Kinderplatz of Fine Arts

Nature Reserve

Our nature reserve outdoor classroom is a magical oasis saturated with authentic nature experiences in the middle of our city. As soon as children enter the gates, the possibilities of adventure and discovery are endless. The landscape is intentionally designed with children in mind. There are always opportunities to observe native plants, insects, and wildlife!
We have areas designed to host each of our classrooms outdoors: an art area, an amphitheater for music, a storytelling area for creative play, and birdwatching and fairy house building for language arts, math, and science.

Messy Materials
The messy materials area is a place where children’s imaginations run wild. They enjoy playing with different materials like PVC pipes, stumps, sticks, rocks, and more. Engaging with these materials fosters their gross motor skills, problem-solving abilities, and mathematical understandings.

Block Building
The block building area is a wonderful space for the children to construct rocket ships, houses, and so much more. It nurtures the children’s analytical thinking, organizational abilities, and engineering skills. This takes their minds to distant lands, enhancing their imagination!

Sand Play Areas
Our sand play areas are full of exploration and creativity. The children use tools and nature to build, dig, and create. One of the children’s favorite activities is to work as a team to dig a trench. They then add water to the trench and discover what happens! Our sand play is a wonderful sensory experience for the children.

Music Stage
The KFA music stage is full of sounds, dancing, and singing. The children use pot lids, metal pipes, and other instruments to improvise their own music, sing songs, and create rhythms for dancing. To watch children create music on the stage is truly remarkable!

Water Play
As children grow, they use their senses to help them learn about the world around them. Water play activities enhance this learning as we add different tools to the water. Children learn about temperature, pouring coordination, and math concepts.

Garden Area
Our students explore the world of gardening and harvesting in our school garden! Along with beautiful plants and herbs, our garden has been growing carrots! The students learned how to tell if a carrot is ready to harvest and with steady hands, they each got to pull up baby carrots. Each child visually studied the root of the carrot along with the difference of each carrot’s size and color!

Art Area
The children can create with natural materials to build fairy houses, nature weaving, and habitats. The children paint, draw, and build as forms of expression and to expand their imaginations. The school had a spring Art Craze this year and the outdoor area consisted of splatter painting, tie-dye, shaving cream, and stick painting.