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June 5th - August 4th 2023
Ages 5 and up only!
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Summer
Farm Camp 2023 begins Monday June 5th and ends Friday
August 4th.
Farm
camp will be 
Farm
camp sessions run Monday-Friday. Part time
enrollment (i.e. MWF or Tu/Th) is only available to
those enrolling for 4 or more weeks of the summer.
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Check out what's going on
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our different sessions this summer:
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Week One
June 5 -June 9th |
Where the Wild Things Are:
Decomposers -- Meet the Rot Squad!
Summer is here! Let the wild rumpus begin!
We’ll grab our magnifying glasses
and our bug collecting jars as we meet our
Docent led walking field trip to the woods on Monday June 5th. |
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Week
Two
June 12th – June 16th |
Pioneer Farmapalooza! 
Kids today find it hard to imagine a time before cellular phones, video games, and movies on-demand in every possible location. This week they'll get to experience something different -- excitingly different! Kids will get to make and sample delicious farm to table food that they harvested themselves, and play with fun toys crafted with their own hands, and they'll engage in play that ignites all the senses and their imagination to boot -- and they'll meet animal companions / co-workers who share this earth and our friendship.
Kids will have the chance to milk a goat, collect eggs, feed the animals, harvest from the garden, try some simple baking, make butter to slather on their fresh-baked goodies, and squeeze their own refreshing lemonade. They can also make mudpies in the outdoor play kitchen, dress up the baby dolls, pan for "gold", paint with squirt guns ("Hands up, pardner!"), brush out the ponies, learn to sew, put on a show in the outdoor puppet theater, ride the rope swing, relax in the tree fort, and even scrub some clothes on the washboard. This week will also feature lots of fun farm themed arts & crafts, games, stories, and of course outdoor play. Plus we'll also be busy in the garden learning, in a hands-on kid-friendly way, how things grow and where our food comes from.
On Friday June 16th we'll
take a pioneer walk to the
nearby prairie reserve to have an old fashioned
picnic on the grass. Campers can take
turns pulling the wagon full of goodies and get
pony rides
in our mini covered wagon pulled by mini pony
Cookie. We will provide equipment for sack
races, ball play and frisbee play and a docent
guided exploration of the adjoining wild spaces.
Y'all come play! Walking field trip to the Soquel Prairie Reserve on Friday June 16th. |
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Week Three June 19 -June 23rd |
Dinosaur Daze
Our Earth has a rich and varied history filled with an amazing array of people, plants, and creatures. Understanding the past helps us better perceive our present, and our future. But learning about it shouldn't be dull -- it should be a fun celebration! This week children will join us as we learn through stories, games, costumes, arts & crafts, and hands-on exhibits about fossils, extinct mammals, and of course... dinosaurs! We'll dig up some replica fossils, make our own "dino poop", make fossil casts in playdoh, try making junk art dinos, create our own dino collages and water color paintings, and get some awesome dino or extinct animal face painting from a professional artist. We'll even learn how to make a dino or other creature out of clay, sew a baby dino or a saber tooth cat, and make our own exploding volcanoes. And of course we'll have lots of fun playing with toy dinosaurs, dressing up as our favorite dino, making dinosaur cookies, and feeding some tiny dinosaur descendants. It's going to be DINO-MITE! |
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Week Four
June 26th – June 30th |
MORE WILD THINGS - Jungle Adventures
Decorate your own safari hat before we head into the woods behind Little Garden Patch to see how our woodland habitat measures up to those of the great rain forests. How does habitat shape how humans and animals live? How would your life be different if you shared your day with monkeys, macaws, and jaguars? Could you build a shelter out of sticks and leaves -- let's try!
We'll also be making rain sticks and maracas and
trying them out to some beautiful music from around
the globe. And we'll make and decorate our own wild
masks to express our inner wild thing. Learn
about wild cats big and small from around the globe
and tell us which is your favorite tropical
Walking field trip to the woods behind Little Garden Patch.
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Week Five July 10th - July 14th  |
Medieval Make Believe
Welcome ye young lords and ladies, jesters &
wizards,
knights and princesses
and
princess-knights
too! It's time to frolic with the
fairies
and help us defend the castle against rogues and
dragons! |
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Week Six July 17th- July 21st |
Fairy Tale Fun
Fairy Tales come to life this week
as we celebrate childhood classics like Snow White,
Rapunzel, Red Riding Hood, Jack & the Beanstalk, and
the 3 Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf.
Play, pretend, create, and enjoy some magical
outdoor story time readings, dramatic performance on
our outdoor stage and of course puppet shows.
Don't forget to make your own puppets and props to
use here at the outdoor puppet theater and to take
home.
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Week Seven July 24th- July 28th  |
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Fairy Tales: Ancient Greek Heroes & Legends One MWF full day opening. Get ready for ancient Greek themed action & imagination, arts & crafts, cooking, theater, stories and more as we step into our time machine and go back even further in time in search of the fun and exciting fairy tales of Ancient Greece! Perseus and the Minotaur... Zeus and the Titans, Pegasus & Theseus, Odyseus and his brave crew -- these are the tales so juicy that people were still telling and re-telling them 3,000 years later! PLUS did you know that it was the Ancient Greeks who gave us our first stories of fairies, mermaids, unicorns, and other mythical beasts? It's true!  So be sure to join us as we outwit the Minotaur, play and pretend, try our hand at archery and sword play, build a take-home Trojan Horse or catapult, make delicious tzatziki and baklava, try on a tunic or toga, make a Greek alphabet necklace of our name, and decorate our own "Ancient Greek" pottery. And of course, we MUST go on a Quest or two! When we're not out adventuring, playing dress up, reliving Greek myths and fables on the stage, crafting at the outdoor art table, or snacking on tasty Greek food, we'll try our hand at growing and harvesting, just like the goddess Demeter. We may even muck out the pony stables like Hercules. And then with inspiration from Arachne and Athena, we'll do some fun weaving with natural items gathered while out questing. (Psst! We'll even learn a little bit along the way about the Ancient Greek way of life.) |
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Week Eight July 31th - August 4th |
Blast Off for Fun
Not all space adventures take place in a galaxy far, far away! Come and explore space the Little Garden Patch way, with hands on learning, pretend, and lots of creativity and imagination. We'll learn a little about constellations, take a tasty bite out of phases of the moon, and fuel some excitment about the upcoming solar eclipse on Tuesday, October 14th 2023. As we learning about our solar system and the stars and worlds beyond, kids will also work cooperatively to build their own "space colony" out of our giant-sized building toy parts as we imagine together: what will our new planet be like, what will we need to survive there, what kinds of plants and wild life can we discover, and what kinds of jobs will we need to do to thrive in our new home? We may even grow our own potatoes, like Matt Damon in "The Martian".
Walking field trip to the meadow on Friday August 4th to launch our own crazy air & water compression rocket! Get ready to count down to fun and excitement! We'll also bring our lunches & water bottles for a picnic on the grass as well as some fun frolicking in the meadow.
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reptile--
or amphibian! Make some jungle slime. And
of course, you can't "visit" the jungle without
making and eating your own "bug snacks"!
Don't worry, these edible food sculptures are made
from your favorite fruits and veggies!
fairies. Build a mini catapult. Decorate
your own shield or crown. Create your own
fairy wand or magic scepter and dabble in the
science and lore of gems & geodes. Daily dress
up and impromptu performances on our outdoor stage.
If you would like more information about signing up for Summer Farm Camp please send us some email! Please note, with Farm Camp, the more the merrier. So please tell family and friends about our program!
Learn more about our philosophy.
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