Honeypie Nature Playschool

Honeypie Nature PLAYschool is a play based and nature based PLAyschool based in a family child care home. Honeypie Nature PLAYschool provides early childhood education through “Exploring, Learning and Nurturing” while interacting with children in a mixed age group, and with the aid of a primary caregiver.

We strongly believe in learning in the outdoor environment and bringing the outdoor environment indoors. Research has proven that nature brings peace in times of stress/depression. Exposing our children to as much outdoor environment time as possible, becoming immersed in the outdoor environment, naturally decreases a child’s risk in becoming overstimulated, stressed, depressed, and reduces a child’s risk of becoming ill.

We believe in partnership with family and community (we have two little Librarys in our program). Family and community work together to raise our young children-our future. After all, it takes a village to raise a child.

Recent program enhancements include:
-regrading and re-sodding our entire outdoor classroom
-extending our patio for more hard surface space
-purchase and addition of a waterplay center
-purchase and addition of snowsuits, balaclavas, and gloves for winter gear for children in care
-purchase and addition of sleds and snow shovels for winter play
-purchase and addition of rain suits for rain play for children
-purchase and addition of flashlights for light and sensory play
-purchase and addition of several garden beds and plants for an outdoor garden