Creekside Forest School

CFS Fundraiser

Support Outdoor Education Before School Starts

2025 Creekside Forest School Fundraiser The preschoolers (ages three to five) at Creekside Forest School (CFS) spend more than 80% of their classroom time outdoors. Spending long stretches of time […]

Reflecting on Derecho

Reflecting on Derecho

Warning sirens sounded across Linn County on August 10, 2020 as a rare derecho wind storm approached Cedar Rapids with wind speeds as high as 140 miles per hour. The […]

Co-Teaching with Nature

Educating Champions of Nature

Written by Assistant Preschool Teacher Karyln Senica “I think it means…” her voice trailed off just for a moment to fully take in the question before finishing, “… it means […]

Introducing Creekside Forest School, a new nature-based preschool at ICNC

By Director of Education Kelli Kennon-Lane   In the spring of 2017 I decided to leave my job as a teacher and induction coach in the public school system, and […]

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