A natural extension of our classrooms
Outdoor Learning
Montessori education emphasizes the importance of nature as a classroom, where children can explore, learn, and develop essential life skills.
Nature offers a wealth of educational opportunities, and Desert Sky Montessori leverages our beautiful five-acre campus in Northwest Bend to promote holistic learning and foster a deep connection to the world around us.
We prioritize outdoor learning as an integral component of the educational experience, providing children with engaging, hands-on activities that encourage creativity, collaboration, and critical thinking.
Indoor Lessons Brought to Life
Lessons go beyond the walls of our classrooms and into outdoor settings that spark children’s curiosity and inspire them to ask questions, make observations, and engage in investigations that deepen their understanding of math, science, and ecology.
Multi-Sensory Natural Environments
Natural play areas throughout our campus offer logs, stumps, lava formations, ponderosa groves, and ample green space for daily movement, imaginative play, artistic expression, and quiet reflection.
A Year-Round Edible Garden
In our 3,300 sq. ft. organic edible garden, we grow dozens of varieties of vegetables, herbs, edible flowers, and fruits in all four seasons and raise seedlings in a passive-solar greenhouse. Students practice regenerative gardening techniques to build soil and manage pests without fertilizers or chemicals.
The garden is a living laboratory where students learn about conservation and sustainability, develop an appreciation of where their food comes from, sample many different flavors and textures, and get an up-close look at plants, pollinators, soil life, decomposition, and the effects of weather. See more on our garden Instagram.
Fire and Food
Tucked behind an area of the school yard known as “Middle Earth,” our wood-fired cob oven provides delicious opportunities for traditional cooking, community building, celebration, and sharing, all while connecting children to the land on which they live, work, and play.
