This is the 2021-22 calendar.
It is left here for reference, and will be updated soon for 2023-24.
Morning Song Preschool
August 19th-31st. Home visits for new preschool children--times vary.
August 26th-29th. Prairie Flower move-in to Camp Canwita!
Wednesday September 1st. Preschool Parent Community orientation, 5:30-7 pm. Parent-only informational meeting & discussion; light snack provided (new parents should stay after for a woods walk/ woods orientation). Parents should turn in paperwork at this event.
Monday Sept.6th (Labor Day). 4-5:30 pm--PF Open House for preschool students-- parents and children come in with school supplies and final paperwork, look around & get comfy at school.
Tuesday Sept. 7th. FIRST DAY OF MORNING SONG PRESCHOOL--half day from 9:00 to 10:45. ALL CHILDREN ATTEND THE FIRST DAY, WITH A PARENT (even those who won’t normally attend Tuesdays) —Rainbow Bridge Welcoming & Belonging Ceremony, no River Song Afternoon Program today (River Song starts Tuesday Sept. 14th). The rest of the first week follows this special transitional schedule:
Wednesday, Sept. 8th Morning Song Preschool--half day from 8:45 to 11:00.
Thursday September 9th Morning Song Preschool--abbreviated day from 8:45 to 11:30, No River Song Afternoon Program.
Friday September 10th Morning Song Preschool--full day, 8:45--12.
Saturday September 18th Harvest Festival at Prairie Flower, 4:30 to 7 pm
Monday October 4th ...Annual Field trip to The Berry Patch during school hours (all children should attend, even those who do not attend Mondays; parents, siblings and alumni are welcome too) *ALUMNI WELCOME*
Monday November 15th NO SCHOOL. Teacher Workday.
Week of November 15th Parent/ teacher Fall conferences scheduled.
Saturday November 20th Lantern Walk Festival *ALUMNI WELCOME* Time TBA.
Wednesday, Thursday & Friday, Nov. 24th-26th NO SCHOOL. Fall break.
Wednesday December 22nd last day of Morning Song Preschool Fall Semester--parents come back early for winter party at 10:30.
December 23-January 2nd Winter Break
Monday January 3rd 2022 Morning Song Preschool resumes.
Monday January 17th NO SCHOOL. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
Saturday February 19th. First Annual Warm Hearts, Warm Hearth Friendship Festival--a tea party and dance party with hygge activities--3:00-5:30
Thursday March 10th & Friday March 11th. NO SCHOOL. Teacher Workdays.
March 14-18th. SPRING BREAK ---NO SCHOOL.
Week of March 28th. Parent/ teacher conferences scheduled.
Monday April 11th. Prairie Flower’s Annual Spring Egg Hunt in the Woods! Arrive at 9 am with a basket--all siblings and all children (even those that don’t normally attend Wednesdays) are welcome to attend, along with a parent or caregiver.
Sunday May 1st. May Festival 1-4 pm *ALUMNI WELCOME*
Thurs. May 26th. LAST DAY OF SCHOOL. School ends at noon (no River Song Extended Afternoon Program). Parents (& relatives, siblings, etc.) are invited to come to PF at 11 am for our last day picnic and celebration, followed by the Moving On Ceremony for children who won’t be returning to preschool.
Morning Song Preschool
August 19th-31st. Home visits for new preschool children--times vary.
August 26th-29th. Prairie Flower move-in to Camp Canwita!
Wednesday September 1st. Preschool Parent Community orientation, 5:30-7 pm. Parent-only informational meeting & discussion; light snack provided (new parents should stay after for a woods walk/ woods orientation). Parents should turn in paperwork at this event.
Monday Sept.6th (Labor Day). 4-5:30 pm--PF Open House for preschool students-- parents and children come in with school supplies and final paperwork, look around & get comfy at school.
Tuesday Sept. 7th. FIRST DAY OF MORNING SONG PRESCHOOL--half day from 9:00 to 10:45. ALL CHILDREN ATTEND THE FIRST DAY, WITH A PARENT (even those who won’t normally attend Tuesdays) —Rainbow Bridge Welcoming & Belonging Ceremony, no River Song Afternoon Program today (River Song starts Tuesday Sept. 14th). The rest of the first week follows this special transitional schedule:
Wednesday, Sept. 8th Morning Song Preschool--half day from 8:45 to 11:00.
Thursday September 9th Morning Song Preschool--abbreviated day from 8:45 to 11:30, No River Song Afternoon Program.
Friday September 10th Morning Song Preschool--full day, 8:45--12.
Saturday September 18th Harvest Festival at Prairie Flower, 4:30 to 7 pm
Monday October 4th ...Annual Field trip to The Berry Patch during school hours (all children should attend, even those who do not attend Mondays; parents, siblings and alumni are welcome too) *ALUMNI WELCOME*
Monday November 15th NO SCHOOL. Teacher Workday.
Week of November 15th Parent/ teacher Fall conferences scheduled.
Saturday November 20th Lantern Walk Festival *ALUMNI WELCOME* Time TBA.
Wednesday, Thursday & Friday, Nov. 24th-26th NO SCHOOL. Fall break.
Wednesday December 22nd last day of Morning Song Preschool Fall Semester--parents come back early for winter party at 10:30.
December 23-January 2nd Winter Break
Monday January 3rd 2022 Morning Song Preschool resumes.
Monday January 17th NO SCHOOL. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
Saturday February 19th. First Annual Warm Hearts, Warm Hearth Friendship Festival--a tea party and dance party with hygge activities--3:00-5:30
Thursday March 10th & Friday March 11th. NO SCHOOL. Teacher Workdays.
March 14-18th. SPRING BREAK ---NO SCHOOL.
Week of March 28th. Parent/ teacher conferences scheduled.
Monday April 11th. Prairie Flower’s Annual Spring Egg Hunt in the Woods! Arrive at 9 am with a basket--all siblings and all children (even those that don’t normally attend Wednesdays) are welcome to attend, along with a parent or caregiver.
Sunday May 1st. May Festival 1-4 pm *ALUMNI WELCOME*
Thurs. May 26th. LAST DAY OF SCHOOL. School ends at noon (no River Song Extended Afternoon Program). Parents (& relatives, siblings, etc.) are invited to come to PF at 11 am for our last day picnic and celebration, followed by the Moving On Ceremony for children who won’t be returning to preschool.
Regular school year schedule for Prairie Flower Children's Center Programming, 2021:
Monday through Friday, Morning Song Preschool 8:45-12
Tuesday and Thursday, River Song Extended Afternoon Program 12-3:00
Wednesdays, Bridge to Woods Wednesdays 12-2:30
Wednesdays, Poemtree Woods Wednesdays Nature Club (for 5-12 year olds) 2:30-5:30
Mondays, Little Song Parent-Child Playgroup, 3:00-5:00 pm
Fridays, Poemtree Forest Fridays Nature Club (for 11-18 year olds) 3:30-5:30 pm
