Field Station Cooperative Preschool
2025/26 school year - we have six openings for the 3 day PM class, and three openings for the 5 day class. Please email registration@fieldstation.org for more information.
Frog Find 2025
Come enjoy a family friendly afternoon at Chellberg Farm hunting for frogs and enjoying the beautiful Indiana Dunes National Park with Field Station families and staff.
Nature based curriculum
Field Station is centered on nature study and seeks to develop in all of its students a love of learning, critical and independent thinking, creativity and imagination, social skills, and improved self confidence and self esteem. Curriculum includes all pre-reading and math skills appropriate for the pre-kindergarten age group and more advanced instruction for the kindergarten enrichment age group.
Learn more about our approach to education and our unique connection to the Indiana Dunes National Park .
Our mission
To create sustainable educational programs based on nature study which develop in our students:
A love of learning
Critical and independent thinking
Creativity and imagination
Social skills
Self-confidence and self-esteem
Environmental responsibility
Respect for our natural surroundings
Nature-based
Each program consists of its own weekly theme and activities, so your child has something new to anticipate with each week. 
Cooperative
We are a non-profit cooperative, managed and run by parent volunteers.
Age-level learning
2, 3 and 5-day programs aligned with Indiana’s Early Learning Development Framework. 
Our Programs
Pre-kindergarten
Two Day Classes for 3 and 4 year olds
The two day class focuses on acclimating children to the classroom experience with hands-on activities, daily outdoor hikes, song, dance, and fun!Three Day Classes for 4 and 5 year olds
The three day class focuses on kindergarten preparation, cooperation, listening skills, and like our two day class, daily outdoor hikes, song, dance, and fun!
Summer Camp
Four day summer camp
Field Station summer camp offers a fun four day program in early summer for students to immerse themselves in outdoor activities and creative learning exercises.
