Programs

Dream and Discover offers enrichment for young children and their families. We gather for shared meals, hands-on arts activities, and lots and lots of outside play and gardening. Parents are actively involved in play and group activities.

Our days include outdoor play (in all kinds of weather!), snack, group songs & stories, child-chosen play & projects.

We believe that learning happens as naturally and easily as breathing. Just as our children learn to walk and talk in their own time and at their own pace, so will they learn to read and write and compute and problem solve. There is no “curriculum.” Instead, we fill our space with the most wonderful and stimulating educational materials we can find and then trust the children to choose activities according to their interests and needs. Materials and activities offered include:

•a dedicated art "studio," fully equipped with art supplies and materials accessible to the children every day

•group and individual music experiences, including singing & dancing, playing musical instruments, listening to recorded & live music, and hosting guest musicians

•materials that stimulate and encourage imaginative play, including fanciful dress-up clothing & props, soft toys & cozy nooks, and developmentally appropriate games & toys

•activity centers where children can freely explore and work with natural science objects & collections, math manipulatives & problem solving games, fun and educational puzzles, and an extensive selection of building sets & blocks

•real-life literacy tools and artifacts interspersed throughout the cabin, such that children can choose to read & write about any activity and in any space, while adults are available to encourage and support literacy development

•an endless supply of lovely, inviting, and much-loved books that are shared and enjoyed by children and adults alike

•opportunities to participate in planned small-group activities, such as creating a craft, learning a new art technique, conducting a science experiment, planning a puppet show, or writing and illustrating a book

•frequent opportunities to engage in real work with other children and adults, such as baking in the kitchen, planting in the garden, sewing curtains for the cabin, or building bookshelves for the reading corner

•free access to our fenced-in backyard, garden, playground, and walking trails, with adult supervision

•and last but not least, ample room to spread out & relax and plenty of soft, cozy areas for snuggling, resting, & dreaming.

Contact info@dreamanddiscover.org for additional details.