-Homeschool Classes-

Spring is here and so are Homeschool Classes at Stone Coop Farm! Join us for fun on the farm with local homeschooling families and their friends and learn about growing organic vegetables, raising small animals, nature photography, and more.

A $25 Registration is required for each person signing up for homeschool classes

Homeschool Classes at Stone Coop Farm will be Wednesday afternoons. We will also be planning park days and field trips for our group on Mondays. See the field trips tab or the bottom of this page for scheduled trips. These are optional fun days meant to compliment our classes. They will be offered to registered students and their families first, then opened to others if space allows.

Please list names and classes each person is signing up for in the notes at checkout or in an email to sixbery@gmail.com

Please direct questions relating to homeschool classes to Kerry Sixbery at sixbery@gmail.com

Registration for Homeschool Classes

  • Farm Tour Date: June 11, 2018 at 12:00 PM
$25.00
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One homeschool registration per year is required for each student signing up for homeschool classes.
 
  • Your registration includes:Farm tour at noon on April 11th, June 11th, or August 27 meet your teachers and learn all about Stone Coop Farm.
  • Access to co-op classes for one year.
  • Access to our garden space at the farm for one year.
  • Access to weekly events like field trips and park days planned just for our group.
  • Participation in our homeschool farmers market booth
  • Stone Coop Farm's Weekly Beet newsletter.

Please choose your preferred farm tour date below.

FALL CLASSES: September 19-October 31, 2018

GARDENING CLASSES:

SMALL ANIMALS CLASSES:

In the Dirt Beginner Gardening

$95.00 - $115.00

Ages 10 and up

Location: Pavilion/field

Time 2:30-4:00 (end time will change to 4:30 when student markets start)

Teacher: Kira Sixbery


Part 1: In this class you will learn how to plan, plant, and manage a successful organic garden with hands on experience tending the class garden. Some of the topics we will cover are companion planting, soil health, and mulching.


Part 2: In this class you will learn how to plan, plant, and manage a successful organic garden with hands on experience tending the class garden. Some of the topics we will cover are tending and caring for a garden, harvesting, planting for a fall garden, and starting our market booth.


Part 3: In this class we will continue our market booth and harvesting as well as learn about cover crops and putting the garden to bed and will end with a harvest festival.


You will go home with all the knowledge needed to repeat what you've learned. I recommend that you wear clothes you don't mind getting dirty, boots, and a hat. Make sure you wear weather appropriate clothes and bring a water bottle.


Class needs a minimum of 5 students to run with a maximum of 20

Price includes $10 materials fee


*This is a three part class intended to take the students from planning and caring for a garden through harvesting and selling produce, to winter cover crops and putting the garden to bed.


**The Nature Journaling class is recommended as a supplement to this class. The nature journal and garden journals can be combined to make a more comprehensive garden journal.
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Garden Fun

$100.00

Age: 5 to 10

Time: 12:30-1:30


Have fun learning while playing and planting in the class garden. We will be exploring Stone Coop Farm and the woods behind on fun adventurous walks to see how things change through the season. With fun crafts, drawing, and planting we will learn about how a garden grows.
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Intro to Small Animals 10 and up

$75.00 - $100.00

Note: This class is now 10 and up.Due to overwhelming interest from the younger kids in this class we have created an All About Small Animals class just for them that continues what what was offered as small animals and continues in the same time slot, as in the spring session.


Ages 10+

Location: Pavilion

Time: 12:30-1:30

Teacher: Kayti Garrett

Assistant teacher: Lena Sixbery


In this class we will cover the basics of raising backyard chickens, ducks and rabbits. We will learn about why people choose to raise these animals, what types of housing they require as well as diet and other special requirements. We will have hands on experience with the resident chickens of Stone Coop as well as some other fun visitors!


Price includes materials fee.

Class needs a minimum of 5 students, maximum of 15
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All About Small Animals 5 to 10

$100.00

Ages: 5 to 10

Location: Barn

Time: 1:30 to 2:30

Teacher: Kayti Garrett


This class is designed to introduce our youngest members to the types of small animals raised at Stone Coop and other farms. We will learn what those silly chickens are always going on about, why you shouldn't take bread to your neighborhood pond to feed the ducks (and what they prefer!) and how a rabbit could actually benefit a garden! We will have hands on experience withthe resident chickens at Stone Coop as well as some other fun visitors!


