School vacation is a great time to be at Sylvester Manor! Our school break programming runs during the Shelter Island School District school breaks during February and April. Sign your child up today to experience a dynamic, science-based, re-wilding curriculum, created in the spirit of kindness and compassion for the children of our changing world.
All sessions are led by Hannah Gray, a certified Forest School educator and the Director of our Summer Youth Program. The program will thread the music of a composer through the week, noticing the inspiration from the natural world in a musical representation of seasons. Children will create artwork, hear stories, design puppets, make animal dens, plant seedlings and more, all while developing a connection from the forest and farm to the rest of the world.
Registration will open soon.
The sessions will thread the enchanting elegance of Chopin through each week and week’s work, noticing both the inspiration from the natural world, the deeply profound artistic expression of the soul in musical representation and the immense expressive depth and subtle complexity behind his musical compositions.
Children will discover the melodic and harmonic innovations of Chopin’s nocturnes op. 9 no.2, the lyrical brilliance of his ballade no. 1 in g minor op. 23 and will cultivate an understanding of the short poetic works of a “prelude” in the final week with his poignant, and evocative “raindrop” prelude op. 28 no. 15.
The children will encounter the artworks and elements of the ineffable beauty of the night, write lyrical works and create innovations inspired by Chopin’s ballads and find the deepest understanding of the extraordinary world of rain .
2026 DATES
We offer a 50% discount for year-round, Shelter Island resident children.
Daily Rate:
$90 (Full-time/Year-Round Shelter Island Resident)
$180 (Non-Resident)
Weekly Rate:
$400 (Full-time/Year-Round Shelter Island Resident)
$800 (Non-Resident)
