a door that opens directly to the garden.

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Kindergarten Prep

4 to 5

The barn loft. Twenty children, two teachers, an open studio, and long tables for extended project work. Access to the whole school for collaboration with younger rooms.

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Eight moments

A day, in shapes.

We’ll show you the real photographs when you come tour. Our families asked us not to post children’s faces publicly, and we listen. Here’s a stand-in gallery of the moments a visitor will actually see in a day.

Family-style lunch

Real plates, low tables, served together

Forest Wednesday

Saplings + K-Prep, rain or shine

Studio block

Long, uninterrupted, materials-rich

Thursday music

Guitar, drums, and singing, every room

Story time

After lunch, before rest, daily

Quiet rest block

Nappers nap, readers read

Garden work

Planting, harvesting, cooking what grew

Portfolio day

Teachers document, families get prints

See it in person

The best pictures are the ones you take yourself.

Come tour and we’ll walk every room while it’s in session. Bring your kid, bring your questions, bring rain boots.