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Giving Tree School is a nonprofit, nature-based preschool in Gill, MA that serves children ages 2.9 through 5 years using a HighScope early education framework. The program emphasizes child-led, play-based learning in an expansive Outdoor Classroom and is licensed by the Massachusetts EEC and accredited by HighScope.
Giving Tree School is a nonprofit, nature-based preschool serving children approximately 2.9 through 5 years old. The program follows the HighScope framework and uses the outdoors as a primary learning environment, with a combination of outdoor and indoor learning spaces designed to support hands-on, play-based exploration.
Instruction emphasizes child-led, play-based learning, social-emotional development, conflict-resolution skills, and child agency. Teachers scaffold children's interests to promote intentional play, problem-solving, and independence, and the program uses structured sequences of the day (planning, choice time, recall, small groups) to support learning.
The campus includes a large Outdoor Classroom with natural play elements and constructed play structures, a pavilion with a living roof, and a sunlit indoor classroom used as a home base. Recent site improvements and community-built play structures are noted as part of the outdoor environment.
Giving Tree accepts Massachusetts childcare vouchers and offers need-based financial assistance. Enrollment is managed by an annual application/waitlist process and includes an administrative fee and a deposit as part of the tuition contract; a summer program is offered separately during July (week-by-week registration).
A HighScope-accredited, play-based preschool program that emphasizes child-led exploration, planning and choice time, small-group work, and substantial outdoor learning in an Outdoor Classroom setting. During spring, summer, and fall children spend most of the day outdoors; winter schedules include substantial outdoor sessions in the mornings and afternoons.
A week-by-week summer program using the same child-led, nature-based approach. Runs Monday–Friday for multiple weeks in July, with daily hours typically 8:30 AM–4:00 PM; registration opens in February and the program is theme-based.
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