NOTE:Due to overwhelming interest in the small animals class from the younger kids we decided to create a class just forthem that will better fit their interests and attention spans and prepare them for the Intro to Small animals class.
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ART CLASSES:

Photography Fundamentals

$115.00

Ages: 10+

location: Barn

Time: 12:00-1:30

Teacher: local photographer Deanna Spivey


This course will cover the basic elements of manual photography, composition and lighting including:

  • The Exposure Triangle: ISO/Aperture/Shutter Speed
  • Composition Fundamentals: Framing, Rule of Thirds, Best Practices
  • Observing Lighting: Light Sources and Directional Lighting

Requirements:

  • Digital Camera with manual controls (limited loaners are available for class if needed)
  • Notebook for class time
  • Access to computer with internet access and basic photo software (used only to view/upload images – no editing required)


Class needs a minimum of 5 students to run, maximum of 15.


*Please note this class is available for fall only, there is no summer offering of this class.
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Nature Journaling

$80.00

Ages: 10 and up

Time: 1:30-2:30

Location: Barn/garden/fields


In this class we will be drawing, writing, and exploring about the farm and surrounding areas to create our nature journals. We will be following the book, Keeping A Nature Journal By Clare Walker Leslie and Charles E. Roth. You do not need a copy of the book but, you will need to bring your own sketch pad or clipboard and paper, colored pencils and sketching pencils. If you plan to use this journal along with the In the Dirt Gardening class I recommend getting nice pencils, you can tell the difference, and a sketch pad that you can keep as your journal.


*This class is recommended (but not required) as a supplement to the In The Dirt Beginner Gardening Class as there was not time to allow for sketching during that class as originally planned.
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PRESCHOOL CLASSES:

Farming Fun & Storytime

$55.00 - $75.00

Ages 3 to 5

Location: Barn

Time: 2:30-3:30

Teacher: Kayti Garrett


In this class we will enjoy a farm themed story time, a related craft or game and time outside on the nature trails and in the Homeschool Garden. We will touch on subjects such as gardening and raising small animals to get the little ones excited about all Stone Coop and our Co-op have to offer. We may even have some fun furry visitors!


Class needs a minimum of 5 students, maximum of 15.

Price includes materials fee.

Parents should be nearby on days when animal visitors are planned.
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MONDAY FIELD TRIPS:

Twisted Knickers Acres Farm Tour

$7.00

When: Monday September 17, 1:00 PM

Where: 4211 Crandall Rd., Howell


Join us for what is sure to be an exciting farm tour with one of our very own local homeschooling families, the Knickerbockers. This will be extra special for the kids in the small animals class as we will get to see chickens, ducks, rabbits, and sheep! Remember to wear your farm shoes and come ready for a fun visit to Twisted Knickers.
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More tours and classes at Stone Coop Farm

2018 Bee & Farm Tours

$15.00
Come visit the farm and learn about how organic farming is supporting our bee populations.  Jennifer Hansen, our neighbor and beekeeper, will be joining us on this tour to share important facts about bees.  Taste tests of our organic produce and honey will be included in this tour.

Fee: $15/person
Time: 
​JUNE 16 - 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM
JULY 14 - 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM
AUGUST 11 - 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM
SEPTEMBER 15 - 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
OCTOBER 13 - 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
​Min attendees: 10, Max. 40
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Sourdough

$35.00
Date: October 27, 2018
Time: 10:00 AM-12:00 PM
Where: The 1907 barn
Materials Fee: $30 at class for the kit, total for class and kit $65

Learn to bake easy-to-digest breads, cakes, pizzas, muffins, and even crackers using sourdough.
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Good Food, Better Health

$250.00
When: Wednesday, August 22nd (6:30pm-8:30pm)
Thursday, September 13th (6:30pm-8:30pm)
Saturday, October 6th (11am - 1pm)
Wednesday October 17th (6:30 PM-8:30 PM)
Wednesday Nov 7th (6:30 PM-8:30 PM)
Where:Our historic 1907 barn

Cook your way to better health with this nutrition and cooking class series (samples included!).
Details
Stone Coop Farm is a working farm, so we will need to be conscious of the workers, the fields, and the equipment while we are there. Our barn classroom is the upper level of the barn and the pavilion classroom is a covered outdoor space, so if it is hot/cold outside the classrooms will be hot/cold as well. Teachers do plan to spend part of class time outside in our garden or in the surrounding woods and meadows, so please dress for the weather.

The driveway and parking areas are unpaved, if it is wet outside it will be muddy. The surrounding meadows and woods are wilderness and there is poison ivy and brambles. We recommend dressing in layers and wearing boots.

Parents are required to stay on the farm or designate another adult to take responsibility for their kid(s) if they will not be there. Parents are welcome to take classes with their kids, please register and sign up as a student so teachers have proper supplies and class counts.
CANCELLATION POLICY
3 days before the class - 100% refund
2 days before the class - 50% refund
24 hours or less - nonrefundable

Contact Kerry Sixbery at sixbery@gmail.com if you have any questions.