Sprout House’s nature-based, play-based curriculum maximizes a child’s attention span, sensory awareness, executive function, and innate sense of curiosity. During outdoor play and exploration, our students develop their physical strength and imaginations. They enjoy hands-on experiences of snow, rain, wind, clouds, mud, soil, and more. Our kindergartners also become curious observers of the vertebrates, invertebrates, and plants they encounter in our outdoor classroom and neighboring public park and walking field trips. Guided lessons take inspiration from ever-changing natural phenomena (e.g., weather, animal behavior, or gravity at work). Ample time for play is crucial to nurturing social-emotional skills--negotiating with peers, engaging in meaningful relationships, developing empathy and independence, and working creatively in a group.