TimberNook of the Sandhills

✨There is something truly special about creating together✨

At TimberNook, group art isn’t about making identical projects or following step-by-step directions. It’s about children sharing ideas, solving problems, communicating, and creating something far bigger than any one child could make alone.

With open-ended materials, children naturally negotiate, experiment, inspire one another, and discover that every contribution has value. As their masterpiece grows, so do important life skills like cooperation, flexibility, confidence, creativity, and perseverance.

When children create together, they learn that art is more than the finished product—it becomes a language for connection, imagination, and community.

Sometimes the most meaningful masterpiece isn’t what hangs on the wall. It’s the friendships, conversations, and teamwork that happened while it was being made.

🍂✨TimberNook Sandhills is Growing — We're Hiring for Fall✨🍂

We're adding to our team! TimberNook Sandhills has two outdoor support staff openings for fall:

1. Wild Ones Support Staff

💚Mondays 9 AM–2 PM

💚Ages 7–12

2. Little Wild Ones Support Staff

💚 Tuesday-Thursday 9AM-1PM

💚 Ages 4-7

We're excited to welcome individuals who understand child development and share a belief in play-based learning. This is a joyful environment that stays present and child-first, with age-appropriate expectations guiding us. Here, the magic unfolds because caring adults support and allow children to lead the way. A love for the outdoors, dependable availability, and a readiness to embrace the TimberNook Way of playing and learning are all qualities we're looking for!

If this sounds like you, find out how to apply in our post below!!

✨TimberNook Sandhills (hosted by Dayshine Therapy & Wellness) is looking for Outdoor Support Staff for our Little Wild Ones program this fall✨

We're looking for people who get child development and believe in play-based learning. Fun, present, and child-first and holding age-appropriate expectations. This is a setting where the magic happens because the adults know how to support and let kids lead. A love of the outdoors, reliable availability, and a willingness to learn to play the TimberNook Way.

✨Four weeks of TimberNook.
✨Four weeks of unforgettable childhood

Over the past month, our campers have turned stories into memorable adventures. They’ve built haunted houses, forts, Yeti traps, and enchanted tea parties, caught fish in the creek, climbed numerous trees, marched in homemade instrument bands, raced eggs, painted colorful masterpieces, wrapped gifts in Santa’s workshop, climbed trees, splashed in the water and mud, whittled sticks, and let their imaginations lead the way.

While the play looked different each day, the growth was the same
💚Confidence Blossomed
💚Friendships Formed
💚Creativity Flourished
Children discovered just how capable they are when given the freedom to play.

Here’s to four incredible weeks of muddy boots, big imaginations, and memories that will last a lifetime.

🌿 We're Hiring 🌿

Wild Ones Support Staff

TimberNook Sandhills (hosted by Dayshine Therapy & Wellness) is looking for outdoor support staff to join our Wild Ones program this fall — a weekly Monday nature play program for kids ages 7–12. Think creek exploration, fort building, and five hours of real outdoor adventure.

We're looking for people who get child development and believe in play-based learning. Fun, present, and child-first, holding age-appropriate expectations. This is a setting where the magic happens because the adults know how to support and let kids lead.

✨A love of the outdoors, reliable availability, and a willingness to learn to play the TimberNook Way.✨

At TimberNook Summer Camp, play is so much more than fun—it’s how children grow. Through imagination, movement, teamwork, and open-ended exploration, campers are building confidence, strengthening friendships, developing problem-solving skills, and creating memories that will last a lifetime. One adventure at a time.

✨“ I have a hard time going to sleep because I’m just so excited for tomorrow” ✨

✨Day One of Village Folk Camp was filled with imagination, creativity, and teamwork as our students transformed the woods into their very own village✨

Armed with an abundance of loose parts and natural materials, the children designed and built forts of all shapes and sizes—creating spaces for gathering, storytelling, problem-solving, and play.

Fort building is so much more than play. As children plan, carry materials, negotiate ideas, and adapt their structures, they are strengthening critical thinking skills, cooperation, communication, and perseverance.

The uneven terrain, heavy branches, and open-ended materials also support gross motor development, balance, coordination, and spatial awareness.

✨This is the magic of TimberNook: giving children the time, space, and freedom to create their own worlds in nature.✨