Association for Environmental & Outdoor education

Neptune Nature School

Formed by a couple of preschool teachers looking to provide a play-based, child and interest led,nature-filled experience where children would go home filthy and exhausted from a busy day of exploration, play, negotiation, art, and social-emotional development. Neptune serves 2.5-6 year-olds with a preschool, TK, and kindergarten program in local nature reserves and parks. Our name, Neptune, is a small homage to the original name of Alameda’s Crab Cove-Neptune Beach. We spend a great deal of time in this local nature reserve, engaging with local marine biology & coastal ecology. Why Nature school? Much of our format is modeled on the European, and emerging American forest school preschool models, spending 100% of our time outdoors.