Tentative Schedule
09:00 Good Morning Gab (Build communication and listening skills and discuss plans of the day.)
09:20 Morning Chores (While doing daily chores, nurturing, respect, health care and feeding needs of animals will be taught. Children will participate in cooperative learning activities as they do chores.)
10:10 Get to Know Your Garden (Children will gain skills in composting, planting, weeding, watering and harvesting a garden. Lifecycles and interconnectedness within nature will be introduced.)
10:30 With Three Rotating Small Groups:
Hands-On Horse Time (Children will learn skills in how to appropriately groom a horse, how to safely mount and dismount and lastly children will be taught the basics of how to ride a horse or improve on their existing skills. Children will gain a sense of accomplishment through working with horses.)
Good Morning Games (Children will learn farm skills such as roping a stationary (model) cow or tossing horse shoes. This will encourage imagination and physical activity and foster cooperative play.)
Grab Bag Group (Children will have an opportunity to work on a farm project or practice their parent presentations in a small group.)
12:00 Soup’s On Lunch Time (Children will be instructed in hygiene and manners as well as, how to recycle and compost the waste from their lunches. Students need to bring their own healthy, cold lunch every day.)
12:30 Pick-A-Pet (To be fair, children pick an animal’s name out of a hat so they can spend quality time with that animal. They will learn to bond with and nurture an animal while appropriately handling it.)
01:00 Time for Project Particulars (With the help of OMF staff, children will develop and create a special project. Given instruction, children will brainstorm, research and design an inquiry-based learning project that they will present orally on the last day of the session. Friends and family are invited.)
02:00 Cool Cooperative Games (Children will be taught techniques in cooperative learning, problem solving and will develop group cohesion while they stretch their legs and have fun.)
02:45 High’s & Low’s (Wrap-up and evaluation of the day through group discussion. The focus will be on celebrating personal successes and giving constructive ideas for improvement along with guidance on giving and receiving compliments.)
03:25 Good Bye!
***The classes end at 3:25; supervision will not be available past that time unless we are transporting your child. Thanks.***