Guided Learning to Build Independence

New Student Orientation and Annual Registration
$75

With registration you will get a full farm tour, meet the animals, hear about our plans for the coming months, and receive an overview of farm rules and safety instructions. We can plan a potluck lunch, or sack lunches, and let the kids run around for awhile. This registration fee will help us with co-op insurance as well as some of the basic fees of running the co-op.

Select Membership Level

Our Memberships range from part of the morning to all morning, pick the one that best fits your schedule and interests!

If you would like to stay for a picnic lunch after our lessons wrap up around noon, please bring sack lunches for you and your kids. They can have some free time and eat before we wrap up for the day at 1:00.

Schedule:
8am - 9:30/10am: Animal Husbandry

10am - 12pm: Tradesman Classes

12pm - 1pm: Optional sack lunch picnic

Come to the Farm

Come with the whole family for a morning of activity! We are not a licensed childcare facility, so we do need a parent on site at all times. Everyone is welcome to participate to the extent that they are interested and able. Moms with younger children can join us outside or hang out inside and enjoy some of the toys we have available. We hope this will be fun for moms and kiddos!

Membership Levels

Whether you want to just visit for a day, or make the farm school part of your routine, we can work with your schedule. Day passes allow you to schedule one time visits to the farm. Four Day Passes will allow you to come to the farm 4 times (or for about a month). Twelve Day Passes will allow you to visit 12 times (or about 3 months worth of classes).

We are all juggling the needs of families and we don't want anyone to feel pressured to drag sick kids around. That's no fun for anyone! If you or your kids aren't feeling good, just let us know. You will not lose your visit. The memberships will last as long as it takes to use your visits. So if you sign up for 4 days or 12 days, we will select a day for you to come, but we can discuss rescheduling as necessary.

Farm Visits are currently being scheduled for Wednesdays and Thursdays, other days by request.

Farmhand

This membership brings kids onto the farm to care for the animals in our Animal Husbandry Class. Students will partner up to milk cows, feed the dogs and cats, let the chickens out, collect eggs, strain milk, move electric fences, and whatever else comes up in the morning chores.

8am - 9:30am (or whenever we finish chores)

1 Day Pass: $20

4 Day Passes (1 month of farm visits): $75

12 Day Passes (3 months of farm visits): $200

Tradesman

If you're looking for variety in your homeschool opportunities (but don't want to get up so early), this is the membership for you! This membership allows you to join us for classes including building projects, art projects and nature journals, lessons about soil and how to use farm waste to build gardens, prepare gardens, and more. Classes will fluctuate based on farm needs and weather.

10am - 12pm

1 Day Pass: $35

4 Day Passes (1 month of farm visits): $130

12 Day Passes (3 months of farm visits): $350

Steward

This Membership starts the day with Animal Husbandry followed by a 2 hour Tradesman Class. A full morning of being a farm kid!

1 Day Pass: $50

4 Day Passes (1 month of farm visits): $180

12 Day Passes (3 months of farm visits): $460

Tradesman Classes

Building Class

Building Class will invite students to help plan and execute real projects on the farm. Projects change as they get completed and new ones come up. Students will get to see their work in use! There could be fencing, building animal structures, installing paths, building garden beds, and whatever else comes up!

Art Classes

Art classes will rotate on a monthly basis. Students will get to learn a skill and continue working on it for a few weeks. Classes include Pysanka (Ukrainian Easter Eggs), water color, leather work, sewing, mosaics, and basket making.

Latin Class

We have parents available to teach Latin! Latin class will include grammar and vocabulary that are used in the Traditional Latin Mass to help students understand and follow along the liturgy.

Inkscape Graphic Design

Have you ever been frustrated by a template that wasn't quite right? Students will learn to make their visions come to life with this powerful program. Projects include creating unique images, formatting newsletters, creative writing, designing stickers or labels, and making images that can be used in art class.

3D Printing

Our fleet of 3D printers is available for students to learn what it takes to make a successful 3D design and watch it come to life! Students will learn how to use beginner level CAD software and have fun working alongside friends to create unique prints.

Computer Science

Montessori Computers is a wonderful addition to your math curriculum! Students will work with hands on materials to learn Binary, Hexadecimal, and Boolean Logic. This introduction to base systems and the history of how computers came to be is a truly unique way to learn about the origins of computer science in a child friendly format.

A Variety of Experiences Ahead

Due to the nature of our project based format, not every experience is available all the time. Projects are planned based on current family interests and needs, but here are a few focus areas that we always try to support.

Farm Based Experiences

Our small learning farm provides a myriad of experiences for children to learn and build. Courses include Organic Gardening, Animal Husbandry, Farm Building, and more.

Handcrafts and Building

It is important for children to see the progression of ideas to realities. Our goal with our skills building courses is to teach children to create value starting from raw materials. Children will participate in planning, finding the correct resources, and executing the plan. Finally, they will experience the satisfaction of having a tangible material that they created.