Let Your Child Live a Day Here.
Your child deserves to feel what learning can feel like. A Shadow Day is a full school day at Sage Field — real lessons, real outdoor time, real lunch with classmates. Not a tour. An experience.
A Glimpse of What Kids Do Here
Weeks six and seven — here's a real look at what your child would experience at Sage Field. Real academics, real cooking, real community.
Primary
Pre-K & Kindergarten
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Fall Nature Walks
Collecting leaves and sticks while counting by 5s and noticing patterns outdoors
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Ant Life Cycle
Puzzles, tracing, and big questions about why ants matter in our ecosystem
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Pumpkin Decomposition
Observing mold, compost, and what happens when we care for our environment
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Classroom Marketplace
Store play tied to costs, buying, and reusing materials like the Sage Field Store
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Found Materials Inquiry
Sandpit collections sparked questions about waste, reuse, and caring for our world
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Heritage & Clay Chairs
Story-inspired sculpting during Hispanic Heritage Month explorations
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Spanish in Routines
Colors, numbers, and greetings woven into everyday Primary conversations
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Ants & Environment
Wondering what ants eat and how they help clean up our shared spaces
Lower Elementary
1st & 2nd Grade
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Addition Strategies
Counting on, number lines, and two-digit regrouping with manipulatives
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Phonics & Sight Words
Short vowels, consonant sounds, and encoding words in daily reading
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States of Matter
Particle models plus sink-or-float tests with real hypotheses outdoors
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Complementary Colors
Ocean-and-sun sketches for a color-wheel art project, plus end-of-week music
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Addition Unit Wrap
Number lines, regrouping, bonds, and word problems reviewed end-to-end
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Short Vowel Phonics
Consonant sounds and short vowel patterns before October units begin
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Globes & Matter
Continent-and-ocean mini globes plus properties-of-matter detective work
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Omelette Bar Independence
Chop, whisk, flip, and serve — every step with growing confidence
Upper Elementary
3rd & 4th Grade
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Division Foundations
Groups-of thinking with cubes — connecting division back to multiplication
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Story Craft & How-To Writing
Literary elements and procedural PB&J directions with clear steps for readers
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Clay & Buddy Learning
First clay exploration plus cross-grade buddy time with primary students
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Harvest Quinoa Bowls
Cooking together — sequencing, measuring, and teamwork from prep to plate
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Division & Remainders
Even splits, leftovers, and clear links back to multiplication facts
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Nouns & Sensory Writing
Common and proper nouns plus vivid kitchen descriptions with the senses
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Farm-to-Table Omelettes
Build-your-own omelettes with fresh Sage Field eggs from our chickens
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Pumpkin Mosaic Art
Seasonal mosaic work alongside long E spelling and Reading Buddies
Shadow Days Are Made for These Families
You don't need to be sold. You need to see it.
Your child sits in a classroom all day
At Sage Field, mornings are real academics — reading, writing, and math at your child's actual level. Afternoons are nature, cooking, animals, and art. It's a full school day, just built differently.
You want real learning, not just busy work
We teach by ability, not grade. A 7-year-old and a 9-year-old can sit together and each work at the level where they actually are. No one gets left behind. No one gets bored waiting.
You want your child to actually be known
With about 10 kids per class and mixed ages, there's no hiding. Every child has a name, a role, and a relationship with the teacher. Come see what that actually looks like in a day.
Traditional school hasn't felt right
Whether it's the pace, the structure, the size, or just the feeling — if your child hasn't thrived yet, a shadow day will tell you more than any website can.
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October 2026
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Let your child be the judge. Book a shadow day and see what learning feels like when it's built around how they actually think.
$20 shadow day fee
Shadow Day · $20
Mon–Thu · 9 AM–3 PM