New for the 2024-25 School Year!
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New for the 2024-25 School Year! 〰️
A La Carte Education
For Homeschoolers
Individual classes and full-day options are offered in three trimesters or for full school-year registration. When signing up for both morning and afternoon classes, Lunch & Free Play is included at no additional charge.
Combine A La Carte academic classes with our Farm to Forest program for a multi-day program!
Most A La Carte classes are geared toward independent who are “reading to learn” vs. “learning to read”.
Classes Offered
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Math Tutoring
Indiidual and small group tutoring with a professional math tutor.
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Book Club
Individual and group reading with discussions.
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Writing Workshop
Story-telling, Essays, Creative Writing, Poetry and more.
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Homesteading
Gardening, Cooking, Animal Care & Farming
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Get Moovin'
Yoga, Hikes, Biking, Snowshoeing, Ice Skating & Nutrition
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Arts Integrated Projects
Interdisciplinary projects integrated through visual arts, music and theater.
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Performing Arts
Practice skills in music, dance and theater.
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Science & Nature
Hands-on projects outside on the farm.
Class Descriptions
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Thursdays 1-3pm
Taught by Lucy Reid on The Stage at GPF
This class for mixed ages and abilities combines age-appropriate hip hop moves with basic tumbling skills for fitness and fun. Using upbeat music (hip-hop, funk, pop) students will acquire balance, spatial awareness and confidence through learning basic dance moves. We'll also do some singing and learn how to express emotions with our whole body.
learn the history of hip-hop
discover the importance of whole-body dancing
learn valuable performing skills
learn through games and dramatic play
learn how to sing and dance at the same time
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Tuesdays 9am-12pm
Our Fall Arts-Integrated classes will approach math, science and humanities through an arts-related lens. We will observe and study changes in nature on the farm indicating Autumn's arrival and readiness for winter. Students will document their adventures and observations of plants, animals and terrain in a journal, taking note of measurements, angles, shapes, colors and sketches they have drawn from life. We will also create some art work with paints and mixed media, representative of what we have learned.
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Wednesdays 9am-12pm
We will read some books individually for group discussion. Others might be shared and read aloud by book buddies, or paired with some easier related stories for beginning readers, depending on the reading levels of registered students. Each book will be discussed with a project, poster or writing reflection in mind, and may also include watching a movie of the same title with discussion of how the interpretation compares to the original.
The Hope Chest by Karen Schwabach-historical fiction on women's right to vote
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo-china bunny falls overboard and goes on a world wide journey
Crenshaw by Katherine Applegate-story of Jack and his imaginary friend, cat named Crenshaw
The BFG by Roald Dahl-Story about a girl and a kind hearted giant who go on an adventure to stop the other not-so-friendly giants
Charlotte's Web by E.B. White-story of friendship, between a pig and spider
Wonder by R.J. Palacio-story of 5th grade boy homeschooled who goes to a private school and deals with people's reaction to his deformity.
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Thursdays 9am-12pm
From words to sentences, paragraphs to essays, combined with artwork
The Writing Workshop will focus on individual and group skills to improve creative writing.
Writers of all levels will use story-telling techniques and methods such as story stones, puppets, books without words, paintings or music as inspiration to stimulate their imaginations. We will begin with an acrostic poem project for each theme of EARTH SKY SEA, season or holiday, then students will move on to artwork and writing of paragraphs, stories or essays, learning how different types of writing may express the subject matter.
