Nourished Oaks

12/06/2025

It's been an amazing week! 💞

03/06/2025

EDIT: Our outdoor programs for 2025-2026 are now FULL.
However, feel free to register online to reserve a spot in line on the waiting list. Families on the waiting list will be notified of new openings in the order their registrations were received.

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We have a *little* room opening up in Homeschool Enrichment for the 2025-2026 school year! We are a great fit for families who:

- enjoy and value outdoor time & the natural sciences
- do core academics at home (or elsewhere) and want to add a bit of community, SEL, science, & art
- are looking for a small co-op community that meets once a week
- lean towards a self-directed, choice-based, or Charlotte Mason approach to education (though families with all approaches to home education are welcome!)
- value unstructured play and want to preserve childhood's wonder and simplicity
- value accessibility & neurodiversity

Located in Waynesboro. Ages 6-12.

Find all the details here: http://nourishedoaks.com/our-programs-3/homeschool-enrichment-group/

22/05/2025

19/04/2025

Many home-educated students exist who have support needs that don’t require highly specialized care for group learning, but aren't able to easily participate in traditional programs. With just a little bit of adaptation and support, these students could participate in a mainstream homeschool group, forest school, or other program and be a vibrant part of our communities.

Sadly, many of these kids end up living in isolation - just outside our circles.

My heart is to expand our little circle of inclusion to provide a safe community and stepping stone for these students --

and to inspire other mainstream programs to consider how they might do the same.

After leaders of a few other groups contacted me asking for links to resources to help them explore how to expand their circles, I put together a page on our website and a Google Doc for that purpose.

I hope it's a blessing to group leaders and parents!

If you're aware of resources I missed, please comment or message me!

https://nourishedoaks.com/expand-your-circle/

A Note from Jenni As a mother of four (two of them with support needs), I deeply appreciate the homeschool group and forest school leaders who have stumbled upon our group and reached out to ask ho…

08/04/2025

Almost half of the children in our groups are autistic. In order to know how to support them, it's important to understand important concepts like this 🌻

07/04/2025

Speaking of neurodiversity (see previous post about the Neurodiversity Fair!) the first several images in this help clarify some of the vocabulary 🌻💜

07/04/2025

Reminder that the Neurodiversity Fair in Staunton is this Saturday! Hope to see you there!
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1EAiB77LKR/

12/03/2025

SOON!!! One day last spring we happened upon at least a dozen of these at one spot on the river! 💜🐸

Have you spotted a spring peeper frog yet?

Keep a look out and fine tune your listening ear! Spring peepers are small tree frogs with lines that form an X-shaped pattern on their backs. Their bellies are white to cream-colored, and they have dark bands on their legs and a dark line between their eyes. The call of the Spring Peeper typically begins in March or early April, so it is often considered one of the first harbingers of spring! Woohoo!!

07/03/2025

Spring term for our outdoor homeschool enrichment group starts March 25 and we still have room for a couple more students.

If you have been waiting to get some questions answered or for warmer weather, now is the perfect time to apply 💃💃💃

We are geared toward ages 6-12 and meet in Waynesboro.

More details and the link to the registration form are on the website --

http://nourishedoaks.com/our-programs-3/homeschool-enrichment-group/

28/02/2025

Let's play I Spy the Pedagogical Significance 🧐

(It's easier in person than in photos)

What sort of learning could be happening in the scene picture above?

Drop your ideas in the comments 👇

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"Every activity that a child engages with has pedagogical significance. They are not 'just playing' or 'just having fun'."

page 80 The Essential Guide to Forest School and Nature Pedagogy by Jon Cree and Marina Robb

26/02/2025

We will be one of many groups/organizations with activities set up at the Neurodiversity Fair in Staunton April 12th! Augusta County folks, come out to find out about the local places your neurodivergent child can find love, fun, and support - and how you can better understand and support the neurodivergent people you know and love 💜