08/06/2026
What if children didn’t have to stop being children when they started school?
What if learning could happen while they were moving, building, exploring, asking questions, caring for an animal, digging in the dirt, or sitting under a tree with a book?
At Mustard Seed Academy, we believe it can.
Children were made to MOVE. To wonder. To play. To create. To ask a hundred questions. To get dirty. To solve problems. To explore the world around them.
And we believe all of that belongs at school.
That’s why play still has an important place in our younger grades. It’s why our students will have plenty of time outside—not only for recess, but for learning, exploring, creating, and discovering too.
And when your school is surrounded by nature, with a farm and animals just outside the classroom, there are learning opportunities everywhere.
A question about an animal can turn into a science lesson.
Helping care for something living can teach responsibility, patience, and compassion.
Something discovered outside can spark an entire conversation, project, or investigation.
You might find us reading under a tree, taking math outside, exploring the farm, observing an animal, working together on a project—or simply giving children the time and space to PLAY.
Because play and learning aren’t opposites.
Movement isn’t a distraction from learning.
And outside time isn’t something children should have to earn after they’ve finished the “real work.”
These experiences ARE part of the real work of childhood.
Of course, our students will read. They’ll write. They’ll learn math, science, history, and all of the academic skills they need to grow.
But we don’t believe they need to spend their childhood sitting still in order to do it.
At Mustard Seed Academy, we want children to grow and flourish—academically, socially, emotionally, and as the wonderfully curious kids they already are.
Sometimes the very best classroom doesn’t have four walls.
