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Woody Creek Kids

Woody Creek Kids

Building strong community through empowered individuals

Our School

An inclusive, enriching and relevant school

Woody Creek Kids is an inclusive, enriching and relevant school for all the members that form a part of our community. Inspired by the Reggio Emilia philosophy of education, we honor each individual because we understand that there is strength and value in diversity. We provide a nurturing environment that fosters relationships between children, teachers, families and our environment. Woody Creek Kids Inc. has two locations — Woody Creek and Snowmass Village — serving the Roaring Fork Valley.

Testimonials

What our families say

Woody Creek Kids is the most amazing school in the valley. James would go everyday if he could. His growth in the last year is more than we ever could imagine. We were so lucky to have found them, we love them all and the job that they do is beyond words. I never thought my one year old would ride a bus, we can’t get him off of it. He screams with excitement everyday, “yay, Christina, bus!”
— Michelle Hurley
As my wife and I were discussing day care options in the Roaring Fork Valley, I admit I was less than thrilled at sending our only child into a foreign environment. I protested till Piper rolled in on the bus the first afternoon. She was happy, exhausted, dirty, and most importantly excited to go back. I am so appreciative of the teaching staff. They have taught our little girl compassion and self-confidence. They have been mindful of her needs as she figures out her method of learning. They have allowed her to be a child, grow as a child, and thrive as a child. All these examples do little to express how grateful we are, as parents, to have Woody Creek Kids in our lives. They are trusted with our child’s care, no exceptions. And, most importantly have become a critical asset to Piper’s early learning experiences. Thank you Christina!
— Aaron and Kellee Anderson

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Our Inspiration

The Hundred Languages of Children

The child is made of one hundred. The child has a hundred languages a hundred hands a hundred thoughts a hundred ways of thinking of playing, of speaking. A hundred, always a hundred ways of listening of marveling, of loving a hundred joys for singing and understanding a hundred worlds to discover a hundred worlds to invent a hundred worlds to dream. The child has a hundred languages (and a hundred hundred hundred more) but they steal ninety-nine. The school and the culture separate the head from the body. They tell the child: to think without hands to do without head to listen and not to speak to understand without joy to love and to marvel only at Easter and Christmas. They tell the child: to discover the world already there and of the hundred they steal ninety-nine. They tell the child: that work and play reality and fantasy science and imagination sky and earth reason and dream are things that do not belong together. And thus they tell the child that the hundred is not there. The child says: No way. The hundred is there.— Loris Malaguzzi