Besides all the usual fun and learning at Nurture & Nature, here are some additional activities and enrichment programs our children enjoy on a regular basis:

Outdoor Play

Fenced in and safe, our center has two separate playgrounds for our Infants/Pre-Toddlers and Toddlers/Pre-Schoolers/Kindergarteners. Both areas are filled with swings, slides and sandboxes that are always a buzz with laughter and activity.  

Carriage Rides

The private roads surrounding Nurture & Nature provide a quiet, shady place to take our kids for rides in an individual stroller or our nifty six-seat buggy. It's a trip filled with bird and squirrel sightings, not to mention great foliage.

Theme Days

"A Teddy Bear Picnic", "Wear Your Pajamas to School" and "A Salute to Winnie the Pooh" are just a few examples of the creative ideas our teachers dream up to make some days extra special.

Parties

Whether it's a visit from Santa, dressing up in scary costumes for our Halloween Parade, or celebrating a birthday, the parties we have are always loads of fun for the staff, the children and their parents.

Field Trips

Our trips away from the center are always well organized and chaperoned by parents. This past fall, we went to Emery Farm in Durham, and Scamman's Farm in Stratham for a hayride and pumpkin picking.  The pre-school class went to Apple Annie's in Exeter for apple picking!

Music Lessons

A well-known New England musician and storyteller, Marcus Gale visits our center once a month and provides staff and children with musical fun and learning.

Yoga

Twice a month, an instructor from a local yoga studio comes in and teaches the children.  The activities promote self-awareness, self-acceptance and self-confidence - the foundations of exceptional learning and a lifetime of health and wellness.

Zippity ZOO (Granite State Zoo)

Each visit features a Wildlife Educator arriving with three famous Wildlife Ambassadors! Each session starts with the kids joining the Educator in singing the "Zippity-ZOO Jingle"  to the tune of Zippidy-doo-da. Animals include two  "Common Species" and one  "Premium Species" as a special guest of-the-month.  Zippity Zoo also provides a coloring activity or craft related to that month's special guest! Some of our guests from the Granite Zoo have been an Arctic fox, Chinchilla, Red Coatimundi, and a Russian Tortoise.

Every year, Exeter Hospital sends a representative to teach us about bike safety.

Fire Safety Program

Annually, representatives from Newfields Fire Department come to instruct our children on fire safety.