Freeform Forest School

At Freeform Forest School, our teaching is strongly rooted in social and environmental justice. Children are the future, truly. We foster an environment that engages children in developing empathy, understanding, and encourage questions of all kinds! Our program helps to raise confident children who are able to stand up, use their voices and become agents of change in a society riddled with injustice, lack of equity and resources. Our curriculum is age appropriate and engages young minds to dream up a brighter future, rather than instill fear of the present. Freeform Forest School's curriculum was created to embrace every child's background, color and family structure, including LBGTQ+ families. 

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• Queer Liberation- We believe in the rights, liberation and joy of all queer and trans individuals and families. Our program is queer led, meaning the teachers have firsthand experience navigating the world as a queer people. Our curriculum utilizes age appropriate lessons on acceptance, support and knowledge surrounding any gender or sexuality or family structures. 

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• Anti-racism - Our curriculum embraces the importance of equity and helps our students to understand their own privilege in the world. Students will learn about various forms of oppression people face in this country and around the world and we will work together to dismantle injustices through age appropriate activities and book readings.

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• Covid Safety - Covid-19 is still very serious and life threatening. 30% of Covid infections result in Long Covid. Children are not immune nor exempt from this. At Freeform Forest School we believe in Disability Justice, protecting People of Color and Trans and Queer folks and caring for our immunocompromised and elderly community members--all mentioned are amongst the most at risk of death and disability from Covid. As we envision a safer future, we implement practices that model that. N-95 (or better) masks are required and must stay on unless a student is eating or drinking. 

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• Community Care and Mutual Aid - We believe that community care and mutual aid are vital components towards living in a just world that centers disability justice, equity, abolition, trans, queer and BIPOC folks. Teachers and students dream up ways we can help those experiencing poverty, racism and have access needs. We share skills that are useful to each other and work on mutual aid projects. Children will learn through empathy and practice direct and compassionate communication-- key components to resolving conflict, understanding the world and working alongside their peers.

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• Outdoor Learning Environment - Making mud soup, bird watching, identifying plants and animals, making forts and shelters, climbing trees, playing games, going on scavenger hunts are all fun and important activities to help kids understand the world around them while promoting natural curiosity. Being outdoors allows kids to be kids--free from the confinement and rigidly of a traditional classroom which stifle children's creativity and autonomy. We are able to learn about the importance of conservation and preservation, we are able to admire the earth's natural beauty and understand the interconnectedness of all things. 

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