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
Two weeks in — here's a real look at what your child would experience at Sage Field. Real academics, real cooking, real community.
Primary / Early Learners
Ages 4–7
Early Learners
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Letter Sounds & CVC Reading
Building phonics foundations through hands-on practice
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Handwriting & Number Sense
Fine motor skills and early numeracy side by side
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Early Addition
Introducing addition concepts through play and manipulatives
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Water Cycle & Filtration
Science exploration that sparked curiosity all week
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Art Creation
Self-expression through color, texture, and imagination
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Caring for Our Chicks
Responsibility and empathy through animal care
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Rhythm & Note Recognition
Music foundations woven into every morning
Primary
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CVC Words & Phonemic Awareness
Listening for sounds, identifying letters, building emerging reader confidence
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Capital & Lowercase Letters
Practicing letter associations and recognition every day
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Addition: Counting On
Hands-on games and group work to build number sense
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Color Mixing & Sensory Art
Mud kitchen experiments exploring what happens when colors combine
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Homemade Pasta
Measuring, mixing, and learning from a beautifully flopped batch
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Strawberry Limeade Popsicles
Experimenting with flavors and taking pride in the result
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Growing Independence
More initiative and confidence than Week 1
Elementary
Ages 8–11
Elementary
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Place Value Mastery
Expanded, word, and model forms — plus comparing numbers
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Collaborative Math Game
Wrapped up the week by applying what we learned together
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SWBST Comprehension
Somebody, Wanted, But, So, Then — a framework for deep reading
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Vocabulary & Sentence Structure
Building strong writing skills from the ground up
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Synonyms & Antonyms
Expanding word knowledge through exploration
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Recipe Card Writing
Real experiences turned into structured, creative writing
Elementary
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Addition & Subtraction with Regrouping
Carrying over and borrowing across multiple digits
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Main Idea & Supporting Details
Cone = main idea, ice cream scoops = supporting details
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Animal Research Project
National Geographic books → rough draft → revised banner
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Revise & Edit
Rough draft Tuesday, revised and transferred to banner Thursday
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Differentiated Groups
Same focus, split by academic level to meet each learner's needs
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.
Book Your Shadow Day
Takes 60 seconds. $20 holds your spot.
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July 2026
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Ready to see if this is the right fit?
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