DKH Academy
Since the addition of our Certified Nature Explore classroom in 2009, it has been the main attraction for our students and families enrolled as well as for potential families when the come for a tour of our campus. It is a large, beautiful, shady, inviting and enticing opportunity for outdoor play that no other school in our town offers. It is clear that our community values the importance of outdoor play in early childhood, thus our playground is an important attraction for our school.
We have added a new Dino dig area, complete with two full dinosaur skeleton plates that are hidden beneath the sand. The children enjoy excavating and pretending to be paleontologists as they search for the bones.
Additionally, we have added another digging area with a scale for weight measurements of sand, and a stationary digging machine where they learn to refine coordination, precision and motor skills, while also building cognitive skills such as planning, decision-making, patience and focus.
