NATURE SCHOOL
September-May 2025/26
FALL-SPRING 2025/26 SEMESTER
As our name suggest, our students will spend their days getting dirty, exploring the forest, and discovering through nature themed unit studies and interest led learning: all under the open sky in a wide variety of weather!
STEPS TO ENROLLMENT
1. Fill out our Nature School Registration Form (2025/26 semester runs September-May Tuesdays,Wednesdays&Thursday options**)
2. Pay first months tuition to reserve child/children's spot in the program. An invoice will be sent to the email provided in your registration form. Payments can also be made via Venmo & Zelle
**School days change from Tuesday&Wednesdays options to Tuesday,Wednesday,& Thursday options beginning Fall 2025
Tours available upon request.
WHO
Our program is designed for children ages 4-9
WHERE
Our school is located on a private homestead in Robbins, NC (North Moore County, NC)
WHEN
Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Thursdays - 9AM to 1PM, beginning September 2nd 2025 through May 2026
WHY
At DIRT we offer a chance to reconnect with outdoors, blending academics with nature immersion and opening up an opportunity to discover and grow in a classroom that cannot be replicated!
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
Each themed weekly topic weaves in natural science, literature, art, history, geography, & hands on experiential learning. Emphasis is on practical skill development, self sufficiency, and guided risk taking. Students practice weekly sign language, take daily trail walks, and learn animal care through the study & tending to the school’s farm animals: this includes ducks, cattle, & chickens. Families are welcome to join in monthly field trips and tours. These are designed to build community between our nature school families and are an opportunity to experience the amazing programs in the surrounding areas!
TUITION
1 day per week = $160 a month*
2 days per week = $300 a month*
3 days per week = $450 a month*
Tuition is due by the first of the month. A non-refundable first months tuition payment is required to reserve your child/children's place in the program.
*10% off sibling's tuition
DAILY SCHOOL RHYTHM
Our days never look exactly the same, and we embrace the opportunities the seasons and environment brings us. We do have a daily rhythm that is the foundation of our day, it is as follows:
Morning trail walk to our Grove, where we welcome each other for the day, sing songs, tell stories, and begin the day's lesson.
Lesson related games and experiments
Lunch
Nature hike
Free play
Pack up and end of the day trail walk to pick up
IMPORTANT DATES 2025/26
September 2rd = First Day of School
September 31st -October 2nd = Fall Break
November 25th-27th = Thanksgiving Break
December 23rd-January 1st = Winter Break
2026
March 31st- April 2nd = Spring Break
May 21st = Last Day of School