Natural Start - Outdoor Preschool

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Award winning Outdoor playschool inspired by Montessori, Froebel, Reggio Emilia and nature pedagogy.

Supportive, enriching childcare environment based on the interests of children through a self-guided playschool curriculum. North County Dublin’s Outdoor Preschool

IMMERSE YOUR CHILD IN NATURE

Natural Start is a childcare service based between Swords and Donabate, only one minute from the M1 motorway! In this idyllic rural setting, surrounded by farmland, hedges and trees we provide a preschool

childcare service for children on the ECCE scheme or between the ages of 3 and 6 years old. Our Outdoor playschool is inspired by the Reggio Emilia approach to Education and the forest school ethos. Everything we do is based on encouraging respect, responsibility and community through exploration and discovery. Our supportive and enriching childcare environment is based on the interests of the children through a self-guided playschool curriculum. Children in our playschool benefit from the opportunities that nature provides including freedom of movement, inspiration to discover, extend their abilities and so grow in confidence and independence. Nature encourages curiosity and exploration with the senses and so stimulates spatial awareness, improves balance and agility, manual dexterity, physical coordination, tactile sensitivity, and depth perception. Outdoor play strengthens the immune system and improves the ability to assess risks. It's also proven to improve skills in reading, maths, curiosity, motivation, social behaviour and concentration. This ethos is also child-led as teachers follow the children's interests and build the curriculum around the child.

04/08/2026

🌿 We're Hiring! 🌿

Natural Start Outdoor Preschool is looking for an Early Years Educator to join our small, friendly team.

This is a relief position with hours ranging from 3.5 to 20 hours per week.

Minimum qualification: QQI Level 5 in Early Childhood Care and Education.

At Natural Start, we spend most of our time outdoors, giving children the opportunity to learn through nature and explorative play. Indoors, our environment is inspired by Montessori principles such as independence and a child-led curriculum. There is also lots of play-based learning indoors and out. We're looking for someone who enjoys being outside in all kinds of weather, has a genuine love for working with young children, and shares our approach to early years education.

If this sounds like something you'd enjoy, we'd love to hear from you.

Please send your CV to [email protected].

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24/06/2026

Summer camp 2026.

25/05/2026

It's a beautiful day!
Here's some of the fun we got up to today, baking sand cakes, painting, obstacle courses, puzzles, blocks and a picnic in the castle!

29/04/2026

Watch us paint!

29/04/2026

Address

Ballymadrough
Swords
IE

Telephone

+353857077781

Website

http://www.naturalstart.ie/

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