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Ages 3 - 10 | Drop-off programs | March 31 - June 6
Spring on the Farm 2025
Spring is a season bursting with possibilities around the farm! The energy of birth and growth vibrates through the soil and roots, in the air and water, everywhere young bodies can joyfully observe and explore. It is also a time of constant change and beauty. Come explore and learn with us!
Ages 3-5
Sessions meet once per week
March 31 - June 6, 2025
9:00 am - 11:30 am
Available days: Mon*, Wed, Fri
Drop Off
Explorations, activities, and experiences may include:
- Plant and grow carrots, potatoes, greens, Three Sisters, tomatoes, and more
- Dig deep into the world of compost and soil
- Play with water and study its cycle and the part it plays in growth and erosion
- Seek out pollinators and flowers that they pollinate
- Perform farm chores like watering, weeding, and sifting compost
- Create, play, and experiment
Groups will be led by 1-2 experienced farm educators through a fluid, yet structured schedule that may include reading a story, hands-on learning, farming, ecological experiences, games, crafts, and more. Of course, there is always room for diversion, allowing educators to follow the children’s interests
*Monday sessions run for 8 weeks.
* No sessions April 21-25 and May 26
Membership required.
Ages 6-10
Sessions meet once per week
March 31 - June 6, 2025
4:00 - 6:00 pm
Drop off program
Available Days
*Mon, Tues, Wed, Thurs)
For 8-9 weeks, children (ages 6-10) will have the opportunity to participate in a variety of afterschool programs on the farm and its surrounding areas. These programs range from adventuring and creating in the outdoors to exploring nature to diving into building and innovation activities to cooking seasonal treats.
Note: We must have a minimum number of registrations in each session in order to offer. If we do not meet that number we will reach out to families and refund you.
*Monday sessions run for 8 weeks.
* No sessions April 21-25 and 4/26
Tiered Pricing information below.
Membership required.
Healthy Cooking on the Farm
MONDAYS
4:00-6:00 pm
There’s nothing like food prepared from the garden, except for when you work with others around an outdoor brick oven or propane stove to create these flavors. Children will work with our farm health coach and educator to prepare recipes, which may include various spring crops as they become ready throughout the season, flatbreads, soups, baked goods, rice bowls, chips, and more. Children will also learn how to prepare foods safely and healthfully.
* No sessions April 21 and May 26
Outdoor Exploration
TUESDAYS
4:00-6:00 pm
Children will explore and create within the secret areas around the farm, including the woods, meadows, and Ice Pond. Each outing will open their eyes to new places and possibilities as they learn to navigate, observe, and create within the spring settings of the farm. Children may be using compasses, building full-size shelters, creating winter fairy homes, tracking animals, and more. These older groups will also learn how to cook simple foods over an open fire and build tools.
* No session April 22
Spring Farming and Nature Exploration
WEDNESDAYS
4:00 - 6:00 pm
Our educational gardens and greenhouse will be busy with new life and growth, and children will get to be a part of this by preparing beds, planting, and caring for the wide assortment of vegetables and produce, some of which will be donated to local food pantries They will also have many opportunities to explore the spring connections between our gardens and the surrounding ecosystems by exploring nature and the amazing changes happening on the ground, in the water, and above them in the sky.
* No session April 23
Farm Building & Inventors
THURSDAYS
4:00 - 6:00 pm
Children will learn how to build simple structures around the farm or to bring home. They will also be challenged to create fun and useful inventions that may meet needs on the farm or that stir their imaginations. Inventions and structures can range from water catchment systems or fences to floating a gnome on the Ice Pond or wild chain reactions.
* No session April 24
Homeschool Ages 5-12
Sessions meet once per week
Session in process - welcoming new students!
Sign up today, and we will prorate you for any sessions missed. Or contact our office to help with registration.
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Thursdays
Drop Off
This program will be farm-, ecology-, and STEAM-based. It will incorporate activities and lessons that enable students to explore farming a wide variety of plants, as well as preparing and cooking much of this produce. Students will also learn how to harvest and prepare other resources on the farm and throughout the ecosystems. Being on the farm year-round will also give the students a sense of purpose and they will be integral in helping grow food for food pantries.
In addition, students will explore the science of nature, which includes animals, plants, water systems, geology, weather, ecosystems, fire, biomimicry, and more. These lessons may include different types of homes and habitats, communication, adaptations, climate change, structures of snow and ice, pollinators and bees, cooking skills and food uses, wild edible plants, and so much more.
Every week will also include some sort of adventure/survival skills activity, such as shelter building, orienteering, map-making, knot tying, and more. The group will establish their own space for outdoor living.
Since these explorations will also be STEAM-based, students can expect to use literature, arts, math, engineering, and games to dive deeper into concepts as well as to express themselves. Students will often design solutions to problems presented in lessons or found throughout the farm, such as water collection, erosion control, pest control, use of invasive plants, etc.
The time on the farm will also be about socializing and following children’s interests. The lead teacher and education team will modify lessons based on these needs and interests, as well as create new ones.
Reconnect to nature, to community, and yourself!
Kripalu Mindful Outdoor Experience with Trish Hart! Saturday, June 7.