Member Spotlight

Get to know Natural Start member, Wild Oak Preschool, a fully-licensed nature-based preschool program located in the rural community of Applegate Valley in Southern Oregon.

Get to know Natural Start member, First Roots Underhill of First Roots-Wild Roots, a nature-based infant/toddler program based in northern Vermont.

Boston Outdoor Preschool Network is a nonprofit organization focused on nature-based early education across various program sites in Massachusetts.

Field Station Cooperative Preschool is a nature-based cooperative preschool located within Indiana Dunes National Park in Porter, Indiana.

Cocoplum Nature School provides nature-based programs that emphasize unstructured play and children’s innate connection to nature.

Nature Niños is dedicated to providing youth across the state with opportunities to connect with nature, build confidence, and foster a deep sense of environmental stewardship.

In the heart of Harlem, Harlem Grown is planting fruits and vegetables, and growing healthy children and sustainable communities.

Get to know Natural Start member, Limes Smiles for Miles Inc, a program dedicated to providing safe, outdoor-based early intervention childcare services to low-income families with children ages 3 to 5 diagnosed with Autism and Down Syndrome.

Get to know Natural Start member, Stokes Nature Preschool, the first nature preschool established in the Cache Valley region!

Get to know Natural Start member, the Outdoor Early Learning Alliance of Oregon (OELAO), an advocacy group for outdoor preschool licensing in Oregon.

Get to know Natural Start member, Asheville Farmstead School, an outdoor, farm and forest-based campus designed to teach homesteading, natural sciences, life skills, sustainability, and agriculture to children and families.

Get to know Natural Start member, NOLA Nature School, a nature-based early learning program operating in the urban and lively environment of New Orleans, Louisiana!