About this Event
WHAT WE DO ALL DAY
Here is a brief description of what we do "Down on the Farm".
Feed the Animals: Every day, after we all arrive, we feed and play with the animals: 16 goats, 3 sheep, 2 donkeys, 2 rabbits, about 45 chickens, and 2 barn cats. Feeding the animals is followed by a "learning session".
Learning Session: For each day there is a different focus: soils; sun, wind, and rain; plants; pollinators and pests; and animals. That meeting is about a half hour or 45 minutes long.
Free Time: There is then free time when they can go fishing in the pond, hiking in the woods or building forts, jumping on the trampoline, or more playing with the animals (or other activities based on their own ideas).
Practical Application: After lunch, we have a session involving the practical application of the things we learned about in the morning. That too is about a half an hour or 45 minutes long.
Special Activity: Afterwards there is often a guest speaker or a special activity (a map and compass reading treasure hunt or archery or a visit from a spinner and weaver to talk about sheep and wool, for example), and then more free time until it's time for arts and crafts.
Art Project:Each day has an art project sometimes based on the day's theme: playing with clay on soils day, making stained glass pictures on the "sun" day, pipe cleaner animals, weaving, sand art, etc. The art project rounds out the day.
Stories:in the afternoon, for those who are interested, we read stories from Heidi, The Hobbit, Aesop's Fables, and James Harriot.
Free Time: There is lots of built in free time each day so that they can return as they wish to activities they have enjoyed either earlier in the day or week. If they want to spend their days building forts or fishing or returning to a favored art project, when not in the two learning sessions, that is wonderful. From our perspective, it's the way summer should be!
DATES and TIMES
Down of the Farm runs in one week sessions:
June 22 – June 26
July 6 - July 10
July 13 – July 17
July 20 – July 24
July 27 - July 31
Campers are welcome to attend for as many weeks as they like.
The camp runs from 9:00 AM until 3:00 PM. Arrangements can be made for late pick up as needed.
LOCATION
We are located at the Finnish House Farm, 1752 Dixie Line Road, Newark, Delaware. We are the blue house set off the road on the east side of Dixie Line.
FEES
The fee for one week of "Down on the Farm" is $275.00 payable at the beginning of the week by cash, by check, or through Zelle. To enroll, simply register for "tickets" here and I will send you the registration forms. Once we have received the forms and a first payment, we will send you a registration confirmation and a list of the things to bring to camp. We hope to see you this summer!
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The New School, 1752 Dixie Line Road, Newark, United States
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