Days and Hours: Mondays and Tuesdays 8:30 am to 12:30 pm.
Meeting Place: Lower City Park, Iowa City
Group Size: Six children with two adult teachers
The Fall 2025 session runs from September 2 to November 18, 2025
Mondays $550, Tuesdays $600
The Spring 2026 session runs from March 23 to May 26, 2026
Mondays $450, Tuesdays $500
Sprouts ride in the “Lorax,” our 15-passenger Ford van. We will provide a 5-point car seat or booster seat, whichever is appropriate for your Sprout.
The Sprouts Morning Program gives young children fun, quality time in nature with gentle, loving guidance. Sprouts spend the morning playing, exploring, dancing, conversing, and learning all sorts of stuff in an atmosphere of kindness, respect, friendship, and nature. Taproot Sprouts teachers are experienced shepherds of young children. Sprouts practice using their own voices to express their feelings and needs, and listening to the feelings and needs of others. Daily destinations will depend on the weather and what’s happening in the natural world. Just like the other Taproot programs, Sprouts is outdoors in all but the harshest of weather, so weather-appropriate clothing is required (We don’t want kids to be miserable though, so we’re realistic and compassionate about things).
Potty awareness and control are very helpful for Sprouts but not absolutely required.