The Dewey School

The Dewey School The Dewey School is located in Canterbury Shaker Village and offers early learning rooted in play and exploration of the natural world.

Exploring watercolors on birch bark — a blend of creativity, curiosity, and nature’s textures. 🌿
11/10/2025

Exploring watercolors on birch bark — a blend of creativity, curiosity, and nature’s textures. 🌿

Our first hail of the season! ❄️ The children ran, laughed, and marveled as the sky sprinkled tiny bits of winter. Every...
11/08/2025

Our first hail of the season! ❄️ The children ran, laughed, and marveled as the sky sprinkled tiny bits of winter. Every day outdoors brings new magic!

Save the Date: Giving Tuesday is Coming!🌟 Save the Date: Giving Tuesday is November 25! 🌟Join The Dewey School in celebr...
11/04/2025

Save the Date: Giving Tuesday is Coming!

🌟 Save the Date: Giving Tuesday is November 25! 🌟
Join The Dewey School in celebrating learning, nature, and community.
Your support helps us nurture curiosity and creativity — from the inside out. 🌱

Let’s grow together this Giving Tuesday. 💚

🎃 Join Us for Trick-or-Treating at Canterbury Shaker Village! 🍬Come dressed in your favorite costume and enjoy an aftern...
10/31/2025

🎃 Join Us for Trick-or-Treating at Canterbury Shaker Village! 🍬

Come dressed in your favorite costume and enjoy an afternoon of trick-or-treating, community, and fall magic among the beautiful village grounds. 🍂

Bring your little ghosts and goblins for a joyful celebration filled with laughter, nature, and neighborly fun. This is a family-friendly event — all are welcome!

Let’s make this Halloween sweet and full of community spirit. 💛

10/30/2025

Seeds, fruits, and a little curiosity 🌱
We explored how nature packs new life into tiny suitcases — with hammers, golf tees, and wonder! 🎃✨

🌈 Group Collage: Textures and TogethernessTiny hands, soft materials, and shared imagination — our preschoolers worked s...
10/26/2025

🌈 Group Collage: Textures and Togetherness

Tiny hands, soft materials, and shared imagination — our preschoolers worked side by side to create a group collage filled with color, texture, and calm.

As they layered paper, and found materials, the process became more than art — it became connection. A quiet rhythm of creativity and rest, woven together in community. 💛

In the wild rhythm of running through grass, children find wonder, confidence, and themselves. 🌿💨
10/24/2025

In the wild rhythm of running through grass, children find wonder, confidence, and themselves. 🌿💨

🤝 Building Friendships in Preschool 🌿In our preschool community, we see the heart of learning in the small moments — hol...
10/23/2025

🤝 Building Friendships in Preschool 🌿

In our preschool community, we see the heart of learning in the small moments — holding hands, sharing laughter, and chatting together as children explore side by side.

These early friendships represent meaningful milestones in building trust and empathy. As children connect through play, conversation, and cooperation, they’re developing the foundations for lifelong social–emotional growth.

Through shared experiences, our students learn to:
💬 Express thoughts and feelings with confidence
❤️ Show care and understanding toward others
🌱 Build trust through consistency and kindness
✨ Celebrate the joy of belonging to a community

Each friendship begins with a simple moment — a smile, a shared idea, a hand to hold — and blossoms into the beautiful work of relationship-building that shapes their sense of self and connection to the world.

✨ Exploring Reflection and Fine Motor StrengtheningThis week, our preschoolers engaged in a hands-on exploration of refl...
10/20/2025

✨ Exploring Reflection and Fine Motor Strengthening

This week, our preschoolers engaged in a hands-on exploration of reflection, coordination, and fine motor skills through a thoughtful invitation to play.

Using tweezers to carefully pick up colorful pom poms and place them into assorted tubes, children practiced precision, focus, and hand–eye coordination. Mirrors added an element of reflection and discovery, inviting each child to observe themselves and their movements as they worked.

This activity nurtured:
🌱 Fine Motor Development — strengthening finger muscles and coordination for writing readiness
🌈 Concentration and Patience — building persistence through slow, careful actions
💡 Self-Awareness and Observation — encouraging children to notice how light, color, and reflection change their view

Each child approached the task in their own way — experimenting, reflecting, and celebrating success with joy and curiosity.

🌿 It’s Not Too Late to Sign Up! 🚗💧Support The Dewey School and our mission of growing inside…out by taking part in our O...
10/17/2025

🌿 It’s Not Too Late to Sign Up! 🚗💧

Support The Dewey School and our mission of growing inside…out by taking part in our Oil Change Donation Fundraiser!

Get your car serviced while giving back — proceeds help fund classroom materials, outdoor learning experiences, and teacher development for our nature-based, Reggio Emilia–inspired programs.

📅 When: October 24th from 8:30-4:30
📍 Where: Granite State Naturals, 170 North State Street, Concord, NH 03301
💚 How to Participate: Sign up today by taking a picture of QR code! Every oil change helps Dewey children keep exploring, discovering, and growing!

Thank you for fueling our community — one car (and one child’s curiosity) at a time. 🌱

Good morning from The Dewey School!The sun is rising, the air is fresh, and we are ready for a brand-new day of explorat...
10/17/2025

Good morning from The Dewey School!
The sun is rising, the air is fresh, and we are ready for a brand-new day of exploration.

Heres to a beautiful Friday filled with wonder, laughter, and magical moments!

Thank you to the everyone who has purchased items and shared the Meadow Farms fundraiser. These fundraisers provide mat...
10/15/2025

Thank you to the everyone who has purchased items and shared the Meadow Farms fundraiser.

These fundraisers provide materials, tools, literature, and more for our school and without your help they wouldn't be the success they are.

We have one more week until the fundraiser closes and want to make it even easier for you to shop and share the fundraiser with co-workers, family and friends. You will find our shopping link below!

https://shop.meadowfarms.com/the-dewey-school-102296

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288 Shaker Road
Canterbury, NH
03224

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Monday 8am - 3pm
Tuesday 8am - 3pm
Wednesday 8am - 3pm
Thursday 8am - 3pm
Friday 8am - 3pm

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