Summer Camp
Children have needs–and it’s our job, as adults, to create an environment that meets those needs. In many cases, in this culture, we aren’t meeting those needs. We don’t let them play freely; we imprison them in homes, with little to do except interact via screens; and our school system largely deadens and bores them.”
Johann Hari, Stolen Focus (2022)
Enroll your child now
Enroll your child instantly online. Children must be at least 5 years old and have completed Kindergarten by June 19, 2023.

Play, back to roots
The science around early childhood development has long been clear: allowing children to play, explore, try things, and discover their own interests leads to healthier children who do better academically, professionally, socially, and emotionally.
But for thirty years, society has stripped these things out of childhood and out of education. A movement is afoot to change that.
From the beginning, Aspen Leaf Preschool has been play-based, child-led, and focused on social-emotional development. Our summer camp is a play-based, nature-centered program that nurtures a love of learning; focuses extensively on the children’s social and emotional development; and feeds children’s needs for movement, sunshine, nature, social interaction, and play.
Daily field trips to nature
The class will take daily field trips into nature, to the canyons, meadows, bays, tide pools, and other extraordinary settings in and around San Diego. The children will play and explore, supervised and guided by our teachers. The group will spend multiple days at the location to get the know the space and explore how the environment changes and remains the same over time.


Hours & cost
Hours: 8am – 5pm (drop-off before 9am)
Cost: $325/week (shorter weeks pro-rated)
Week 1: week of June 20, 2023
Week 8 (final week): week of August 7, 2023
“Being outside and exploring all our beautiful natural resources in San Diego was a gift. The teachers were supportive and caring. Each day was a new adventure and from the experiences he grew emotionally and academically.”
Heather, mother
How to enroll
Enroll your child instantly online. Children must be at least 5 years old and have completed Kindergarten by June 19, 2023.