Shaker's Acres

08/30/2024

Climate, fauna & flora by U.S. region, National Parks, and workshop fun!
We also celebrated summer birthdays. 🥳

08/30/2024

Mangroves, mangoes, and perfect attendance at Farm School!
Students learned about the importance of mangroves and the vital role they play in our ecosystems. They each got a mangrove propagule to take home and nurture. 🌱🌱🌱

08/25/2024

History students studied regional landmarks of the United States this week. Each learning squad is researching a different region, and will present the region to their peers at the end of this session.
Workshops are off and sailing and it so so fun to see the creative expression that is coming out of these interest-led groups!

08/25/2024

Farm School Ecology: we learned about the Florida watershed and flow of the Everglades.🌴
The rain moved us indoors for a bit, but we were able to get some fresh air for afternoon workshops!

08/19/2024

Farm School is back! Thursday classes are all about US Geography and Civics this year.
We are starting with regional studies including landmarks, climate, culture, and cuisine.

Our newest addition: Students' Choice Workshops!
Students will choose from a variety of workshops to participate in for the 6 week session, work new offerings each session.
The current choices are:
Board Gamers
Nature Hikers
Crafty Crochet
Artsy Farm Photography
Broadway on the Farm

Here's to a wonderful school year on the farm!

08/19/2024

Kicking off a new year of Farm School! Students were so happy to be reunited with old friends and meet some new!
On Wednesdays our focus is Ecology Around the World, with our first session beginning right here in the Everglades.
We also introduced our new addition this year: Students' Choice Workshops!
Each session, students will choose from a variety of workshops to participate in for that 6 weeks. Our first workshop offerings are:
Crafty Crochet
Artsy Farm Photography
Butterfly Gardeners
Sunshine Chefs
Kindness Cadettes

We are so excited for another wonderful school year on the farm!

08/17/2024

Shaker's Acres Clay Classes are back in session!
We kicked off the new school year with Kinder Clay, reading the Three Billy Goats Gruff and building Clay trolls or giant fish from the story. Kinder students always make such unique projects!

Creative Clay was full of familiar faces, so we jumped in with a slab name sculpture that turned out fantastic! These Clay creations will fire up in the kiln and get glazed at the next class.

Next up... our new Clay class, Advanced Clay. This course will really focus on taking our Clay building skills to a new level, using more elaborate techniques and tools. This class is for focused, dedicated students ages 12+ (flexible, if mature). Please register soon, there are only a few spots left for this Tuesday. We will begin with learning about the various Clay working tools, like the slab roller, extruder, wheel, and the kiln. Our first project will be an extruded Box, complete with lid, fl**ge, handle, and feet. This class will offer plenty of room for independant Clay choices and personalization.

See you On the Farm!

08/03/2024

Art on the Farm classes will open this month!
Finally, registration is open (thank you for your patience!), so please check out our clay classes, including the newest class, Advanced Clay, for our most dedicated ceramic students.

Weather this month is still unpredictable, so keep an eye on the FB page for cancellations.

Farm School Families - an important informational email went out yesterday, so please check out your email so we are all ready for the first day!

Any questions, please reach out!

See you On the Farm!

Farm School Registration is OPEN! All other a la carte classes will be available end of July. Use this form to register for each class. Payment via Venmo or Zelle - [email protected] to confirm your spot. Paypal is no longer encouraged. Cash at class is accepted as well, ju...

07/01/2024

Farm School registration is available below. Unfortunately, early registration has filled the Thursday class, and there are just a few spots available in the Wednesday class. I know this is frustrating, as we do open registration to past students first, but please register onto the waitlist if you are interested, as you will be the first I reach out to if space opens. Public registration is not expected to stay open long.

New Farm School students are required to pay a $50 nonrefundable deposit at the time of registration (per student, per class), that will be applied to Session 1 registration fees. Full payment is due (for everyone) by August 1st.

As always, look for the confirmation email for payment and emergency form information.

Weather has been especially wonky this summer, so dates are very much subject to change, but we will always try our best to keep to the proposed schedule. Read the full Farm School event description for the list of yearlong dates.

A la carte classes- Kinder Clay and others - will be available for registration in the end of July. Look for some fun new offerings there!

Please reach out with any questions!

Farm School Registration is OPEN! All other a la carte classes will be available end of July. Use this form to register for each class. Payment via Venmo or Zelle - [email protected] to confirm your spot. Paypal is no longer encouraged. Cash at class is accepted as well, ju...

06/29/2024

Day 5: Today we celebrated surviving and thriving in the wilderness!
We learned about Leave No Trace and returned the woods to it's natural state.
We reviewed all of our First Aid knowledge with scenario skits.
We solved one last puzzle box, and survived the "gator swamp".🐊
These campers have built friendships, leaned on teamwork, and connected with nature. Thank you for sharing your awesome kids with us! 💚

06/28/2024

Day 4: The woods are drying up and we got to spend lots of time in the woods working on our base camps!
We cooled off with water games, a sewing handicraft, and fishing.
Our first aid lesson today was all about treating burns.

