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Gather - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.longleafforestschool.org/home daily 1.0 2026-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ddaecadbf92a07731375aa9/fb968820-3bcd-4293-99f9-05fb1f915579/IMG_7804.jpg Home - Forest School ENROLLING NOW for Fall 2026 Ages 3-6: Monday-Friday (2-5 day enrollment options) 9am-1pm Ages 7-10: Tuesdays &/or Thursdays 9am-1pm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ddaecadbf92a07731375aa9/402d89ab-2d5c-418d-8027-4bc5e1dd3b7c/PondBaby.jpg Home - Caregiver+Child For ages 1 to 3 years Tuesdays 10-11:30am 4-week sessions Click below to see upcoming session dates! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ddaecadbf92a07731375aa9/1576291018953-PAUK6OPYA6H5IASDYLOV/Ollie%2BFletcher%2BStream%2Bnets.jpg Home - Camps For the summer of 2026 we are offering 8 weeks of camps in June and July for ages 4-10, and CIT opportunities for ages 11+. 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Forest School always includes plenty of opportunities for unstructured, free play, while offering various ways to engage with friends, materials and surroundings. What else do we do? Invitations to work with art materials Building forts with found materials Books & stories Music & singing Exploring and investigating the natural world Tending the garden or the goats Cooking with farm-grown produce Quiet-time with a nature journal And…all kinds of science, mathematics and literacy that gets integrated into these activities https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ddaecadbf92a07731375aa9/1576536588806-4JU7J5RGD3P10UH58Q9O/CHicken+holding.jpg Forest Preschool - Enrollment To be eligible, students should be at least 3 years old by September 1st and have not yet turned 7. Enrollment Details 9am-1pm 5 , 4, 3 and 2 Day Enrollment Options Program Fees 2025-26 Program fees are below and get divided into 10 equal monthly payments due beginning August 15th, with the final payment due May 15th. 5 mornings: $7,900 4 mornings: $6,350 3 mornings: $4,850 2 mornings: $3,300 To enroll in Forest School, the following is due to hold a spot: Enrollment deposit: equal to one monthly payment, that is applied to your May 15 program fees Enrollment fee: $75 (a one-time fee that helps compensate staff for administrative time: communications, processing applications, creating new student files and configuring billing/payments) Supply fee: $150 per child, per year (helps us cover costs for consumable supplies throughout the school year) Drop-ins: $45 per school day for ages 4+, if space available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ddaecadbf92a07731375aa9/1577895101269-WQ4BDSRDJQWU60VDT2HZ/kid%2Bharvesting%2Bblueberries.jpg Forest Preschool - More Details For the 2025-26 school year, we will meet most days at RambleRill Farm, with 1-2 field trip days per month to local parks. Snacks and lunch are provided by families. We generally follow the Durham and Orange County Public Schools academic calendar and will close for certain holidays, breaks, teacher work days and staff professional development. We are limited by the state to a 4 hour program since the state of NC does not currently license nature-based preschools. In future years, as we grow, we plan to offer financial assistance. As a very small program, that isn’t possible yet, unfortunately. However, if a program like this is just what you’d want for your child, but the cost truly isn’t possible, please inquire about options for work/trade. https://www.longleafforestschool.org/camps daily 0.75 2026-01-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ddaecadbf92a07731375aa9/1577563704457-8KXMTQK3890EA5W5KJYA/Afr+Am+boy+running+Camp.jpg Camps - What we do Summer camps are based at RambleRill Farm Camps include opportunities for: unstructured free play structured group games nature journaling songs & stories fort building creative opportunities with natural and/or art materials Garden tending, harvesting and tasting plenty of movement, excitement and opportunities to cool down https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ddaecadbf92a07731375aa9/1576695188087-0AO6VAOOPM30AMHOU90H/ollie%2BAnnie%2Bshoveling%2Bmulch.jpg Camps - Details 2026 Camp Weeks June 8-12 June 15-19 June 22-26 June 29-July 2 (4-day week) July 6-10 July 13-17 July 20-24 July 27-31 Details Camp Hours are Monday through Friday 9am-1pm Camp fees: $250/week 5% Sibling Discount Camps are for ages 4-10 Teacher to child camp ratio: Ages 4-10 ratio 1:6 Ages 11+ may apply to attend as a LIT (like a CIT more HERE) Priority given to those applying for 2+ weeks 5-day weeks: $100 Inquire about partial weeks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ddaecadbf92a07731375aa9/1582137840869-05BW3X0G4YC5EL8JJE9U/Kids%2Bwalking%2Bin%2Bcreek.jpg Camps - More Details Cancellation policy found in FAQ. Age exceptions considered for siblings & returning students. https://www.longleafforestschool.org/forestschool daily 0.75 2026-01-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ddaecadbf92a07731375aa9/1577563836769-QV4CLLXLI5QAP1TE4HI9/rainboot%2Bin%2Bcreekbed.jpg Forest School - A Day at our Forest School We begin our time together with movement and free play. Around 9:45am we get our backpacks on and head out to another playspace on the farm. Once we arrive, we have snack while the teacher reads from a chapter book. During this next long window of time before lunch, choice is the name of the game: engage with materials teachers have provided that day or play freely as children feel pulled. This part of our day lets us hone skills related to group games, nature journaling, fire building, and team challenges, among others. Our days also include: an instructor-guided activity, visiting and caring for the goats and/or garden space, lots of unstructured free play, creative opportunities and mindfulness practice, as well as all the science, mathematics and literacy that gets woven into these activities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ddaecadbf92a07731375aa9/1578150069782-V63QMSUNA37SDFOKT0V3/boy%2Bholding%2Bsalamander.jpg Forest School - Enrollment Details To be eligible, children should be at least 7 by September 1st. Current schedule is 9am-1pm, 1-3pm might be an option for 2026-27. Please indicate interest for this on your application. 