Little Wild Roots

At Little Wild Roots, our approach to learning is rooted in honoring each child’s strengths while nurturing curiosity, confidence, and a genuine love of learning. Designed for children ages 3.5–5, this early childhood nature-based program offers a gentle alternative or enrichment to traditional preschool through hands-on, play-based experiences. Set on a working hobby farm, children learn through exploration, choring, and caring for animals to help build early life skills, responsibility, and connection to the natural world in a warm, supportive environment.

At Little Wild Roots, children gain a strong foundation for lifelong learning through play, connection, and meaningful experiences. Our program supports cognitive growth while nurturing creativity, problem-solving, literacy, nature, and self-help skills through hands-on lessons led by high-quality educators. In a warm, supportive social setting, nurturing teachers guide children as they practice sharing, communicating, and building friendships in age-appropriate ways that help them grow socially with confidence.

Little Wild Roots also promotes resilience, responsibility, and a growing love for the natural world through authentic experiences like animal care, exploration, and active learning. With abundant fine and large motor activities outdoors, children increase physical activity, and build independence during short times away from home.

Little Wild Roots is a school-year, early childhood enrichment program for children ages 3.5–5, running from September to mid-December and mid-January through April for a total of 28 weeks. Children need to be 3 by March 1st and independent in the bathroom by the start of classes. Children attend two days per week, choosing either Monday/Wednesday or Tuesday/Thursday, with class times available from 9:15–11:15 a.m. or 1:15–3:15 p.m. to best fit family schedules.

We are currently full for the 2025-2026 school year. Please add your child to the waitlist if you are interested in enrolling your child if a spot opens up.

1. Pick Your Day
Choose the days and time (Mon/Wed or Tues/Thurs) your child will attend.

2. Enroll and Secure Your Spot
Complete the registration form, agree to program policies, and submit the $75 non-refundable enrollment fee.

3. Stay Connected and Get Ready
You will receive information to complete your registration along with updates and reminders. Please add projectwildrooted@gmail.com to your email contacts so nothing gets lost or pushed to your SPAM folder.

ENROLL FOR 2026-2027

Each day at Little Wild Roots follows a thoughtful, predictable rhythm that balances structure, exploration, and connection.

What Families are Saying

These snapshots from our Facebook page show just a few of the experiences throughout the year.

FAQs

  • A $75 non refundable application fee is due at the time of registration. This fee is separate from tuition. Tuition can be paid three different ways.

    Monthly

    Semester

    Yearly

    Tuition is dependent on the option you pick and on the installment plan you choose.

    Tuition is independent of the number of children you register.

    Discounts:

    A 10% discount will be applied if tuition for each semester is paid in full.

    A 15% discount will be applied if tuition for the entire year is paid in full.

  • School Year Registration opens in February

  • We use our mission along with the seasons and general scientific concepts that are geared toward each age leveled group to help us determine our themes. We then We create a curriculum using a combination of our own activities combined with activities from other like minded educators to help students accomplish their goals.

  • Little Wild Roots follows a seasonal, nature-based curriculum that is themed monthly. Children explore topics such as the natural world, plants and pollination, animals and their life cycles, seasonal changes, weather, water, rocks and minerals, simple machines, farm life, and early science concepts through hands-on, play-based learning

  • This program will never assign homework. However, we encourage you to explore and foster organic discussions and extension activities that arise from your child’s experiences and exposure to various topics covered during Rooted Academy throughout the year.

  • Little Wild Roots is suited best for 3.5-5 year olds. Children should have their third birthday by March 1st.

  • We intend to keep classes small with a teacher to student ratio of approximately 1:7.

  • All of our programs are intended for parents to drop off and pick up children. Parents are actually encouraged to allow their children the independent experience but if your child is a bit nervous the first time, you are more than welcome to stay until they are comfortable.

  • We suggest you sign your child up for one option that best fits their learning journey.

  • When we first began this journey, our mission was simple- to connect children deeply to the natural world. Over time, we’ve seen how this connection opens hearts, sparks wonder, and leads to meaningful conversations about the world around us. As followers of Christ, we recognize that this sense of awe and appreciation for nature naturally connects back to our Creator.

    Beginning next year (2026-2027) , we’ll be allowing ourselves to speak openly about our faith when conversations organically lead there, especially when it comes to where the world comes from, who made it, and how the beauties of nature are connected to creation.

    We also want to be equally clear that Project Wild Rooted remains open and welcoming to all families. We do not plan on formalizing faith-based instruction but rather children may occasionally encounter casual references much like they would in everyday life. We will not require a statement of faith to participate, and will not have any structured religious instruction.

    We believe deeply that loving as Christ loved means welcoming everyone with honesty, grace, and respect. Our hope is to continue fostering a community marked by curiosity, kindness, connection to the natural world, and genuine care for one another. And while our curriculum will remain firmly rooted in hands-on, experiential learning, we will be intentional about allowing opportunities to affirm creation in the years ahead.

  • Little Wild Roots will be at our Greene Acres Campus located in Center City, MN.

  • Please check out our Testimonial Page where parents have shared their detailed stories about being part of PWR.