Nido ("nest" in Italian) is a cozy and loving space intentionally designed for your baby's rapid development. This infant classroom serves children ages 6 weeks up to 18 months. Your child will develop their core and overall gross motor development in an apparatus free-environment. When the child is ready, we sit together to enjoy family style meals. Infants who are still exclusively bottle fed are held or supported and provided undivided attention during their feedings. Mothers are welcome to come in during the day to bottle or breastfeed their infant on our gliders. When your child begins to meet the milestones of walking independently, self-feeding, drinking from an open cup and down to one nap during the day, she will transition into the Toddler Community.

Our toddler environment is designed to support the curiosity of your ever-evolving little one. We focus on giving them the independence they desire within a space that is both safe and challenging. ​Our toddlers are empowered with daily experiences in which they can authentically engage in preparing food, pouring and measuring, and cleaning up messes. By providing the children intentional lessons as well as tools sized for their hands and bodies, we give your toddlers the chance to have real experiences. Using activities with movement and exploration, the child is integrated into a community where parallel play becomes interactive play and the child develops the ability to communicate his needs and desires. Your child will find himself immersed in dynamic social and linguistic experiences as he begins his pre-academic learning. First introductions to shapes, colors, letters, and numbers happen within the toddler environment. The toddler age is a stage of rapid development, and our staff is committed to supporting and guiding the children's development with love and respect.

The Primary environment provides children two and a half to six years old a splendid opportunity for work and play independently as well as in group settings. This program is intended to be a three year cycle and is your child's first introduction to an academic learning environment. While continuing to provide daily practical life skills, we also enrich each child with math, language, science, geography, sensory/motor and cultural studies. The academic materials are designed to gently lead your child from concrete operations into a slow evolution of abstraction. Each child is able to learn and progress at an individual pace that honors her unique strengths and abilities. At the end of the three year cycle, children are well-prepared to move forward to first grade. This is not just because of the strong academic foundation they have built but because of the social, physical, and emotional skills gained as well. Our graduates are intrinsically motivated learners with a healthy respect for self, others, and the environment.