Precious Moments Nature Preschool

Precious Moments Nature Preschool Nature School, Montessori/Waldorf inspired, Wildlife Habitat, Nature trails, Whole Foods/snacks

At Precious Moments, Miss Jennifer focuses on the Whole Child. With gentle guidance and compassion the children are nurt...
11/26/2025

At Precious Moments, Miss Jennifer focuses on the Whole Child. With gentle guidance and compassion the children are nurtured in all areas of the child's growth through hands-on learning, play, and a healthy environment. These life skills will help them develop self esteem and confidence in themselves.

Happy Fall! 🍁
11/06/2025

Happy Fall! 🍁

“My Original Post from 2019” JP @ Precious Moments Nature School 🌱☀️“ Look at the differences between a typical preschoo...
09/18/2025

“My Original Post from 2019”
JP @ Precious Moments Nature School 🌱☀️

“ Look at the differences between a typical preschool child’s hand (left) age 4-5.5 and a typical 6-7 year old hand (right). Want to know why a preschool aged child isn’t able to write yet? This is why! Their hands are still developing and are not fully formed. So what should they be doing to support this? PLAY!! Clay forming, painting,, pouring, stacking, cutting, gluing, playing outside, digging in dirt, sensory play, dress up play, science experiments, beading, puzzles, throwing balls, balance beam, climbing, anything but forced writing.
All of these things help their hands develop. When they are physically ready to write, they will! (On their own) No need to rush them, they will show you when they are ready.” 🦋

We are seeking an additional nature  friend to join our group. Our schedule will be Wednesdays and Thursdays from 9 am t...
09/18/2025

We are seeking an additional nature friend to join our group. Our schedule will be Wednesdays and Thursdays from 9 am to 2 pm. I am flexible and can accommodate shorter hours if needed.

Did you know that at Precious Moments Nature School, your child will acquire essential life skills? 🌱 In our Waldorf indoor classrooms, your child will participate in preparing meals, including measuring, pouring, cracking eggs, chopping vegetables, and stirring. We also mill our own flour using a hand mill grinder. Each week, we bake various types of bread, such as bagels, English muffins, sourdough, breakfast loaves, and bread loaves, while preparing our own meals. The life skills acquired through baking include measuring, basic math skills, and collaboration to create new recipes. 🌱 Our Nature Explorers have had an exciting time over the past couple of weeks, engaging in activities such as creating homemade dough, making elderberry syrup, exploring nature, observing the life cycle of butterflies at each stage, and participating in story time and music and movement each day. Waldorf learning is a vital part of our Nature School, encompassing baking, measuring, natural math, and science experiments. Our children thrive in a natural environment. Each child played a significant role in hands-on learning, creating a beautifully scented dough. A few memorable experiences included making homemade pumpkin spice dough using pumpkin flesh, blended with cloves and cinnamon. 🎃 We also created fresh elderberry syrup using berries from our garden, which each child was able to share with their families. Additionally, we made Elderberry-Lavender Dough using elderberries from our garden and pure lavender essential oil from Doterra. Our Nature children enjoyed their first two weeks at Precious Moments.
Here are a few photos.

Here are some photos from our week at Precious Moments Nature School. Caterpillar hunt, Nature Butterfly project, world ...
07/04/2025

Here are some photos from our week at Precious Moments Nature School.
Caterpillar hunt, Nature Butterfly project, world of water fun, invitation to play (purple/lavender from our children’s garden)
Water play develops hand-eye coordination: Water play activities help to develop and strengthen children's gross and fine motor skills and physical fitness. Water play is therapeutic and calming. 🌱 💜 💦 🇺🇸

We are excited to announce we have openings and would love to have your child join us this Fall! 🍁 We are now enrolling ...
06/20/2025

We are excited to announce we have openings and would love to have your child join us this Fall! 🍁 We are now enrolling for Tuesdays and Wednesdays only, 9am-2pm 🌱 ages 3.5-4.5 years old.

What a wonderful week to explore our Nesting boxes and our Vernal pool. 🪺 🐸 We learned about the frog life cycle, using Waldorf and Montessori play, life cycle poster and Stories. The children created a beautiful art piece to take home. Each child took their time tiptoeing into their paint palette to create a colorful pond, adding a lily pad and a 3D Lily flower

Our Nesting boxes are all occupied with a variety of birds and our Vernal pool has both frog and salamander eggs. Our Nature Explorers started building their very own Bird House to bring home and will continue to create other homes for our animals and bugs around our school.

My heart is full of joy for my Nature School Explorers! We had a fantastic 2 days feeling the warmth of the sun on our f...
05/29/2025

My heart is full of joy for my Nature School Explorers! We had a fantastic 2 days feeling the warmth of the sun on our faces. We explored all the sites and sounds around us. Our gardens are full of beautiful flowers and plants that brought us joy. Our outside activities included imaginative fishing for sharks, (Yes! We caught some big ones!!) We learned all about animal homes and explored our nature boxes with curiosity. We watched the bluebirds and swallows gathering grass and other small nature items for their nests with excitement. We listened to the sounds of the many bees pollinating.
We read the story The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry and the Big Hungry Bear with glee. Of course we ate up our Big Strawberries before the Big Hungry Bear came to eat them all up!! (What a Fun Story!)

At Precious Moments Nature Preschool, our emphasis is on the holistic development of the child. By engaging all senses i...
05/18/2025

At Precious Moments Nature Preschool, our emphasis is on the holistic development of the child. By engaging all senses in nature, our young learners' imaginations are sparked. This week, outdoor activities involved sketching observations of trees, sunny blue skies, and lush green grass, complemented by the melodic songs of birds and the rustling of squirrels through the trees.

A little rain never stops us from learning in Nature! Thank you for all the appreciation during Teacher Appreciation wee...
05/07/2025

A little rain never stops us from learning in Nature!
Thank you for all the appreciation during Teacher Appreciation week! I compassionately love each and every one of my Little Nature Explorers! 🌱

February Fun!
03/06/2025

February Fun!

At Precious Moments we take a gentle holistic approach that focuses on integrating the whole child, meaning the head, ha...
01/24/2025

At Precious Moments we take a gentle holistic approach that focuses on integrating the whole child, meaning the head, hands, and heart!

Precious Moments has one opening starting in February. Tuesdays and Wednesdays 9-2 ages 3-5 years. Come join the fun! 🤍🌱

We have part time preschool openings for the New Year! 🥳Tuesdays and Wednesdays only, ages 3 to 5 years. Flexible part t...
12/16/2024

We have part time preschool openings for the New Year! 🥳

Tuesdays and Wednesdays only, ages 3 to 5 years. Flexible part time hours between 9-2.
Come join the fun at Precious Moments Nature School! 🦋☀️🌱

Address

123 Ash Swamp Road
Scarborough, ME
04074

Opening Hours

Wednesday 9am - 1pm
Thursday 9am - 1pm

Telephone

+12072296874

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