Class Schedule
Rooted Fridays - Learning Where You Live
🧘 Tai Chi & Mindful Movement
A peaceful start with movement, breathing, and focus.
🏛️ Then & Now: Tubac Presidio Walk
Step back in time as we explore the Tubac Presidio and discover how our community has changed over the years.
✏️ The Cartoon History of Me
Create a timeline of your own story through drawings, memories, and imagination.
📖 Story Time
We All Live Together by Steve & Greg
🌵 Special Guest: Tubac Nature Center
Learn about Tubac's natural and cultural history through hands-on activities with local naturalists.
🌿 Outdoor Play
Child-led exploration, games, and time to simply be kids.
Rooted Fridays - September
Rooted Fridays is a Montessori-inspired, nature-based enrichment program for children ages 5–9 in Tubac, Arizona. Through outdoor exploration, hands-on learning, creative projects and practical life skills, children build confidence, curiosity and meaningful connections with the natural world.
Rooted Fridays - September
Rooted Fridays is a Montessori-inspired, nature-based enrichment program for children ages 5–9 in Tubac, Arizona. Through outdoor exploration, hands-on learning, creative projects and practical life skills, children build confidence, curiosity and meaningful connections with the natural world.
Fall Equinox Celebration
Throughout the year, Mesquite Bosque Academy hosts seasonal celebrations, family gatherings, and community events that bring people together through nature, creativity, service and shared experiences. Inspired by Montessori principles, our gatherings create opportunities for children and families to connect beyond the classroom through hands-on activities, outdoor exploration, cultural traditions and meaningful community partnerships. From equinox celebrations to volunteer projects and family events, each gathering nurtures curiosity, belonging, and a deeper connection to the place we call home.
Rooted Fridays - September
Rooted Fridays is a Montessori-inspired, nature-based enrichment program for children ages 5–9 in Tubac, Arizona. Through outdoor exploration, hands-on learning, creative projects and practical life skills, children build confidence, curiosity and meaningful connections with the natural world.
Día de los Muertos Celebration
Throughout the year, Mesquite Bosque Academy hosts seasonal celebrations, family gatherings, and community events that bring people together through nature, creativity, service and shared experiences. Inspired by Montessori principles, our gatherings create opportunities for children and families to connect beyond the classroom through hands-on activities, outdoor exploration, cultural traditions and meaningful community partnerships. From equinox celebrations to volunteer projects and family events, each gathering nurtures curiosity, belonging, and a deeper connection to the place we call home.
Gratitude & Giving Event
Throughout the year, Mesquite Bosque Academy hosts seasonal celebrations, family gatherings, and community events that bring people together through nature, creativity, service and shared experiences. Inspired by Montessori principles, our gatherings create opportunities for children and families to connect beyond the classroom through hands-on activities, outdoor exploration, cultural traditions and meaningful community partnerships. From equinox celebrations to volunteer projects and family events, each gathering nurtures curiosity, belonging, and a deeper connection to the place we call home.
Community Tree Decorating
Throughout the year, Mesquite Bosque Academy hosts seasonal celebrations, family gatherings, and community events that bring people together through nature, creativity, service and shared experiences. Inspired by Montessori principles, our gatherings create opportunities for children and families to connect beyond the classroom through hands-on activities, outdoor exploration, cultural traditions and meaningful community partnerships. From equinox celebrations to volunteer projects and family events, each gathering nurtures curiosity, belonging, and a deeper connection to the place we call home.
Community Giving Event
Throughout the year, Mesquite Bosque Academy hosts seasonal celebrations, family gatherings, and community events that bring people together through nature, creativity, service and shared experiences. Inspired by Montessori principles, our gatherings create opportunities for children and families to connect beyond the classroom through hands-on activities, outdoor exploration, cultural traditions and meaningful community partnerships. From equinox celebrations to volunteer projects and family events, each gathering nurtures curiosity, belonging, and a deeper connection to the place we call home.
Spring Equinox Celebration
Throughout the year, Mesquite Bosque Academy hosts seasonal celebrations, family gatherings, and community events that bring people together through nature, creativity, service and shared experiences. Inspired by Montessori principles, our gatherings create opportunities for children and families to connect beyond the classroom through hands-on activities, outdoor exploration, cultural traditions and meaningful community partnerships. From equinox celebrations to volunteer projects and family events, each gathering nurtures curiosity, belonging, and a deeper connection to the place we call home.
