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Our mission for Walking in Wellness is to provide a peaceful, nature-based, and interactive learning environment that empowers youth to walk in wellness as they become critical thinkers, mindful of themselves and the world around them, and responsible citizens. Both personal and environmental wellness are taught through a carefully crafted curriculum while we take on reviving old-fashioned skills.
Our curriculum is focused on developing skills for personal and environmental wellness through mindfulness activities, outdoor immersion, and reviving old-fashioned skills. The daily rhythm will consist of a morning circle (songs, stretches/exercise, weather observation), snack, mindfulness lesson, farm chores, hiking, play, lunch, read-aloud, skill development, hike back, and afternoon reflection. Victoria is certified to teach Mindfulness through Mindful Schools and pulls some lessons from their curriculum but curates many lessons to relate the farm learning objective of the day.
Walking in Wellness is offered as a camp and will cover ethical foraging. 9-2:30 M-F, June 3-7.
The 2024-2025 school year offers classes on Tuesday and Friday! Learners can attend either day or sign up for both days! We operate 9-2:30 with an optional 1pm pick-up for our youngest learners.
School runs August-May with a long winter break & a spring break.
Each semester is broken up into two 8-week long unit studies that revive a different old-fashioned skill. You can sign up for any individual 8-week program or participate throughout the school year!
The 2024-2025 school year is open to 3-11 year olds. There will be a 1:6 teacher to child ratio with the younger group and 1:8 teacher to child ratio with the older group. We will be expanding the age range as the program grows!
Seedlings - $40/day for 9-1pm and an additional $5/day for a late (2:30) pick up!
Sapplings - $42.50/day for 9-2:30
Tution is billed monthly through Procare & there is a $150 enrollment fee for the year or $40 enrollment fee/unit study.
While personal & environmental wellness will always be at the heart of Walking in Wellness, each set of sessions will also focus on reviving an old-fashioned skill!
Raising Chickens: April-May 2024
Let’s raise chickens! Week 1 we will learn our daily rhythm, and Week 2 the children will watch chicks hatch. Throughout the weeks, the children will participate in raising the chicks from hatching to coop-ready! We will learn the anatomy of the egg and chicken, different breeds of chickens and categorizing them by their purpose, the chicken life cycle, the reciprocal nature of chickens and the garden, learn about growing and fermenting feed, regenerative agriculture, nose to tail approach, chicken behavior (pecking order, communication, dirt baths), testing eggs for freshness, assessing health, and more!
Wild Wanderers:: Ethical Foraging CAMP- June 3-7, 2024
Welcome to Wild Wanderers, where young explorers embark on a culinary adventure that sparks awe and wonder for the world around them! Our camp blends the thrill of outdoor exploration with the joy of discovering nature's pantry, all while exploring their own thoughts and feelings through daily mindfulness lessons. Under the guidance of foragers and a botanist, children aged 5-12 will learn the art of ethical foraging, plant anatomy, and distinguishing between lookalike plants. From identifying wild herbs to harvesting seasonal fruit, every day brings new discoveries and delicious delights. Together, we'll gather ingredients for our wild-inspired snacks and teas, infused with the flavors of nature itself. Join us for a week of learning, exploration of self and surroundings, and, of course, scrumptious feasts!
Building a Wellness Toolbox: August-September 2024
Wellness toolbox…first aid kit…call it what you will! This set of sessions is focused on creating healing remedies with wild-grown and harvested herbs. We will make calendula salve, mullein*/garlic oil, and pain potion (tincture with mead wort, dandelion root*, mullein leaf*, peppermint leaf, turmeric root). Each student will also learn the benefits of activated charcoal and add that to their toolbox.
*ingredients that grow wild on the property, all other ingredients will be grown in our garden
Come back August 2025 to add plantain* salve, mullein* tincture, elderberry syrup, and digestive bitters to your toolbox!
Harvest & Sharing the Bounty: October-November 2024
Fall is harvest time! We will harvest and learn how to cure sweet potatoes, harvest and ferment carrots, harvest ginger and prepare it for winter, plant garlic for spring, and more. Throughout the weeks, we will prepare to make a big vat of butternut squash sweet potato soup with all ingredients down to each spice (other than salt, pepper, and coconut oil) from the garden. This entails curing, washing, peeling, chopping, and freezing everything to be ready for coming together feast day! We will also be learning the process of making sourdough bread to pair with the soup. In our final week (the Friday before Thanksgiving), we hope to either share this meal with a senior living center in Anderson or a group of families with foster children.
Zero Waste Living: February-March 2025
In our winter months, we slow down to make and mend. We will learn sewing skills to mend something children bring from home that needs love or we can supply them with something of ours to mend. Younger students will use cotton binca fabric and blunt, wood needles to get accustomed to sewing and move on to mending if they show readiness. We will make toothpaste and each child will go home with a Brush With Bamboo toothbrush. Our hope is the visual reminder of a new toothbrush will help them integrate their mindfulness skills into the everyday activity of brushing their teeth. Each child will make a collection of Waldorf-inspired block crayons by sorting broken crayons by color and melting them down in a mold over the fire (parents- we would love it if you started collecting any broken crayons!). We will talk about food waste, the importance of composting, the enormous amount of landfill waste created in modern society, and everyday ways to reduce our waste.
All Things Goats! April-May 2025
We’re not kidding when we say our Silly Nilly will be kidding next year! Our sweet mini Saanen goats, Bobo (the clown) and (silly) Nilly will be expanding their herd. With that, we want to teach our kiddos about all things goats! We will learn how to assess goat health, learn their dietary needs & behaviors, learn about milking, and many endeavors one can do with the milk. Throughout the weeks, our family will be milk sharing (milking in the morning and letting the kids nurse throughout the day). Each family has the option to pick one week to come early as a family to do the morning milking to have the hands-on experience! Learners will learn to make goat kefir, goat milk soap, goat milk butter, and cheese (if I can perfect it between now and then!).
And there are so many more skills to come!
call/text 978.201.3509 victoria@earthganicfarm.com
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