Wondering Oaks Learning

Life at Wondering Oaks lately! Observing density in action outdoors, enjoying the mud, and reading all of the books! 😍

Wondering Oaks welcomes part time students here too - just want to send your homeschooler in for science once or twice a week? Need some one on one work in reading or math? We’re ready for you!

Brrr…It’s certainly been chilly lately! 🥶

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Students at Wondering Oaks spend plenty of time outside - whether it’s running freely through the 3 acres of land, inspecting the native plants garden, playing with friends, or measuring a part of nature!

Kids deserve fresh air and free play outdoors - they thrive with it! Not only are there plenty of health benefits from an active childhood, students with ADHD are shown to improve their levels of focus after a period of exercise and exposure to nature.

There are 2 periods per school day of outdoor recess when weather allows, as well as plenty of opportunity for outdoor learning and exploration 💚

Always happily accepting new students for both part time or full time enrollment!

📖 Does your homeschooler need some extra help with reading, spelling, or writing?

Families can choose to drop off on Mondays or Wednesdays (or both!) to receive one on one AND small group support, using curriculum approved for dyslexic, ADHD, and play-based learners!

Wondering Oaks Learning uses Logic of English to develop a strong foundation in reading and spelling 💚

In between learning periods, they’ll get plenty of time to socialize and play with friendly peers!

Message us here, or visit our website at www.wonderingoakslearning.com to learn more!

Students ended the week on a positive note - we love our affirmations!

In addition, teachers prepared the library for Black History Month 🤎💛💚💙🤍

So many things we love about this picture:

🦖 This student is working hard on his interest project, about his favorite topic!

🦕 He is using a personalized project planner created by his teachers to help him put it all together!

🪑 How and where he works is his choice - he has chosen to sit at a low table, working as he kneels on the ground.

📏 In the background, we can see the growth chart/ruler built by our own Ms. Laura, and decorated with love and fun by our students!

Although students at Wondering Oaks learn foundational content through curriculum, it’s this type of work in which we really see them grow! This project involves creating a neat/presentable poster, a detailed drawing of a habitat, a model of a footprint, a map, nonfiction information in complete sentences, and lots of research! Because he has chosen what to learn about, he’s able to cover reading, writing, geography/social studies, science, art, and general presentation skills with strong engagement and excitement 💚

We love project based learning here!

The wait is finally over - Wondering Oaks Learning has a website!

Head on over to have all of your Wondering Oaks questions answered.

We are still accepting students for the 2022-2023 school year - if you are a homeschooling family in need of some supplementation in reading, math, science, or just social time for you 5-9 year old, we are here! If you are a traditional schooling family but things aren't quite working out, we may be able to help!

Wondering Oaks values each individual child, and protects their right to a loving environment, gentle and caring teachers, a kind student community, and, of course, hands on learning!

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It’s Thursday, which means our students are starting a day filled with science, personal-interest projects, and making those wonderfully deep connections with peers and teachers 💚🥼💡

Currently, our friends are learning all about circuits with Ms. Laura - perfect for adding lights to a toy hotel, one of the ongoing projects!

Wednesdays are for reading! Every Monday and Wednesday, Ms. Lisa works to build a love of books 💖📚

Our spring term is up and running, which means more time to build close friendships, dig deep into self-interest projects, and spend plenty of time enjoying fresh air - all while learning!

Students were *thrilled* to get up close and personal with pumpkins last week!

Usually around the holidays, pumpkins involve adult-led agendas: carving them into picture worthy faces, baking them, or decorating with them.

At school, students were given one objective: explore!

Students used hammers, screwdrivers, and a wide variety of other tools to dig deeper into pumpkins. Big messes were absolutely invited in!

On day one, we witnessed skin being peeled, holes carved out, golf tees hammered in, and a bit of guts removed. So many wonderful questions and discoveries arose naturally, which led to deeper learning. Many vocabulary words were organically brought in to student conversations as they tinkered with their freedom.

Day two, however, was where the magic really happened. One student had been waiting patiently to “destroy” a pumpkin with the hammer. He was promised that he could, as long as he waited until everyone had been given sufficient time to explore the intact pumpkins. This came during our time for free art exploration.

How many times do we stop our children from being destructive, just for the sake of it? Of course it makes sense in most scenarios, but giving children the outlet to make messes, destroy, and take apart is a wonderful thing.

This student went absolutely nuts on his pumpkin - guts flew everywhere, large pieces of it were slammed onto the table, and so many holes came to this poor pumpkin. There was so much joy, but also intense focus, on this child’s face. He worked on his pumpkin, breathing heavily, for quite some time.

And then, when I thought he would walk away from what he had conquered, he switched to creativity. The pieces of the pumpkin began getting hammered together as he thought up a new purpose - the many layers of pumpkin became sandwiches and burgers! He used other pieces, nailed together, to plug up the holes in other pumpkins.

When given the opportunity and time to follow his own process, what could have been viewed as mindless destruction ended up being a purposeful agenda. He walked away from that station feeling proud, successful, and satisfied.

And, he happily helped clean up the insane amount of pumpkin bits at clean up time. 🧡

We of course fit some traditional pumpkin learning in with our year-long experiment on “Pumpkin Jack”, and covered other typical academic aspects of fun fall topics.

We learn to read, write, and do math every day.

But at our core, our goal here is to build confident, fulfilled little humans, who are ready to give back to their world as their best selves.

We still have a couple of spots open for the 2021-2022 school year - contact us to see how your child can be a part of our school family!