Homeschooling Farm Fun
at the Urban Farm
fun learning opportunities For the 2022-2023 school year!
Do you have a group of families that are home schooling and looking for a fun, educational opportunity?
Farm based educational lessons available in-person outside at The Urban Farm:
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Responsible caregiver is needed to stay on-site.
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Minimum group of 8 children to offer program.
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Maximum 15 children in each group.
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$15 per child
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Lessons can be adapted for all age groups.
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Multi-week programs possible for your group.
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Email info@growitgreenmorristown.org to discuss programs.
Sample Lesson Plans
Magnificent Monarchs for younger ages: 2nd - 3rd grade
Listen to the story Gotta Go Gotta Go and learn about the incredible journey monarch butterflies take from New Jersey to Mexico every year. If available, we will bring monarch caterpillars, chrysalis, and adult butterflies with her to observe. If available, monarchs will be released on milkweed. Milkweed seeds will be available to take home along with a cute butterfly craft.
Magnificent Monarchs for older ages: 4th - 5th grade
Listen to the story Hurry and the Monarch and learn about the incredible journey monarch butterflies take from New Jersey to Mexico every year. If available, we will bring monarch caterpillars, chrysalis, and adult butterflies with her to observe. If available, monarchs will be released on milkweed. Play a game in the field where you get to simulate the difficult migration to Mexico. Milkweed seeds will be available to take home.
Plants as Art for younger ages: 2nd - 3rd grade
Find out how we can paint with plants. Create your own masterpiece using various veggie stamps. Make a cute seed mosaic flower card to take home.
Plants as Art for older ages: 4th - 5th grade
Find out how plants can be used as natural dyes such as beet roots and onion skins to create a naturally tie-dyed shirt. Make a cute seed mosaic flower card to take home.
Composting Chickens for younger ages: 2nd - 3rd grade
Help us tend to the chickens this week. Learn all about the lifecycle of a chicken, how to feed and take care of them, how to prepare their coop for the winter, and how they help our farm reduce waste. Also learn how we can use their manure in compost to fertilize our crops. Make a chicken lifecycle craft to take home as well as learn about the benefits of composting at home.
Composting Chickens for older ages: 4th - 5th grade
Help us tend to the chickens this week. Learn all about the lifecycle of a chicken, how to feed and take care of them, how to prepare their coop for the winter, and how they help our farm reduce waste. Also learn how we can use their manure in compost to fertilize our crops. Make a chicken lifecycle craft to take home as well as learn about the benefits of composting at home.
Goodnight Garden for younger ages: 2nd - 3rd grade
Help Farmer Shaun prepare the garden for the winter by planting cover crops, garlic, and covering plants with row covers. Gather seeds from flowers surrounding the farm to create your own seed packet to plant next year.
Goodnight Garden for older ages: 4th - 5th grade
Help Farmer Shaun prepare the garden for the winter by planting cover crops, garlic, and covering plants with row covers. Learn how we extend our growing season at the farm into the winter in our high tunnels. Gather seeds from flowers surrounding the farm to create your own seed packet to plant next year.