After school program for children in grades K-8
Where mud doesn’t matter and the chores are fun!
Fascination for Farming is after school activities with a focus on animal care.
Monday - Friday
2:30pm-6pm
Grades K-5
Each day we care for the animals and give them cuddles. The day could include activities such as going for goat hikes, arts & crafts, gardening, STEM projects, and more!
Grades 6-8
Homework space and time available. Middle Schoolers will choose from a handful of different farm projects to complete over the course of a few weeks. Projects include but are not limited to building projects, creating trails with QR codes for people to scan and listen to facts or music along the trail, building animal shelters or play centers for Pickin’s Playground and more.
Sign up for one, two, three, four or all five days per week.
2024-25 Monthly Rates
Fascination for Farming is billed in 10 equal payments monthly with the first being at time of registration and the rest September-May.
5 Days: $760/month
4 Days: $650/month
3 Days: $515/month
2 Days: $370/month
1 Day Drop-In: $50/day
Rates include early release days and no school days for the days of the week that the child is registered for unless otherwise noted.
A sibling discount of 10% will be applied to the 2nd (or more) child.
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Transportation
Transportatio via our cow bus, Mootilda is available at no additional charge for all Westford Public Schools.
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Fresh Air
Most of our time in the after school program is spent outdoors. We have unstructured free play, animal visits, hikes and more.
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Animal Snuggles & Chores
The group spends time each day visiting the animals and helping to complete the evening chores of feeding and watering.
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Snack
Snack (brought brought from home) is offered after Mootilda drops children off here at the farm and is a good chance for them to have a break after a full schoo day.
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Homework
Time and space is given for children to complete homework after having snack.