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, as well as animal encounters and education. While the day will have some structure in educational opportunities, there will be time to just 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, no one can leave prior to 3:00 and clean up is completed. (Except for muddy days, they can take a little longer on clean up.)

Sessions rotate through a variety of weekly classes including:

• Animals Encounters - Student Led / Enrichment Time

This new option gives students the opportunity to pre-register to bring their family "pet" to class and speak in front of the entire Homegrown family about specific knowledge regarding their pet. On weeks where we don't have a student bringing an animal, we will have other enrichment opportunities such as First Aid training, Outdoor Skills, and more.

• Ohana Mornings

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

• TEAM BUILDING

Age Group Leaders will lead their kids in a team building activity.

• 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 & 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.

• ART IN NATURE

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

• IN THE KITCHEN

Students will learn how to prepare snacks / lunch / light dessert which, in turn, can be purchased by families to cover their kids snacks and lunches for the day!