Welcome to our MICROSCHOOL’s website!

🌱 We serve grades PK-3rd grade in Navarro County 🌱

DISCLAIMER:

We do not operate as a licensed daycare or child care program.

We specialize in giving each student individualized instruction through a small classroom setting in a nature-based environment with certified Early Childhood Educators. We offer educational services in nature-based education including agriculture and farming education for young children.

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Our mission statement

We strive to create safe & inclusive environments that celebrate diversity. We welcome all races, abilities, ethnicities, backgrounds, orientations, & identities.

Our school’s vision

To nurture a strong connection to nature and inspire a love of learning through hands-on, experiential education, empowering students to become responsible, compassionate stewards of the Earth.

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Nature

A nature preschool program uses the natural world to support dual goals that address both child development and conservation values. Here at The Eagle’s Nest , we focus on child development milestones while we help young children in exploring and learning in nature. We teach children to respect the environment and wildlife around us. We are a student-centered program in the Reggio Emilia Approach.

The Reggio Emilia Principles

When it comes to Reggio Emilia’s approach, there are seven guiding principles that differentiate and distinguish it from other child-centered approaches to education. These are:

1. The child is capable of constructing their own learning

2. Community is important and children learn by collaborating with their communities

3. Humans are natural communicators and children should be encouraged to express themselves

4. The environment is the third teacher and must be enriching and supportive

5. Teachers are partners, nurturers and guides to children and help them explore their interests through projects

6. A child’s learning must be documented

7. Parental participation is vital

About The Owner

Mrs. T is an experienced educator with 17 years of dedicated service in early childhood education. She is a certified Early Childhood–Grade 4 (EC-4) teacher and a former public school educator with teaching experience in the Dallas, Terrell, Mesquite, and Corsicana Independent School Districts. Mrs. T holds a Bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education and a Master’s degree in Nature-Based Learning and Outdoor Education. Her work reflects a strong commitment to child-centered, experiential learning grounded in both academic and environmental pedagogy. She is now entering her first year as an educational doctoral student at Baylor University.

Mrs. T and her husband have 3 children and have been married for 27 years. They have three children, two of whom are in college and one is in high school.

Conference Presenter Experience:

Bill Martin Jr Symposium- TX A&M Commerce- 2009; 2013

TCEA-Technology & Tots Conference- Galveston, TX, 2019

CAYL Institute- Presenter, April 1, 2021

Texas Children in Nature Network Conference- Presenter, December 2, 2021

Texas Licensed Child Care Association- Presenter, Spring Conference 2023

Natural Start Alliance- Nature Based Learning Early Learning Conference, Presenter, July 2023

Texas Play and Development Conference- Presenter, Blinn College, March 2024

TCINN, Presenter, Waco, TX- December 2024

Texas Play and Development Conference- Presenter, Blinn College, March 2025

Chingona: Latina Leadership Panel- University of Texas at Arlington, March 2025

Commencement Speaker, Education Department- Antioch University New England, May 2025

International Play Association Conference Presenter- Kentucky, October 2025

TCINN, Presenter, Bryan, TX- December 2025

Texas Play and Development Conference- Presenter, Blinn College, March 2026

Natural Start Alliance- NatSTART Conference- Presenter, June 2026.