Resources

Nature Based Education
The nature-based education movement is rapidly gaining popularity in the United States. The Natural Start Alliance (naturalstart.org), the Children and Nature Network (childrenandnature.org), the North American Association for Environmental Education (naaee.org), the Eastern Region Association of Forest and Nature Schools (erafans.org), Inside-Outside (insideoutside.org), and Mass Audubon (massaudubon.org/learn/nature-preschools) are organizations that support the expansion of nature-based early childhood education and provide services to early childhood professionals. Cairn Hill Nature Preschool is excited to be part of this important and timely movement!

Waldorf Education
Waldorf education is an independent school movement with over 120 schools in the US and 1000 worldwide. Through arts-integrated academics for children from preschool through high school that enhances and enriches learning. Waldorf education aims to inspire lifelong learning in all students and to enable them to fully develop their unique capacities. To learn more, visit waldorfeducation.org.

Department of Early Childhood Education
Cairn Hill Nature Preschool curriculum is designed to meet the common core standards outlined by
Massachusetts Department of Early Childhood Education.
Some references about Early Education and care standards are provided below:
Department of Early Learning guidelines.

https://www.mass.gov/eec-learning-standards-and-curriculum-guidelines

​Preschool Early Learning Guidelines
http://www.eec.state.ma.us/docs1/curriculum/20030401_preschool_early_learning_guidelines.pdf