Forest + Art Adventure Preschool
A creative, nature-rich preschool experience where young children explore, make, and discover — one day in the forest, one day in the studio.
2026/2027
Dates: Sept 14 - June 17
Ages: 3-5 Years Old
Time: 9:00am - 1:00pm
Where: Wondery Art Studio and Bend Forest School
*You’ll register on the Bend Forest School website
Program highlights:
2 days/week: Wednesdays in the art studio at Wondery, Fridays in the forest at Bend Forest School
Play-based, interest-led learning
Emergent curriculum guided by children's curiosity
Small 6:1 student-to-teacher ratio
Forest + Art Adventure Preschool
A collaborative program by Bend Forest School & Wondery Art + Adventure School
Forest + Art Adventure Preschool is a play-based program for children ages 3–5, meeting two days a week throughout the school year (September 14 – June 17) from 9:00am–1:00pm. Each week children spend one day immersed in the forest at Bend Forest School and one day creating in the art studio at Wondery Art & Adventure School — two distinct environments that together offer a rich, whole-child experience.
Whether exploring the woods or working with clay, paint, and loose materials, every day is an emergent learning journey guided by children's natural curiosity and the joy of the process. We believe young children thrive when they have a safe space to get messy, move their bodies, feel their feelings, and explore their world — with caring adults as guides. Early literacy and math skills are woven naturally into play and projects, always following each child's lead.
Loose monthly themes offer gentle direction through provocations and projects, while leaving plenty of room to follow where children's curiosity leads — in the studio and in the wild.
