<![CDATA[Terra Firma Farm]]>http://www.terrafirmafarm.orgen-ushttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rssCopyright 2012Terra Firma Farm<![CDATA[After School Program on 4/18/2012]]>After School on the Farm

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]]>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:47:39 -0600<![CDATA[After School Program]]>Terra Firma Farm is entering our 7th year of After School Programs here on the Farm! Throughout the year, the farm-based after school program serves local area students each Wednesday & Thursday. The Terra Firma Farm After School program follows the Stonington Public School Calendar for holidays, half days, vacations and cancellations.
    The After School program offers children in grades K- 8 the opportunity for fun, learning and exploration. Students arrive on the farm and are welcomed with a fresh after school snack. The children then do farm animal chores such as feeding the pigs, goats, cows, donkeys and the hens. A highlight of each day is gathering eggs from the laying hens. After chores are completed, children may participate in a range of other agriculture-based activities, including gardening, cooking, canning and preserving food, cheese- or butter-making, fiber arts, nature crafts, and much more. Other crafts and activities are scheduled to coincide with holidays and seasonal changes on the farm.

  This Spring After school will be offered on Tuesdays (April 17- June5) & Wednesdays (April 18- June 6).  Students are dropped at the farm after school on the school bus and must be picked up by 5:30 PM.
 

       Spring 2012 After School Registration

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A special day camp will be offered during the weeks of April school vacation.  Each day will have chores as well as special activities and workshops focusing on different aspects of the farm and nature.  Kids will play games and participate in hands-on activities.  Many different activities will include crafts students can bring home for further exploration and learning.  Each day will have a different theme focusing on the animals, the land and the seasons.  Vacation camps are offered for students in first through sixth grade.

2012 April Vacation Daily Themes:

Monday 4/9: Spring on the Farm
This is your chance to work with the animals and the farmer here at the farm for the whole day.  We’ll feed the animals breakfast in the morning, dinner at night, and take care of them in between.  The best part of the day will be welcoming all the new arrivals! We will spend time with newborn goats, pigs, chickens, and sheep!

Tuesday 4/10: Leaping Lambs & Shear Delight
Come celebrate this special time of year! Visit our new lambs, watch their moms get sheared, wash the fleece and learn how to
hand spin. Try your hand at the art of felting taste some sheep’s milk cheese and more!

Wednesday4/11: All about Chicks
Chicks are fuzzy, cute and loads of fun! Come to the farm to meet the new arrivals, check the incubator for action, and learn about what these chicks will bring to the farm. We will learn all about hatching eggs, raising chicks, caring for chickens and even explore different types of farm birds!

Thursday 4/12: All about Rabbits & Bunnies
The farm has started a new rabbitry here on the farm. We have new does and bunnies ready to hop around and nestle in your arms. Come peak in the nesting boxes for new bunnies and meet some long eared, big footed new friends. We will learn all about rabbits and their bunnies!!

Friday 4/13: Piglets, Pigs and Mud!!

No one loves the mud more than our pigs!! Come and celebrate mud with us as we explore the mud season on the farm!! We will investigate the mud in the pig pen, in the woods, near the brook and in the garden. We will then make some delicious edible mud of our own!!

Vacation camp will run Monday through Friday 9AM to 3:30 PM. Campers may sign up for a day at a time or thewhole week. The cost of each session is $250/week or $50/day.

Spring 2012 April Vacation Registration





]]>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 06:11:30 -0600<![CDATA[Summer Camp]]>Terra Firma Farm weekly day camps offer endless activities and experiences on the farm for children ages 3 and up.  Children will learn about ecology, the environment, and the plants and animals that we depend on while having fun on the farm.  Each week offers different activities that are based on the weekly theme.  Every week will include farm chores, garden work, hands-on crafts and homesteading activities.  Children will be involved in animal care activities, meeting the new farm arrivals, nature walks, and wildlife observation.  Students will have the opportunity to become involved in almost all aspects of the farm.  These day camps are offered to teach responsibility and kindness for the farm, each other and our environment.  Each program is targeted to the different ages and offers an excellent hands-on opportunity for exploration and growth. 

 

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Summer 2012 Information & Registration

 


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