The Watershed Learning Center is a lively learning community where children explore together in a supportive, creative atmosphere.
OUR CHILDREN ARE UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS, each with a collection of talents and inclinations that must be allowed to develop. We prize the individual child for the sake of his or her unique qualities. Rather than testing children, we create experiences for them in an environment of learning and growth. |
In partnership with like-minded families, we encourage our children to blossom at their own pace.
The Watershed Learning Center is registered and licensed by the NYS Office of Children and Family Services
to provide Group Family Daycare Services.
The Watershed Learning Center is a multi-age community of learners. Each child’s path to discovery is unique. We strive to inspire children to pursue their interests, we provide targeted resources and structure for them to do so, and we help the child record the experience, in whatever form appropriate, for their portfolio.
The Watershed School provides a context for student’s spontaneous growth and learning, as well as structure for organizing and understanding their journey.
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WHO WE ARE:
Watershed Center Associates provide consulting services to organizations and individuals. WCA develops nature and science programs and lessons for children and adults.
The principal staff of the WCA and Watershed Learning Center have been educators and childrens’ program professionals for many years. Their experience includes directing Free Spirit Nature Camp, and working in public schools and with Youth Service organizations in the Hudson Valley. The WLC project is a natural growth of our work with children. We believe that kids learn better outdoors. We strive to infuse our understanding of ecology and appreciation for the natural world into all of our activities.
Information about our summer nature daycamp can found here:
The Watershed Learning Center is a learning alternative for youngsters in Orange County, New York and the Greater Hudson Valley. It is a nature-based, ecology program based on democratic principles. We serve students in Kindergarten, Elementary School and Homeschoolers. We offer homeschooling support and assistance for families. We encourage child-led, child-centered, inquiry based and project based learning opportunities. We follow in the tradition of schooling which includes Waldorf, Montessori, Reggio Emilio. We are part of an international network of progressive schools, AERO, Alternative Education Resource Organization. We serve students from Pine Bush, Wurtsboro, Middletown, Circleville, Walker Valley, Goshen, Sullivan County and surrounding areas. Transportation is available.