Classes

class information

Our day at Homegrown (9:00 am - 3:00 pm) will be spent outdoors exploring nature, growing sustainable food options through gardening, prepping the harvest for storage, foraging, outdoor sports, outdoor skills, and more. While the day will have some structure in educational directives, there will also be time to freely explore (with supervision) and learn about what comes our way throughout the day through interaction with all that nature offers. The last part of the day will include a community effort to clean up. In order to be proper stewards of the venue we are renting, students are expected to stay until clean up is complete (allow for muddy days to take a little longer).

Sessions rotate through a variety of weekly classes including:

• Ohana

We will spend some time together worshiping and praying; this is also our snack time.

• TEAM BUILDING

Age Group Leaders will lead their kids in a team building activity, science project or art project from nature.

• Herbs / Gardening / Composting

In our Herbs class, students will learn about new herbs each week, how to infuse them into oil, tinctures, etc, and then use those herbs to make something weekly to take home. Previous take-homes have included bug spray, sunscreen, salves, cleaners, soap, etc. In the garden area, students will learn how to garden in containers and maintain, harvest, and preserve produce. They will also learn aspects of composting.

• SCIENCE IN NATURE

We will be exploring topics in science through nature.

• EXPLORATION, SURVIVAL & FORAGING

Time here will be spent doing various exploration activities throughout the vast acreage our venue offers, while looking for plants growing in the wild, with identification of plants and their uses. We will also learn a variety of hands-on survival skills and techniques.

• ART IN NATURE

Art projects will be created through the lens of nature and gathering items that nature gives us.

• IN THE KITCHEN: Homesteading

Students will learn some homesteading techniques such as making kombucha, pickling food, how to make their own ginger bug and from there, a homemade soda, making homemade extracts, different ways to preserve food, no waste kitchen ideas, and more.