Colorado Nature School
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    • Summer 2025
    • 25/26 School Year
    • Preschool
    • Homeschool
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Colorado Nature School
  • Basecamp
  • Ethos
  • Guides
  • Schedule A Tour
  • Summer 2025
  • 25/26 School Year
  • Preschool
  • Homeschool
  • Wishlists
  • FAQs

Forest School Ethos

100% Outdoors

Child-Led Learning

Child-Led Learning

Children learn exclusively outdoors, 

Classes are held daily in nature, 

year round if the temperature is

above 15 degrees Fahrenheit.

Child-Led Learning

Child-Led Learning

Child-Led Learning

The children decide 

where we go and what they do each day,  which leads to more meaningful learning experiences.

Small Group Sizes

Child-Led Learning

Small Group Sizes

One Forest School Learning Guide facilitates nature-based learning experiences for a pod of four children.

Nurturing Guides

Small Group Sizes

Each Forest School Learning Guide 

lends their personal touch 

to support, scaffold and enhance each child's learning experiences.

Social-Emotional Focus

We guide children through the emotional journey of preschool. 

We nurture self-help skills as they learn to navigate their daily lives.

Practical Life Skills

You're raising a kid in Colorado.

Let's  get them comfortable outside.

Build knowledge of flora and fauna.

Learn knots and lashings.

Tool use.

Building Community

Exploring Ethically

Exploring Ethically

One child, one family at a time. 

Bringing together like-minded folks

who want authentic learning experiences for their children, outside!

Children build their friend-group, connecting families, becoming friends.

Exploring Ethically

Exploring Ethically

Exploring Ethically

At Colorado Nature School, every child is a custodian. We learn in and from the environment and we strive to leave it better than we found it each day. 


Nature-immersion creates a deep connection between the child and the natural world. 


Interested?

Exploring Ethically

Interested?

Serving children 3-5 years old

who are toilet-trained.  

If you think Colorado Nature School is right for your child...


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Hiring Guides

Do you have a passion for the outdoors and an interest in early childhood learning?  Why not both? 


Join the Colorado Nature School team and become a Guide for the  2025 Summer and/or the 2025/2026 School Year!

Pay Range $18-22/hour

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