SEED GROVE

Seed Grove is a non-profit private learning center and enrichment program for youth ages 5-13. 

At Seed Grove, we support Learners’ basic drive to learn and grow by providing the opportunity to direct and regulate their learning in the manner that they choose, at their own place and pace, by exploring and sharing their unique passions, interests and curiosities.  We believe that young people learn through following their interests and passions, free play, interacting and managing conflict in community, targeted classes, navigating relationships, self-chosen activities and deep dives, consensus decision-making, and more.

Learning happens everywhere, and it happens best when children are fully immersed in real environments.  We take full advantage of the resources and opportunities our New York City location provides.  We seek and create partnerships with different educational and cultural organizations to provide and facilitate access to different events and resources.  We collaborate with and invite visiting teachers who are professionals and educators specialized in fields that correspond to the children’s interests.  We also have field trips every other Friday to explore our city, including museums, factories, theaters, studios, parks, and the ocean and rivers around New York City.  While the learning environment we create is generally unwired, dynamic, open-ended, it is most importantly flexible and always seeks to adapt and adjusts to the interests and needs of our Learners.