The Attic Learning Community

The Attic offers a unique educational experience for children ages 3 -18, one which supports a sense of self, a passion for learning, community, and childhood through our K-12 program and the Field & Forest Outdoor Preschool program. We are a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization,

About the Attic Learning Community:

Founded in 1999, the Attic is a dynamic learning community located in Woodinville, Washington, serving children ages 5-18. Our teaching and learning practices are based on constructivism (Piaget’s scientific theory that explains how human beings construct knowledge) and Socratic teaching methods.

At the Attic, children are deeply known by a supportive circle of adults as well as multi-age peers. Our community is one where children are accepted as their true selves, comfortable to explore freely and confident to challenge themselves and to try new things. We are a community where the developmental curriculum is flexibly designed to meet each child’s unique needs, interests, and abilities, and to expand them through authentically meaningful constructivist experiences. Our children feel ownership of their educational journey, and their innate motivation to learn is sparked and fanned into a strong flame.

Our faculty is comprised of passionate educators who recognize the innate potential that lies within every child; who challenge students to approach learning with an open, inquisitive, and critical mind, and to go beyond the “facts” toward understanding the “why” and “how”; and who give children authentic choices and a voice in their education. Because we highly value the development of self-direction and intrinsic motivation, we do not use grades, rewards, or punishments. At every level, progress and growth are documented using detailed narrative assessments.