Fun Outdoor Curriculum and Classes for Homeschoolers in Tacoma, Washington
Curriculum and educational outdoor activities for homeschoolers in Tacoma, Washington. Year-round play-based learning for toddlers, preschoolers, and young kids in local greenspaces.
Tinkergarten's outdoor, play-based learning classes and curriculum are designed by experts and loved by families in in Tacoma, Washington. Homeschooled children up to 8 years old and their families learn through outdoor play all year round.
Our play-based outdoor activities help homeschooled kids develop critical early learning skills like creativity, empathy, and problem solving. Families learn at home or join an outdoor class following the Tinkergarten curriculum and guided by a local teacher.
Try Tinkergarten Home for free, join a local class, or start a new group by becoming a Tinkergarten teacher. Join the other families in in Tacoma, Washington today to play and learn outdoors together!
Two Ways to Tinkergarten
Bringing it home
Courtney, Durham, NC
Supplements their child's preschool experience with outdoor, play-based learning. Watch weekly lessons together, activating skill-boosting play sessions in their home space.
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Joining a local Tinkergarten class
Aaron, Madison, WI
Takes their son to a weekly class, guided by a Tinkergarten Teacher, in their local park.
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Why our homeschooling families love Tinkergarten:
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Nature
+Our classroom is nature, and the choice to school at home so often aligns with a desire for the best possible classroom.
In a world of uncertainty, I have been blessed to be reminded each week of the amazing power of wonder. To see children experience the natural world around them with such joy gives me hope. The hours that I spend outside as a Tinkergarten teacher are some of the best, week after week.
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Open-Ended Learning
+All of our activities are play-based, child-led and multi-age, matching nicely with the individual learning design a homeschooled child receives.
Each class I observed how engaged the kids were in the explorations and could tell that they were so immersed that they could've continued happily for much longer.
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Eight Essential Skills
+The program helps kids develop a strong foundation in 8 essential skills they’ll need to become capable, confident and creative learners.
I learned to be more patient and child-led in my interactions. I have changed my perspective around how to initiate an idea and let the kids run with it.
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Social
+Our live programming, both in person and online, is interactive and designed to build strong class communities.
We learned another way to play with them, to approach nature, and to ask them things like 'What do you think? What do you see?'
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At-Home Curriculum
+Homeschooling parents use our at-home activities and resources for grown-ups to keep purposeful play going all week long.
In a world of uncertainty, I have been blessed to be reminded each week of the amazing power of wonder. To see children experience the natural world around them with such joy gives me hope. The hours that I spend outside as a Tinkergarten teacher are some of the best, week after week.
~ Tinkergarten Teacher
Free DIY Outdoor Activities
Expert-designed activities families & teachers can use to weave a bit more purposeful outdoor play into every day.
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