Joy. Creativity. Connection.

 

 

 

Summer Schedule

Monday, June 24th

Monday, July 1st

Wednesday, July 10th

Wednesday, July 24th

Monday, July 29th

Wednesday, August 14th

Wednesday, August 21st

Fall Schedule

Mondays

August 26th

September 9th

September 16th

Make-up Day, September 23rd

September 30th

October 14th

October 21st

Make-up Day, October 28th

November 4th

November 11th

November 18th

Make-up Day, November 25th

December 2nd

December 9th

December 16th

Make-up Day, December 23rd

Wednesdays

August 28th

September 11th

September 18th

Make-up Day, September 25th

October 2nd

October 16th

October 23rd

Make-up Day, October 30th

November 6th

November 13th

November 20th

Make-up Day, November 27th

December 4th

December 11th

December 18th

Make-up Day January 8th

 

More Time Outdoors.

Everyone can agree -children are spending less time outdoors and more time in front of screens, much to the detriment of their health. Join the movement to get our children outside daily and help deepen their connection to the wonderous world around them. The more time we spend outdoors, the more we love it, and the more we will protect it. We will learn about local plants and animals in a welcoming environment that encourages free play and imagination.

Community is such an innate human need and meeting other homeschooling families can be challenging in these times. Come join this 5 hour drop-off class, which is taught completely outdoors next to a bubbling creek with plenty of room to roam and explore with new friends. Located only three miles outside of Lovettsville in Loudoun County, VA.

Classes run 10 am - 3 pm

Drop-off (means parents get some child-free time)

3 times a month (1 make-up day scheduled per month in case classes need to be canceled due to weather or illness)

Monday classes with a focus on games/shelter-building (capped at 17 students)

Wednesday classes with a focus on nature arts/crafts, costumes, and imaginative play (capped at 17 students)

Ages 7-14 (mature 6 years considered)

This is a welcoming space for ALL regardless of gender, race, nationality, disability, age, sexual preference or religion.

Our day.

We will learn shelter-building, fire-tending, and edible and medicinal plant identification. In Wednesday classes, we will be working on different handcrafts like primitive pottery, weaving, natural-dyeing, wool-felting, cordage-making, and basket-weaving.

But mostly we PLAY. Our day is child-led and what do most of our students want to do? PLAY GAMES. Capture the Flag is a class favorite, so make sure your child brings running shoes.

This class will differ a bit from other local nature connection classes because we will be at one site and children will have the opportunity to spend week after week building their shelters. Learning these important ancestral skills are empowering and super fun!

As a huge proponent of free play, there will be time in the afternoon devoted to unstructured play. Costumes may come out and wild, imaginative world-building will begin!

Taught by an experienced, passionate educator.

Caroline (she/her) is an artist, herbalist, forager, natural dyer, and permaculturalist who grew up making art and running free on her family homestead in Frederick County, MD. For over two decades, Caroline has taught children in a variety of settings, including in both public and private schools. She has homeschooled her own children for the last eight years, where they have spent much of that time wandering in the woods, relearning the Old Ways of living and being in relationship to the land.

Tentative Daily Rhythm of Class

10 am Circle

11 am Capture the Flag/ Games

11:30 am Wild Food Discussion/Collecting/Herbal Tea

12 pm Lunch (Bring your own)

12:30 pm-3 pm Shelter-building/Play/Games

3 pm Pick-up

 

Tuition

Mondays

$150 per month for 1 child

$270 per month for 2 children

$400 for 3 children

Wednesdays

$150 per month for 1 child

$270 per month for 2 children

$400 for 3 children

Monthly tuition due before the first day of class each month.

REGISTER by emailing rallshah18@gmail.com (child’s name, age, if they have any allergies, and the class they are interested in)

Wednesday Summer Drop-in Classes

$50 for 1 child

$90 for 2 children

$120 for 3 children

Camp-out Experiences

Sliding scale of $75-125 per family (includes 3 meals)

PLEASE pay tuition via Paypal to rallshah18@gmail.com

“There is no such thing as bad weather, just bad clothes for the weather.”

Dressing for the weather.

WARM WEATHER WEAR

Quick drying shorts

Bathing suit

Running Shoes

Water Shoes

WINTER WEAR

Wool or synthetic bottom and top base layer (NOT cotton) *

Rain pants/ snow pants

Wool socks

Rain boots/snow boots

Jacket

Hat or Balaclava

Neck Gaiter (is they run cold)

Mittens/Gloves

*Cotton should be avoided because when your kid sweats, the cotton stops insulating and they will just feel cold

There is a creek on the property, so that means tons of wet, muddy play will happen most days. Keep a change of clothes, bags for wet things, and towels in the car.

Food.

Things to bring on the first day in a book bag.


Packed lunch

A snack (if your child isn't an adventurous eater)

Water bottle

Metal mug/percolator/pot for herbal teas we will making

Change of clothes

Towel (WARM WEATHER)

Sunscreen (WARM WEATHER)

Nets (WARM WEATHER)

Hat (WARM WEATHER)

Extra wool socks (COLD WEATHER)

Extra mittens/gloves (COLD WEATHER)

Hand-warmers (if your child often gets cold)