Programs
Classes
Infant
Class
For 3-12 months as of Aug 1.
Student-to-educator ratio is typically 3:1.
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Toddler
Class
For 1-year-olds and sometimes young 2's.
Student-to-educator ratio is typically 5:1.
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Preschool Level I Class
For 2-year-olds and sometimes older 1’s nearing age 2.
Student-to-educator ratio is typically 6:1.
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Preschool Level II Class
For older 2’s and 3-year-olds.
Student-to-educator ratio is typically 7:1.
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Pre-K & Multi-Age Classes
For older 3’s, 4’s, and 5’s.
Student-to-educator ratio is typically 10:1.
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Nutrition
TSS provides meals and snacks that are nourishing, wholesome, and served community-style to promote life-long healthy eating habits. All TSS campuses currently provide snacks and lunches daily included in the cost of tuition. Our menus are carefully designed by an experienced, professional chef and are plant-based (vegan), nut-free and allergy conscious. We use local, organic vegetables grown in our own school garden as much as possible. We strive to provide a balanced diet, with an emphasis on whole grains, fresh fruits, vegetables, beans, legumes, and seeds. Visit our Food & Nutrition Education page for more info.
Art
Every Turning Sun campus features an art studio, or Atelier, where supplies are stored at student level so they can help select materials for creating. In classrooms, visual arts are incorporated into daily invitations and project work. Children are introduced to a variety of artistic mediums and encouraged to explore them fully. Messes are expected and add to the fun of learning.
Music
Music provides a wonderful opportunity for students of all ages to sing, dance, and express themselves at Turning Sun, and our campuses incorporate it regularly in creative ways. Students typically enjoy hands-on experience with various instruments (e.g. drums, acoustic/electric guitars, tuba, stand up bass). Some classes even create an original song each year featuring elements from their project investigations.
Yoga
Yoga provides a special time for children to experience a quiet, relaxing environment which allows them to become more in tune with their inner voices and physical strength. Yoga connects back to, and strengthens, the play and work in each classroom and is a time to acknowledge the light in each of us. Sessions are typically woven into our weekly activities but may be implemented differently at each TSS campus.
Environmental Education
An Environmental Educator at each campus helps children develop a relationship with nature and appreciation for their environment through outdoor experiences, seasonal celebrations, school-wide taste tests, and collaboration with community experts and family volunteers. We strive to ensure our students understand where healthy food comes from, so TSS campuses typically feature compost stations, worm bins, and raised bed organic gardens which are sown, fertilized, maintained, and harvested regularly by our students as part of our farm-to-preschool program.