NC Nature + Nurture

NC Nature + Nurture Our mission is to inspire a life long love of learning through purposeful-play.

Play is not a luxury. It is the true work of childhood. Play builds: resilience, critical thinking, self control, risk a...
01/06/2026

Play is not a luxury. It is the true work of childhood.

Play builds: resilience, critical thinking, self control, risk assessment, working memory, emotional regulation, problem solving, task initiation, and cognitive flexibility.

It’s builds strong social + emotional connections, autonomy, and imagination.

Play boosts social + emotional intelligence, confidence, self-awareness, and creativity.

It builds executive function that provides a strong foundation for every stage of life - not just kindergarten.

It is time for a different type of early childhood education. One that focuses on the whole child, not arbitrary timelines and competitive grading.

The research no longer supports putting cognitive work ahead of social and emotional growth in early childhood. So, let’s not.

Join our learning adventure. Now accepting applications for summer + fall.

Visit our website to learn more.

Children learn through doing; it is how they explore the world, learn to assess risk, try things out, and get to know th...
01/04/2026

Children learn through doing; it is how they explore the world, learn to assess risk, try things out, and get to know themselves.

Play builds executive functioning, language skills, critical thinking, empathy, resilience, and social-emotional development – all of which are foundational.

This is bigger than Kindergarten readiness; this is LIFE readiness.

Join our learning adventure!

Enrolling now for summer camps + nature preschool.

This is not just kindergarten readiness. This is life readiness. We believe a solid developmental foundation is built on...
12/30/2025

This is not just kindergarten readiness. This is life readiness.

We believe a solid developmental foundation is built on much more than learning to be quiet, obedient, and still. It’s so much bigger than how soon we can teach memorization of numbers + letters.

Child development is a whole big picture - it’s not just cognitive. It’s also social, emotional, and physical.

We focus on play, creative thinking, emotional regulation, confidence, connection, socialization, independence, imagination, and physical movement.

We see the whole child. Everyone is welcome to learn and adventure with us - just as they are. Come experience something different. Something bigger.

Visit our website to learn more + enroll!

Today I received this amazing gift from one of our preschool parents! It is a hand drawn picture of our class having lun...
12/18/2025

Today I received this amazing gift from one of our preschool parents!

It is a hand drawn picture of our class having lunch - each child has their favorite color shirt on! The class was so excited to find themselves in the picture today and even more excited to find themselves in their favorite color!

What an incredible gift that is truly timeless. 💕💕 I will treasure this FOREVER.

THANK YOU!!

Let them be wild.
12/17/2025



Let them be wild.

“Let nature be your teacher.” Playing outside offers amazing developmental benefits including: 🌳Increased physical healt...
12/17/2025

“Let nature be your teacher.”

Playing outside offers amazing developmental benefits including:

🌳Increased physical health through strength, balance, + coordination

🌳 Boosting early foundational skills such as problem-solving, focus, spatial awareness, + risk assessment

🌳Fostering a deep connection with nature, which studies show lead to more regulated and stable emotions, better sleep, + increased immunity

🌳 Encouraging confidence, resilience, independence + creativity through whole-body engagement

🌳Sensory exploration

Play is not a luxury. It is the real work of childhood.



Join us for our next school year beginning September 20 26! Learn more and register through our website.

Ice play day!!
12/16/2025

Ice play day!!

Finding ice everywhere! What an exciting day! We don’t always have ice here, so when we do it’s full throttle on the exc...
12/16/2025

Finding ice everywhere! What an exciting day! We don’t always have ice here, so when we do it’s full throttle on the excitement!

Using shovels, sticks, salt, and our bodies to see what breaks it up and melts it!

Prepping some fun ice activities for the morning! Yesterday our group talked a lot about ice! We found things naturally ...
12/16/2025

Prepping some fun ice activities for the morning!

Yesterday our group talked a lot about ice! We found things naturally frozen together yesterday, which created curiosity + excitement, and led to so many conversations about water and ice.

at the end of our day together, we put some things out on the table and cover them with water to see what we would find when we came back to school today!

The cold day didn’t stop these guys from a day of adventure and climbing!Today we ambled off of our more familiar trails...
12/15/2025

The cold day didn’t stop these guys from a day of adventure and climbing!

Today we ambled off of our more familiar trails and found a fallen tree to play on, a tree the right size to climb, huge (frozen) turkey tail mushrooms, and a super cool hollowed out old tree stump.

We are almost halfway through this preschool year and the excitement continues to build each day we explore.

There is always something new to discover in nature. Because nature is wild - just like kids. They are intimately connected in that way. All we have to do is allow them to be. 💕

We begin enrolling in January for our next preschool class beginning September 2026!

Visit our website to learn more or enroll.

Address

9900 Horton Road
New Hill, NC
27562

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 1pm
Tuesday 9am - 1pm
Wednesday 9am - 1pm
Thursday 9am - 1pm
Friday 9am - 1pm

Telephone

+19196085864

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