1 or 2 Day enrollment options on Tuesdays and Thursdays 30 Days notice required to unenroll Program Fees 2025-26 Program fees are split into 10 equal monthly payments beginning August 15th, with the final payment due May 15th. 1 morning: $1,500 for year ($150 due per month 8/15-5/15) 2 mornings: $2,750 for year ($275 due per month 8/15-5/15) Drop-in: $40 per school day, if space available https://www.longleafforestschool.org/faq daily 0.75 2025-07-08 https://www.longleafforestschool.org/team daily 0.75 2026-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ddaecadbf92a07731375aa9/4a5f3bb8-4c61-41c5-8a2e-f9786347ab57/IMG_7991.jpeg Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ddaecadbf92a07731375aa9/e61b1034-fd6e-4639-a898-25a2e2d85eab/pmosullivan+2023-21.jpg Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ddaecadbf92a07731375aa9/63f911e1-3e4d-44f0-8504-9e6c5b59793b/IMG_4868.jpeg Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ddaecadbf92a07731375aa9/e680cb04-bb48-4264-90da-ced6b964b9b3/Glenn.jpg Team https://www.longleafforestschool.org/place daily 0.75 2024-06-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ddaecadbf92a07731375aa9/1577729239553-P9S9G5LTZSFWNHF6IPMW/chicken.jpg Place https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ddaecadbf92a07731375aa9/1616428751878-LFBJ5ZQQVOJ75LKEGVVK/garden.jpg Place https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ddaecadbf92a07731375aa9/47733ef6-d7e7-4edd-82db-0ec954d9ceab/IMG_2306+%281%29.jpeg Place https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ddaecadbf92a07731375aa9/1d83f792-a77c-4716-9f85-c24235a6e72a/IMG_7082.jpeg Place https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ddaecadbf92a07731375aa9/02472b0e-9a9d-448b-a432-22c7a39df57c/IMG_6331.jpeg Place https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ddaecadbf92a07731375aa9/b3e9a360-afa4-4ae3-b1ff-6b3a02615a36/IMG_6005.jpeg Place https://www.longleafforestschool.org/mission daily 0.75 2023-08-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ddaecadbf92a07731375aa9/1577653941237-JHMO7JYAD9MVN8EZOMDB/childl+holding+leaves.jpg Mission - Mission Our mission is to cultivate experiences in the natural world that foster curiosity, well-being and stewardship. Values Developing an understanding of community and each individual’s role within it, is at the heart of our programs. Children continue to grasp the interconnection of all life, from the natural world to human communities to an individual’s family and one’s self. This approach helps each child gain a sense of stewardship for all communities around them. “When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.” —John Muir Through nature-immersion, the outdoors serves as a classroom where children can learn, challenge themselves and grow at their own pace. We encourage critical thinking, celebrate creativity and promote individual learning as well as the group process. With talented teachers and nature’s rhythms as guides, the well-being of each child is nurtured and a solid sense of belonging is fostered as they explore, create and take risks in a healthy way. Balance is a learned trait. We learn when to act and when to be still, when to speak up and when to listen, and we learn this through observation and kind, loving feedback. Awareness about these things grows when we practice mindfulness. In a mindful moment we notice ourselves, our behaviors and our surroundings. Longleaf educators model this value of balance and practice mindfulness with children each day. https://www.longleafforestschool.org/employment daily 0.75 2023-08-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ddaecadbf92a07731375aa9/1577913586196-DH74NNOHR5MQ9W1CYPNE/Maddi%2BJune%2BBoardwalk.jpg Employment https://www.longleafforestschool.org/lit daily 0.75 2025-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ddaecadbf92a07731375aa9/1580234874847-TYLF3X90AO3W891RZM37/Kids%2Bwalking%2Bin%2Bcreek.jpg LIT - Details At Longleaf, our Leaders-in-Training program is thoughtfully designed to mentor young adults in developing group management and leadership skills. Trainees, ages 11-15, will work alongside their staff mentors to recognize and practice their strengths, and continue seeking opportunities for growth. They will create measurable goals for their experience with us and be supported throughout their experience to achieve these goals. Leaders-in-Training play an important role in aiding our staff and helping children engage with the environment and their peers. Candidates should: Be a positive role model and actively participate Enjoy playing with younger children Demonstrate an appreciation for the natural world Arrive on time Be willing to share their enthusiasm and be silly Be open to trying new things Embrace each day with a positive attitude Attend a virtual mandatory LIT training hour Attend minimum of 4 weeks (Sept-May), or 2 weeks (June-Aug), Have prior relevant experience such as a nature-based camp or program Program cost: Summer: $125/week (or $100/week for 4-day camp week) 9am-3pm, except Fridays, which run 9am-1pm Fall through Spring: $100 per 4-week session for one day per week, 9am-1pm Program dates: See camp dates for summer. Flexible day and start and end dates Sept-May) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ddaecadbf92a07731375aa9/1580329396232-PK7Q5U6VA4EVD9IZXC4U/Kids+building+fort.jpg LIT - A Typical Day Leaders-in-Training will arrive at the farm at 9am with the same gear required of our students (warm layers, a water bottle, a change of clothes and a healthy snack and lunch, a backpack). They may be asked to help teachers finish setting up, or to greet children as they arrive and play with them. At snack and lunch they might help out with hand washing, passing out sit pads, or reading a story while the children get seated and begin eating. During free play, exploration and teacher-led activity times the LIT will model good listening skills, following directions, and gently helping the young children do the same. They will work with staff to sharpen their language with group management skills, learning ways to help children navigate their feelings and peer interactions. The role of the Leaders In Training will vary at times as we help individuals work on their personal goals. 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