Our rooms
Three rooms, and what a child does in each
- 01
Seed room
Ages 2 to 3SkillsPours water, wipes the tray and hangs a coat on a low hook
Waters the room's own garden bed with a small can
Sorts, matches and stacks wooden shapes
Listens to a short story in a small circle
Moving upWhen a child wants a longer morning and a bigger group, the guides and the family talk about a move to the Sprout room, usually in spring.
- 02
Sprout room
Ages 3 to 4SkillsChooses work from the shelves in a long, uninterrupted morning
Plants, waters and picks in the vegetable beds
Prepares snack for friends and cleans up after
Pins wooden clothespins along a rail, and traces letters in sand
Moving upA move to the Bloom room is talked through with each family in the spring, and begins with short visits.
- 03
Bloom room
Ages 4 to 5SkillsPlans a row from the pictures on a seed packet
Keeps a garden notebook of what was planted and what came up
Works with the sandpaper letters and counts with bead chains
Helps younger children with a job they know well
Moving upBloom is the last room before kindergarten. In the spring the guides talk with each family about the move and what comes next.
Sample levels.
In every room
What each room has in common
Low shelves
Work is laid out on trays at a child's height, and each piece has one place to return to.
A child-height sink
Children wash their hands, fill their own water jugs and clean up after work.
A door to the garden
Each room opens onto the garden, so boots and the beds are never far.
See the rooms in person
A tour walks through each room while the children are at work.