Little Field School

10/01/2026

We have been busy these first weeks of school! We have had so many adventures learning our neighborhood, really getting to know each other in the process, and most of all, building community within our school and with our West Asheville neighbors!

We have room to grow! If you’re looking for a unique, community-rooted, active preschool, look no further than Little Field School!

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09/07/2026

Just a glimpse of the first full week of school! We’ve met neighbors, our new neighborhood friend Nona came to read to us, we found playgrounds and awesome trees and art and gardens that are magical. We ate well, chased shade and took cool air breaks inside, but mostly rocked out in the 90+ degree days!

It sure is good to be back at school!💞

08/11/2026

📣 Heads up, Asheville!

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07/11/2026

We have added three full-day (8:30-4:30) spots for the 2026-2027 school year!

🍏 lunch and snacks provided
🌱 plentiful outdoor learning and walking adventures
💚 loving, welcoming community of families and educators

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07/11/2026

Pumpkin Jack is growing strong and is grateful for today’s rain! This year-long science experiment is poised to be multi-year!

We carved Jack in October 2025, plopped it into a big pretzel jar in a couple of inches of soil, moistened the soil, then sealed the lid and placed it in a sunny window… then the magic began.

Through the winter, we watched Jack through the stages of decomposition, noticed different types of fungi, and watched as the pumpkin “melted” into the dirt, leaving just a stem behind. When the light shifted and winter turned to spring, something miraculous took place - we observed the seeds sprouting and they quickly crowded the jar and pushed up toward the lid.

When we moved into our new space in May, we quickly filled our raised beds and gave Pumpkin Jack a home with room to grow and I’m happy to report that July Jack is thriving! There are lots of blossoms on each of the plants that grew from our 2025 Jack’s seeds and I cannot wait to welcome our friends back to school to see their progress and get ready to start our experiment fresh with 2026’s homegrown Jack!

05/31/2026

Closing the first chapter of Little Field School - this beautiful classroom held Little Field School and supported us in community while we built our little community. It was a sweet little cocoon/nest for us to make a strong start and grow and learn and laugh (so much!).

And now, we move forward with the next chapter! We have been in our new space all month and it has been magical. Families have shown up with and for each other and our children to work on the new space. Children have helped shovel mulch every day - so joyfully at having agency in being genuinely helpful in co-creating the school that truly belongs to them.

Onward and upward and onto the last few days of this school year!💗💓💗

05/19/2026

Truer words have never been spoken.

So true 💚

05/15/2026

A LOT has happened this month!

💜 WE MOVED!
After a little over a year in our single classroom behind Trinity UMC, we were ready for a bigger space of our own. We have moved one block east into a quintessential West Asheville bungalow that we just so happened to call our family home for ten years!

💜 Family Work Days
When we first set foot in our new space, it was nothing short of magical to observe the children taking such pride and excitement in ownership of their new home. They have been working with me during our school days and on weekend work days with our parent community to spruce up our outdoor space.

💜 Community Investment
I am blown away at the progress we made last weekend! We have a goal to fully fund our HVAC upgrade by the last day of school (June 3) so our families, community volunteers, and contractors will have a place to cool off while we dig in on our outdoor construction projects this summer.

We are hitting the ground running and riding the momentum driven by the children! 🎢 We are hoping to get things done so we can host some pop-up events this summer for our school family and the wider community as well!

We are so grateful for contributions to our HVAC fund:

Our first goal for facility improvement is HVAC installation. Help us meet our funding goal by the last day of school so our educators, volunteers, and contractors will be cool while we all work hard this summer to get the building ready for children in August! Thank you for supporting Little Field....

05/15/2026

A LOT has happened this month!

💜 We have moved!
After spending a little over a year in our classroom in Trinity UMC’s educational building, we were ready for a space of our own. In a beautiful full-circle turn of events, we have moved into a quintessential West Asheville bungalow one block over, which just happens to be our own personal home of ten years! The sense of ownership and belonging the crew demonstrated from the very first time we visited our new space was like a giant hug from the universe.

💜 Community work days
While we have been fully operating out of our functional new space, we have leaned in to our little community and had two very successful community work days last weekend! These work days have been focused on outdoor enhancement and cleanup to make our play yard a magical haven for outdoor learning and movement.

💜 Community investment
We are so grateful to be settling into our new space during the last few weeks of school! After summer break begins, we’ll have a flurry of activity getting building upgrades going so we can host some pop-up events in July and August to welcome the wider community. Our first fundraising goal is to fund our HVAC installation by the last day of school so our families, community volunteers, and contractors will have a space to cool off while we tackle the other projects starting on June 4!

To make a contribution to our HVAC fund, please visit

Our first goal for facility improvement is HVAC installation. Help us meet our funding goal by the last day of school so our educators, volunteers, and contractors will be cool while we all work hard this summer to get the building ready for children in August! Thank you for supporting Little Field....

04/23/2026

Today was a very, very cool day for a couple of five-year-olds. These two buddies started with a lesson on the squaring chain of 5, and they took it from there…

Something as simple as introducing material, presenting the lesson to one child while the other connected pin punching to the metal insets nearby unfolded in incredible ways.

I walked away after the lesson and just observed. They made the connection that five sets of five could be turned into a pentagon - they asked for clarification on that, after realizing, “no, it’s not an octagon because that’s a stop sign shape and this is a house” - which is the shape that had been carefully traced then pin-punched.

The next thing I know, the five chain is put away, and one of them is staring and gently touching each of the cubes for the long chains (he is DESPERATE to explore those!). He asked if he could try something, and I said, “of course!” And the rest is history.

They connected the size of the cubes to the pink tower. They connected the thousand cube to the thousands in our bank, then they realized their layout resembled a city, and they pulled this world landmark card work off the shelf to remember the name of the building they recalled.

Then, they wanted to “glue the five chain onto the pin punching so the light could shine through when we tape it on the window,” so we figured out how to use pony beads and metallic twist ties from the atelier together and we made our own squaring chain!

As one does, when encouraged to follow their curiosity and not bound by the too often strict sequence of Montessori and instead encouraged to experiment, create, investigate, explore, and connect.

These children have my whole heart💞