School-year parent-child program

The program runs mostly outdoors, in an early childhood group and two grade school groups:

• Grades 1–8: farm work (chores, gardening, cooking, permaculture) alongside history, literature, crafts, nature journaling and games.
• Early childhood: animal feeding and simple chores, a nature walk, morning circle, story time, free play and handwork.

Every session ends with a snack made from the farm.

Grown-ups take part too. At least one adult comes with each family, and the youngest children stay with their parent.

Tuition

Tuition covers every child in the family through 8th grade, plus one parent or other important adult.

• Full year: $1,000. That’s a discount on the two seasons. Families sign a one-year agreement and pay a $50 non-refundable deposit to register.
  • Plan 1: the remaining $950 by August 1.
  • Plan 2: $475 by August 1 and $475 by January 7, with a $50 financing fee.
• One season: $540, paid when you register.

Weather

Any weather is good weather when you’re dressed for it. If a storm rolls in, the group moves into the barn or the house. Classes are cancelled for extreme weather, such as sub-zero wind chills or icy roads. A cancelled day is made up at the end of the year or refunded.

See the Farm School policies for refunds and cancellations.