Homeschool Program: S.T.E.A.M. Adventures in the Forest

with Chelsea Snider

Tuesdays, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

April 9 - June 11

Ages 6-10

Come discover the bounty of Art and Science confluence found in our forest!

This program will involve cycles of play studies in which we use an interdisciplinary approach to explore topics and questions emerging from children’s interests. Each week, our staff will guide the group in identifying areas of curiosity and developing inquiry questions to delve into. The group will then set about finding answers through hands-on exploratory play in our forest and classroom.

Investigation topics may include:

Forest Systems - Where does the forest come from?

Bugs & Other Friends - Who lives in the forest?

Forest Gardens - What eats the forest?

Forest Structures - What can be built from the forest? For the forest? In the forest?

Water Ways - How does water effect change?

Counting the Forest - Identification and observation at play

Forest Technology - What tools come from the forest?

Art Outside - How does nature inspire us?

Forest Puppets - Can we make the forest “come alive” to tell its stories?

Forest Music - What sound does the forest make? Can we play music in the forest?

Flow of the Day

9:00 Welcome & Open Play

9:45 Morning Circle & Games

10:15 Group Investigation & Curiosity Planning

10:30 Snack 

10:45 Exploratory Investigative Play & Shareback

11:45 Lunch & Break

1:15 STEAM Station Project Work

2:30 Clean Up

2:45 Closing Circle & Shareback

3:00 “Toodaloo”

Class Fees & Our Sliding Scale Approach

We believe that access to education should be open to all, regardless of financial resources. As a result, many of our community programs are free of charge. For other programs, we charge a sliding scale fee to cover our costs. You may self-select your sliding scale fee upon registration. We provide income brackets as a guideline, but we also understand that each family’s situation is different. As you select your sliding scale fee, we ask you to be mindful of the fact that the long-term sustainability of our programs depends on our community members stretching a bit to contribute what they can, while also being realistic about what they need.

Fee Guidelines (please self-select your rate after reviewing these suggested guidelines. Yes, you really just pick the amount you can pay!)

Tier 1 - Subsidized Rate: Recommended for households with annual income below $40,000

Tier 2 - Standard Rate: Recommended for households with annual income between $40,000 - $90,000

Tier 3 - Sponsor Rate: Recommended for households with annual income above $90,000

Rates per session:

Tier 1 - Subsidized Rate:  $600/11-week session

Tier 2 - Standard Rate:  $750/ 11-week session

Tier 3 - Sponsor Rate:  $900/11-week session

10% Sibling discount