The Moss House

12/11/2025

We ❤️ SNOW! Our preschoolers have had so much fun sledding, learning to make snowballs and throwing them, painting the snow, building a wind break out of tires, and just enjoying winter.

We always have open enrollment, and winter is a great time to start forest preschool! Drop in on our caregiver and child class tomorrow 10-11:30am at The Moss House Preschool (183 Riverside Drive in Binghamon) and learn more about our program.

12/09/2025

We are LOVING Norwegian Outdoor Academy’s page and especially their guide to building a natural playground. And our Forest School kids are loving the swings we’re building at our site even more 😍 Check out all the cool playgrounds and group games they’re inspiring us to build and play!

Feel free to promote our digital book in both Norwegian and English. Buy here:

https://www.friluftsakademietshop.com

12/02/2025

We will be at this event with cinnamon and star anise ornaments as well as open crafting supplies, we’d love to see you!

Event page: https://facebook.com/events/s/free-winter-family-craft-works/1893759311563181/

12/02/2025

11/26/2025

We prepared stone soup over the fire with all of our classes this week and numerous children enjoyed it immensely, requesting the recipe. There's no incorrect way to make stone soup; here's what we used:

A clean rock
Vegetable stock or broth
Diced potatoes
Diced onion
Diced celery
Diced carrots
Pre-cooked rice packet (we used basmati or long grain)
Seasoning: garlic powder, rosemary, sage, oregano
Optional: canned beans, like chickpeas or cannellini

Throw everything in the pot and boil for 20-30 minutes. You can add the seasoning toward the end for a more flavorful soup. If you have an enthusiastic kitchen helper, have them shake the seasonings into a bowl before adding to the soup to control the amount ☺️

11/21/2025

We love this post from Fruits of the Forest! This visual guide for dressing for the winter is exactly spot on for Forest School!

Hope you all have had a great half term!

As it starts to get colder please ensure that your children are dressed in the right way for forest school!

Lots of layers, spare clothes, especially socks and water proof coats and trousers!

Our lovely Charlotte shows you how to do it best!

11/21/2025

Are you missing this Bear?! This lovey was left behind at Playfully Wild! yesterday and was hiding in a pile of leaves. We’ll love Bear and keep it safe until you get back to it!

11/17/2025

Winter is coming! Here is our snow day policy, and we also post here when classes are cancelled due to weather. All classes cancelled due to weather are rescheduled for the end of Session 5 (in June) and added to the end of our calendar.

11/12/2025

Join us for a FREE Playfully Wild! class tomorrow! We’ll be gathering around the fire toasting apples and cheese and singing together. When we get too cold, we’ll go inside to play in our indoor classroom.

We’ve also put together some Dollar Tree Meal Kits (thank you Dollar Tree Dinners for the meal kit recipe cards and recipes!) for families affected by food instability. We have 30 kits available, including one vegetarian meal. Please take what you need 💕

Class meets at The Moss House Preschool, 183 Riverside Drive, in Binghamton from 10:00-11:30. Parking is in the back. Dress for the weather, or borrow cold weather clothes from our lending library.

11/11/2025

That was a quick cold snap! We are definitely feeling the chill at Forest School, but as the Scandinavian saying goes, “there is no bad weather, only bad clothing”. Allegedly. 10° and 30mph winds might be bad weather. The Finns probably disagree. 😀

Dressing for the weather is the BIGGEST factor for winter classes, and this guide is perfect for classes at The Moss House. Layers are the way to go! Cotton is not a good cold weather fabric, but okay if layered between two other fabrics (a polyester base and a middle layer fleece). More layers are always better- they can always take one off.

Thrift stores are great places to find base layers and wool sweaters! If you need help getting good clothing while attending our programs, let us know! We’ve got a full lending library to share so everyone can be warm.