Tinkergarten Launches Fall Season in Lexington on Sept. 7th

Tinkergarten is on a mission to elevate childhood. Since 2012, they have been growing a technology-enabled network of leaders that bring families together in a natural place in their community for classes where kids learn through play. Each class becomes a tight-knit group of children and adults who learn together through well-designed, outdoor play-based activities.

Tinkergarten leader and Lexington mom, Jaclyn Anderson, teaches this early-childhood education program in Lexington on Thursday mornings at Lincoln Park. The fall season kicks off on Sept 7th and will be her third season. Jaclyn became a leader to help children develop critical capabilities such as self-reliance, creativity, persistence and problem solving skills, all proven benefits of play-based, outdoor learning.

Tinkergarten classes are led by a technology-enabled network of trained and certified Leaders across the country and is rapidly expanding nationally, with over 550 leaders across 42 states. Classes help kids develop a host of important capabilities, including empathy, collaboration, creativity, persistence and problem solving. The expert-designed classes and activities help kids ages 18 months—8 years develop core life skills while enjoying healthy, fun, engaging experiences in the physical freedom of local green spaces.

A FREE Fall trial class will be held at Lincoln Park on Aug. 31st at 10am. Sign up here or find a Tinkergarten® class in your community or use our free DIY activities to enjoy some well-spent time with your kids. Follow Tinkergarten on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.

Outdoor play-based learning is a proven way to give children the best foundation.

• Spending time outdoors provides children with a wide range of health benefits including social and emotional well-being. Research shows that time outdoors supports improved relationship skills, and reduce stress, anger and aggression.
• 80+% of brain development occurs before the age of five. Children build foundational skills in their first five years that will affect the rest of their learning and life.
• Outdoors is the best classroom—when children play outdoors under the right conditions, it inspires unique learning opportunities—they open up, push limits, tinker, create, and problem solve.
• In today’s fast-paced, technology-driven world, parents need to balance the screen time with outdoor time to raise healthy, well-adjusted kids.

The Tinkergarten curriculum is based on core educational values.

• Our program is based on research-based ECE best practices and are inspired by approaches like Montessori, Waldorf and Reggio Emilia.
• The expert designed curriculum adapts to region and season, is age appropriate, and spans a broad range of skills. Activities progressively build week after week, season after season.
• Tinkergarten sessions take place in a local public green space. Our curriculum of activities are designed for learning. To kids, they are just having fun!

Tinkergarten empowers parents to be the most powerful educators for their children.

• “Hummingbird” parenting provides supportive, yet hands-off parental support. Through guided play techniques, parents help kids “learn how to learn.” It’s the most important thing we can do for children in the critical first five years of their lives.