This is what childhood is supposed to feel like.

There are no required classes here. No curriculum. No grades. No homework. No coercion. There are ten wild acres just outside city limits, in all weather, all year long. There is open sky, a big field, a straw bale pyramid, building materials, mud, and a group of children who show up week after week and build something rare together.

Most of the kids were shy when they first joined us. They were quiet and uncertain. After a few months, you wouldn't recognize them. They are full of life and laughter. They speak freely. They advocate for themselves and for each other. They are becoming, in front of our eyes, exactly who they were meant to be.

Most of the moms who find us have been starving for community. They find it here.

Plenty of parents who don't have to stay, stay anyway, because this is what they were looking for too.

One of our moms looked around and sighed, "I love it here."

We are unschooling, plus community. We run on sociocracy: the kids make the rules. We are Washington State's only outdoor Self-Directed Education center.

We are secular. We welcome all faiths, all ethnicities, LGBTQ+ families, and neurodiversity. You do not have to sign a statement of faith. If you believe in Self-Directed Education, you are welcome here.

If you've read Peter Gray, John Holt, or John Taylor Gatto and found yourself nodding along, you are probably already our people.

Three weekly gatherings. Ages 1 to 18. North Spokane.

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