SLS Peace Garden

SLS Preschool is an Urban Independent program located in the city of San Francisco. We have a unique roof top environment where we have been developing an outdoor program, and interactive garden space for our student’s ages 3-5 years old. We have named our roof top space the Peace Garden, the values of our program emphasise respect and mindfulness. It is an opportunity to introduce children, possibly for the first time to an outdoor classroom. Children are learning where food comes from, along with the importance of how it is grown. We encourage each child to develop a sense of nurture and respect regarding the garden; as well as the patience it takes to allow each seed to grow.

The roof garden is also a space where we practice creative movement, breath awareness, and mindfulness, to cultivate a curious and playful relationship to our environment .

We have created a "Garden Soup" of values that the children make with the ingredients being Patience, Kindness, Sharing, and Love-being the most important ingredient.

Making this soup together is often used as a problem-solving tool at this young age, and is the beginning of developing life long learning skills toward building community.