Ozarks Area Independent
Nature School Directory

• Indoor/Outdoor

• Focus: Montessori-based homeschool program

• Schedule: Mon - Thurs

• Ages: 9-12

• Drop-off or parent workspace available

• Indoor/Outdoor

• Focus: Private Montessori School Program blended with Forest School Traditions

• Schedule: Year-round enrollment, Mon-Friday with both full and half day options

• Ages: Primary (3-5), Elementary (6-9)

• Drop off

• Outdoor  with some indoor opportunities

• Focus: Faith-based forest school co-op

• Schedule: Wednesdays, 10:00-2:00 pm

• Ages: 5-18

• Drop off

• Outdoor

• Focus: Faith-based Homeschool Meetup Group

• Schedule: Wednesdays

• Ages: All ages, families welcome

• Non Drop-off / Coop

• Outdoor on the Farm

• Focus: Faith-based homeschool supplement

• Schedule: Mondays and Tuesdays

• Ages: 5-16

• Drop off

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• Fully Outdoor

• Focus: Supplemental homeschool with a forest school approach

• Schedule: Mondays and Wednesdays (starting in April)

• Ages: 3-9

• Co-op

• Outdoor / Indoor

• Focus: Homeschool, Unschool, Alternative school

• Schedule: Different classes throughout the week, some weekly, some monthly. School of Dirt March-October

• Ages: Infant to pre-teen

• Drop off

• Indoor/Outdoor

• Focus: Herbalism and Traditional Skills

• Schedule: Young Herbalist Program: Saturdays (4 week sessions, Spring Summer and Autumn), Traditional Skills Program: Mondays (8 week session starting March 10)

• Ages: Young Herbalist (6-17), Traditional Skills (8-17)

• Drop off and Co-op options

• Indoor/Outdoor

• Focus: Licensed Daycare

• Schedule: Mon - Friday 7am - 6pm

• Ages: Birth-6

• Drop off

• Outdoor with some indoor opportunities

• Focus: Forest school themed

• Schedule: Thursdays, 10:00-2:00 pm

• Ages: 5-18

• Drop off

• Outdoor

• Focus: Preschool, home school and after school enrichment

• Schedule: Thursdays, 10:00-2:00 pm

• Ages: Infants-18

• Drop off and Coop options

• Fully outdoor

• Focus: Homeschool supplemental program

• Schedule: Tuesdays & Thursdays, Kinder and Explores,. 1st Wednesday of the Month is Adventurers. Intermittent Wednesday mornings for Nature School Live

• Ages: Kinder (5-6), Explorers (7-12), Adventurers (13-16), Nature School Live (8-12

• Drop-off

• Fully outdoor

• Focus: Homeschool supplemental program

• Schedule: Tuesdays 10:00-2;00, spring semester is 8 weeks March-May

• Ages: 6-13 (classes in two year age groups)

• Drop off with co-op/parent volunteer options available (4-6 only)

• Fully outdoor

• Focus: Waldorf inspired outdoor homeschool and pre-k program.

• Schedule: Thursdays

• Ages: 4-18

• Drop off (with parent participation opportunities available)

• Indoor/Outdoor

• Focus: Materials literacy through nature based art activities

• Schedule: Last Thursday of each month

• Ages: 9-12