We are an intimate, home and garden based forest kindergarten in Manchester Center, VT located on a 1768 homestead surrounded by gardens, pond and stream, and abutting 70 acres of preserved wild lands. We have a summer program for 3-6 year olds, an after school program for 9-12 year olds, and a seasonal farm stand and garden workshop program.
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What parents say about Fiddleheads Programming
“I can't say enough good things. This is preschool as it should be. Every kid should be so lucky."
- Stephanie Smith
“As humans continue to struggle with re-finding our place in the natural world, I am grateful for a preschool like Fiddleheads where my daughter’s intuition to appreciate Nature has been supported by the daily outdoor exploration provided by the school.”
-Jesse Narens
"I cannot imagine a more enriching preschool experience for our daughter who thrived in the forest as much as she did during indoor time. Teacher Jessica and staff bring a dynamic and immersive curriculum around nature and science together with a warm and grounded social/emotional early learning environment. My daughter is very well prepared for Kindergarten and notices more things in the Forest than anyone else in our family, from naming different kinds of trees based on leaves she finds to identifying hidden nests. My daughter also has excellent body awareness that I attribute to both the mindfulness work as well as the outdoor time that she had daily at school. I would recommend Fiddleheads to any parent looking for a contemporary, whole child and high quality approach to early childhood education that simultaneously maintains those most wonderful traditions of seasonal celebration and childhood magic that we rejoice in passing on to our children." -Emily B.
