Adventuring Acorns
Our Mission
Our mission for Adventuring Acorns is to provide a peaceful, nature-based, and interactive learning environment that empowers toddlers to feel confident and prepared for our Walking in Wellness farm/forest school program. A carefully crafted rhythm introduces old-fashioned homesteading skills while also allowing ample opportunities for child-directed, open-ended play, and bonding with caregivers in nature.
Dates & Hours
Fall 2026: Tuesday's September 2nd-October 6th
Hours: 9:30-11:45
Age Range
Open to 6-month olds to 3-year-olds (based on age September 1, 2024) & their caregiver
*3-year-olds can alternatively participate in the WIW Seedling drop-off class, or do acorns Tuesdays and Seedlings Thursdays!
What to bring
- Backpack with lunch, full water bottle, and diapers/wipes/change of clothes if needed. Rain jacket and pants are recommended for rainy days but not required as there is a covered area to shelter under on wet days.
- A baby carrier is recommended. Nature walks will take place at a toddler pace but sometimes little ones aren't motivated to come back up the hill after a long morning (nature walks are a quarter mile to the play destination at most)!
*We provide a community created baked good (typically a gluten-free sourdough banana or pumpkin bread) together each week!
Our Rhythm
9:30 - Soft start/optional snack before starting
9:35 - Morning Circle
9:55 - Morning Experience
10:25 - Open Play and/or Hike
11 - Prep baked good + Lunch
Enjoy baked good + story + closing song
*Example Morning Experiences:
- Play/Learn - open-ended play! practice threading (melissa & doug kit or stick, yarn, and
leaves), play silks/dress up, sorting colors (wooden acorn kit or peg doll cups), wrapping
sticks with yarn & decorating with nature objects, size sorting (wooden knob cylinder
block, nature scavenger hunt), nature pattern making, pincer grasp activities (picking out
seeds, arranging seeds/sticks into shapes), stacking
- Sensory Experience: Mud Kitchen, Water Play, Harvesting from garden, Play-doh,
Collecting loose parts in nature (acorns, flowers, leaves), Texture walk, Exploring
sensory bins
- Art - painting/stamping, scissor practice, watercolor, resistance
painting, finger painting, gluing practice (paper bag puppet making!), molding clay
- Gross Motor Skills - stick horses, swinging, climbing, sliding, tossing hoola hops/balls,
running, jumping, dancing