End of Year Celebration
Throughout the year, Mesquite Bosque Academy hosts seasonal celebrations, family gatherings, and community events that bring people together through nature, creativity, service and shared experiences. Inspired by Montessori principles, our gatherings create opportunities for children and families to connect beyond the classroom through hands-on activities, outdoor exploration, cultural traditions and meaningful community partnerships. From equinox celebrations to volunteer projects and family events, each gathering nurtures curiosity, belonging, and a deeper connection to the place we call home.
Rooted Fridays - Learning Where You Live
🧘 Tai Chi & Mindful Movement
A peaceful start with movement, breathing, and focus.
🥾 De Anza Trail Ecosystem Hike
Explore the trail while observing native plants, wildlife, and collecting natural specimens.
🔬 Microscopic Exploration
Take a closer look at the tiny details hidden in leaves, seeds, feathers, rocks, and other natural treasures.
🎨 Tiny Prints
Create nature-inspired art using leaves, textures, and found specimens.
📖 Story Time
Bobok Brings the Rain: A Yaqui Folktale by Deni J. Seymour Fuller
🌿 Outdoor Play
Child-led exploration, games, and time to simply be kids.
Rooted Fridays - Learning Where You Live
🧘 Tai Chi & Mindful Movement
A peaceful start with movement, breathing, and focus.
🌞 Sonoran Desert Heat & Monsoons
Discover how our desert changes through the seasons and why monsoons matter.
🔬 Weather Science
Hands-on experiments exploring clouds, wind, rain, and evaporation.
💃 Rain Dance
Celebrate the monsoon season through movement, music, and joyful play.
📖 Story Time
Rain poems and stories inspired by desert storms.
🌵 Special Guest: Tubac Nature Center
Learn from local naturalists through interactive activities and discoveries about our desert home.
Rooted Fridays - Learning Where You Live
🧘 Tai Chi & Mindful Movement
A peaceful start with movement, breathing, and focus.
🧭 Community Mapping
Use compasses, observation skills, and simple maps to discover our campus.
🚶 Neighborhood Walk
Explore the Tubac Community Center and discover what makes a community thrive.
📖 Story Time
Our House by Graham Nash
🌿 Outdoor Play
Child-led exploration, games, and time to simply be kids.
Trailhead at The Bosque
Trailhead at the Bosque is our end-of-summer program designed to help children reset, reconnect, and ease back into school-year rhythms in a calm, supportive way. Each day includes outdoor exploration in the shade of the mesquite, hands-on learning experiences, creative projects, practical life skill-building, and meaningful time together in community. With a steady daily routine and plenty of movement, play, and nature-based discovery, children build confidence, strengthen independence, and return to the new school year feeling grounded, capable, and connected. Suggested Contribution: $200.00
WHAT’S INSIDE, A safe & super fun electronics take apart lab!
Have you ever wondered what’s hiding inside an old computer, keyboard, or remote control? In this hands-on workshop, curious kids become junior engineers as we safely take apart old electronics and discover the amazing parts inside!
SOAR WITH US, Mesquite Bosque Academy Open House - Show & Tell
Soar with us! Spring Open House - Show & Tell!
PAPER AIRCRAFT EXPLORERS, Discover how planes fly!
Get ready to fold, fling, flip, and fly! In this fun, hands-on workshop, children will become junior aeronautical engineers as they design and test their very own paper aircraft.
NATURE KINGDOM ART, An art & science adventure supplied by plants, animals & minerals.
In this fun and gloriously messy workshop, kids will discover how art materials come from three natural kingdoms:
Plant Kingdom (leaves, bark, roots, flowers, fruits, vegetables)
Animal Kingdom (wool, hair, dung, feathers, beeswax, eggs)
Mineral Kingdom (clay, rocks, metals)
MARBLE MAYHEM!, Build a simple Rube Goldberg machine
A Rube Goldberg is a machine that does a simple task in a complicated and fun way — inspired by inventor Rube Goldberg
YOUNG CHEFS WORKSHOP, French classic cutting skills
Bonjour, chefs! In this hands-on cooking workshop, kids will explore the world of French culinary terms while learning and practicing knife safety.
GLOW UP, Get ready for a glowing adventure in Arizona!
Join us for a super fun, kid-friendly workshop all about amazing animals that glow in the dark right here in Arizona! Did you know that some desert creatures can shine under special lights? It’s true!
DUCK EGGS & NATURAL DYES, A colorful science adventure
Get ready for a bright and egg-citing workshop where kids explore the magic of duck eggs and create beautiful colors using natural dyes from plants, fruits, and spices!
PLAY-DOH ECONOMICS, Understanding economic principles is child’s play
With a supply of colorful Play-Doh, students build a series of simple models that transform mysterious abstract economic principles into physical objects they can see, touch, change, and share. This interactive experience introduces or reviews three key economic concepts and ends with a memorable group challenge.