Summer is officially here and we are soaking up every minute! There are so many opportunities for kids to engage in "risky play" in the summer months. The value of letting children explore the outer limits of their boundaries, their balance, strength and speed is immeasurable. This is when resilience & confidence are built, when executive functioning and creativity are developed. There is still room in some of our summer camp sessions! Link in bio or visit our website madronaschool.org #summertime #outdoorplay #outdooreducation #nature #madronaschool #waldorf #waldorfeducation #bainbridgeisland #riskyplay #childhoodexploration #play #explore #childhood (fb)

We continue to be so grateful to our community of parents for their ongoing contributions to the growth of our program! Earlier this month one of our preschool parents, Annika Binnendijk, spearheaded a fundraising campaign and then coordinated the building and installation of garden boxes in our preschool and kindergarten outdoor classrooms. Our preschool and kindergarten students spent some of their last days of school planting seeds that will grow and thrive right alongside them through the summer months. We're looking forward to seeing how much they've all grown when we return in the fall! We'd like to express our heartfelt gratitude for Dee and Lee of Fire Blossom Garden Design for building and installing these beautiful garden boxes at a generous discount, to @Tilz_soil for donating the planting soil, and of course to our parents for their donations and continued support. #gardening #garden #madronaschool #madrona #waldorfeducation #natureschool #nature #outdoor #outdoorschool #tilz #bainbridgeisland #bainbridge #gardenboxes #plantingseeds #preschool #kindergarten #earlychildhood (fb)