06/27/2024

Day 3: We built rafts, enjoyed the puddles, and got adventurous with edible insects!
We spent rainy moments crafting under shelter and drier moments with lots of fun field games.
Campers first aid lesson of the day was how to splint an injury in the wilderness.
Even with a little rain, we are so proud of how these campers always have smiles on their faces!

06/26/2024

Day 2: Wet Walk Day! The rain made for a beautiful wet walk in the woods, some special wildlife sightings, and opportunities to learn about different of types of shelters.
Campers also had a first aid lesson about how to deal with minor injuries in the woods.
We ended our day with lots of waterslide time, fishing, and field games!

06/25/2024

Wilderness Explorers week 2! We're back with another amazing bunch of campers. 💚

We made our base camp teams and talked about safety in the woods. We started construction of our shelters, tie dyed tshirts and got wet and wild on the waterslide!

06/22/2024

Wilderness Explorers Camp Day 5: It's been a wonderful week! We closed out the week with one last challenging puzzle box and a lesson about Leave No Trace. We disassembled our base camps and returned the woods to their natural state.
We reviewed everything we learned about first aid and safety with first aid scenario skits on the stage... which had us in stitches! 😜🤣

We wrapped up our week with more waterslide, fishing, and field games.
Thank you for sharing your campers with us this week! I hope they had as much fun as the teachers did. 💚

06/21/2024

Day 4: Today was a full day of learning and fun!
Lessons on different techniques for building a fire, first responder actions for moving an injured person to safety.
Waterslide and fishing... What a way to celebrate the summer solstice! ☀️

06/20/2024

Day 3 and Wilderness Explorers are surviving and thriving!
Today was all about animal encounters of the wild. We created fishing poles, learned about spider and snake safety, and got adventurous with edible insects.
As always, we enjoyed a beautiful day in the woods and base camps are looking great!

06/19/2024

Day 2: Meet your Junior Counselors! This group is amazing and will be spending the week mentoring younger campers and heading up base camp fun!
Campers really got into building their shelters and learned some neat knot and lashing techniques to help add to their base camps.
They enjoyed another riveting first aid and emergency response lesson, some wet and wild relay games, and ended the day with making Paracord bracelets.

06/18/2024

Wilderness Explorers Camp begins! We headed into the woods, talked safety, made friends, worked together, solved puzzle boxes, and everyone's favorite... started building our shelters! And the weather was gorgeous!! ☀️

06/03/2024

Happy June!
Wilderness Explorers Summer Camp begins in just 2 weeks!

Campers, please check your emails... confirmation, payments, and emergency forms are all due this week! Please reach out if you don't see the email, or need to change your plans. I do have a waitlist.

We are looking forward to seeing you for some wild fun in the woods... build shelters, solve problems, explore, make new friends, practice wilderness safety, and have so much fun!

Message me with any questions!

Se you On the Farm!

05/28/2024

That's a wrap on US History Farm School! Students have been working on creating time capsules to record their own personal history. We celebrated with a special "sealing ceremony" after placing many special letters, photos, memories, hopes and dreams inside.
We also had fun with a Jeopardy style review.
Thank you for a fantastic year with your bright enthusiastic learners here at the farm!

05/28/2024

We closed out our Zoology year with an amazing Bio-Mimicry Comic Con! The students have worked hard and ended with presentations of their animal-inspired super hero/villains to parents and peers. It has been a joy and honor working with this creative bunch. Thank you to all the families who have supported us throughout the year!

05/19/2024

It's hard to believe we have worked our way through U.S. history to a time that us teachers remember vividly.
When learning about tough topics in history, we try to focus on the way community members came together or average people displayed heroism.
We created origami peace cranes and hearts. This week was a reflection on our journey through history this school year and we put the finishing touches on our time capsules. We hope these will be a treasure for each of our Farm School families!

05/19/2024

Farm School Zoology learned about a very special little water-caching beetle and designed our own water collection devices for dry climates.
Bio-inspired Super Heros are almost ready for their Comic Con! We can't wait to celebrate all of their hard work.

05/15/2024

Farm School history students are putting some very sweet and personal touches on their time capsules.

We continued learning about Civil Rights, choosing a movement or message that is dear to our hearts and had our own peaceful protest march.💙

05/15/2024

Farm School explored camouflage super powers ! We learned about different types of camouflage and their purposes.
Students super hero "trading cards" are coming along brilliantly!

05/03/2024

It's Civil Rights week at Farm School history... Students are creating a rock garden to promote equality and kindness. ❤️

They also added to their time capsules with dreams for their own futures.

05/03/2024

Farm School Zoology was all about Whale-inspired inventions! We stayed cool with the blubber challenge.

Students started designing their super hero comic con trading cards!

04/30/2024

History students learned about the Space Race! We launched our own rockets to the moon, with some exciting chemistry mixed in.

Students are loving the new flag football session in the afternoon!