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🍁 Calling all little acorns! 🍁⁠ ⁠ Applications for the Oakwood Forest Preschool are officially LIVE for the upcoming s
Dunwoody Nature CenterJune 27, 2026

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🍁 Calling all little acorns!

🍁⁠ ⁠ Applications for the Oakwood Forest Preschool are officially LIVE for the upcoming school year starting September 8th! Our play-based, place-based, emergent learning program is almost exclusively outdoors on the 22 acres of the Dunwoody Nature Center. ⁠ ⁠ Our Mission: To nurture children’s curiosity through outdoor play-based, child-led learning. ⁠ Our Vision: A place where children flourish as confident and curious learners connected to nature.⁠ ⁠ Interested in learning more? Visit our website to get your little acorn signed up today! ⁠ ⁠ We’d love to see you there 🐝!! Information below: ⁠ https://dunwoodynature.org/education/oakwood-forest-preschool/⁠
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