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212 Western Avenue, Brattleboro, VT 05301Monday to Friday: 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.Fall enrollment opens in January(802) 555-0111
Fiddlehead Forest PreschoolBrattleboro, Vermont
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Programs

Two ages, three ways to spend the morning or the day

Choose the days and the length of the day. Every program starts at the gate, and the school day adds lunch and rest at the indoor base.

  • The younger children

    3-year-olds

    Adults to children: 1 adult to 10 childrenGroup size: 12

    Three- and four-year-olds share one group, so the younger children walk with older friends.

    • Three forest mornings8:30 am to 12:30 pm · 3 daysOffered
    • Five forest mornings8:30 am to 12:30 pm · 5 daysOffered
    • School day8:30 am to 3:00 pm · 5 daysRest after lunchOffered

  • The older children

    4-year-olds

    Adults to children: 1 adult to 10 childrenGroup size: 12

    The older children take turns at the front of the walk to the morning spot.

    • Three forest mornings8:30 am to 12:30 pm · 3 daysOffered
    • Five forest mornings8:30 am to 12:30 pm · 5 daysOffered
    • School day8:30 am to 3:00 pm · 5 daysAsk about pre-KOffered

Fees and what each is for

Registration
Holds a place and covers the enrollment file.
Gear library
Covers the washing and mending of the loaner rain pants, mittens and boots that children borrow.
Materials
Covers art supplies, first-aid kits and the tarps and trail supplies used outdoors.
Summer weeks
Covers the extra forest mornings in June, July and August, billed separately from the school year.
How tuition works

Children are outdoors from about 8:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on every program, and the indoor base is open all day.

Sample programs.

Where the day happens

The woods, the base and the gear room

  • Preschoolers seen from behind collecting sticks in a wooded corner while a teacher watches

    The woods and the meadow

    Most of the morning is outside, on the trail, around the stump circle and in the meadow. The group walks to a different spot each day and settles there for play, projects and snack.

  • A nature classroom with a table of pinecones, shells and baskets of sticks, and a plant shelf by a window

    The indoor base

    A heated room beside the trail, with a long table, a story rug and a nature shelf of pinecones, shells and sticks. We go back every day for lunch.

  • A coat room with a long bench, low hooks and a shelf of rain boots under a window

    The gear room

    Boots, rain pants and mittens live on hooks and a long bench by the door. A shelf of loaners is there for families who are still finding their own.

Not sure which program fits?

Come and see a morning on the trail, and we will talk through the days and the hours that suit your family.

Book a tourCall (802) 555-0111