CLASSROOM & DAY

River Canyon accepts children ages 2.5 to 6 years of age.

  1. A mixed-age Morning program with children ages 2.5-6. Monday-Friday 8:15-1:00 with the following options: 2-days/week, 3-days/week, 4-days/week, and 5-days/week.
  2. Or Full day continues to 4pm

    In our school, most learning occurs through play, which is often imitating adults. Children plant seeds and tend the garden, build and demolish, mold beeswax and paint with watercolors, sing, listen to and enact nursery rhymes and fairy tales. The toys they share are simple and natural, leaving room for the child’s own imagination. Outdoor play is an important part of the day.

    The effort in kindergarten is to create a harmonious, orderly environment in which children can develop confidence in themselves and a natural respect for others and the world in which they live. The teachers accomplish this peaceful tone through a carefully planned, rhythmical program that balances periods requiring more and then less concentration, group and then individual participation, and indoor then outdoor activity.

        Children must be fully potty-trained to attend RCS. 

Apple Blossom Daily Rhythm
8:15am-9:15am-Outside Time
9:15-9:30-Good Morning Circle 
9:30-10:00-NatureWalk and Story
10:00am-10:30am-Snack Time
10:30am-11:30am -Creative Play
11:30am-12:00pm – Circle Time
12:00pm-12:30pm – Lunch
12:30pm-1:00pm – Outside Time
1:00pm-4:00pm – Afternoon Program