Bringing Learning Outside
Over the summer the ECC completed its new outdoor learning center, The Hedgehog Hut. Here the children will create and explore in small groups, participating in unique and fun experiences that celebrate nature and can be enjoyed outdoors. The space features a vegetable and herb garden and an adorable playhouse that will serve as a “loose-parts lab”, as well as a gallery for creative projects the school has planned.
The center is dedicated to the late Amy Hanson, a beloved ECC teacher for over 25 years. The space includes furniture that Amy built herself, as well as some custom-designed Hedgehogs that reflect a few of the many things that Amy liked to do: one holds a hammer and a piece of wood, one sits in a kayak, and another knits a hat. Director Dale Oberlander “thanked everyone who helped us to complete this project and know that it will be a source of joy and inspiration for years to come.”
Early Childhood Center
200 Forest Avenue, Rye
914-967-7698
eccoffice@comsynrye.org
Director: Dale Oberlander
