Summer Camps 2010

 

The Little Red Hen’s Summer Camp

June 7-11

For children 4 years and up, who have not yet entered a grade school program

8:30 am - 1:00 pm

$175

Let us celebrate summer!  Your youngsters’ senses will be nurtured in this well-structured “play oriented” program.  Each day follows a well-defined rhythm.  First we take care of our animal friends.  Free play, baking, gardening, watercolor painting, and nature arts will all be enhanced with storytelling, movement, song, games, and puppetry. We have a very special “Play woods” area for free-play as well.

 

In addition, we provide The Little Red Hen’s Early Mornings on Monday and Tuesday mornings September through May.

 

Who Will Help Me Make This Bread?

Monday, June 7

For children 4 years and up to those entering first grade

8:30 am – Noon

$35

This is bread baking at its finest!  First we feed and care for of our animal friends, Bonita the bunny and the chickens: Fluffy, Speck, Speckle, Russie, and Strarling and their special friend Marko the rooster.  Then it is time to go to work at the bakery… washing hands, putting on our aprons…  These little bakers delight in singing and kneading and having happy conversation as they naturally form their loaves into a variety of forms including snails, couches, rocket ships -- whatever they see.  When all is done it all goes onto the bread board to rise before it is ready to be placed into our outdoor wood-fired dragon-oven’s belly. The aroma of his breath is heavenly!  We all enjoy a balancing act carrying it back to the table on the bread boards!  We’ll have plenty of time to grind grain, experience a puppet play, play outdoors, eat and even wash out our napkins and hang them out to dry!

 

Clay Stories

Mondays: June 14, 21, 28 and July 5, 12, and 19

9 am – 2 pm

$250

For anyone 7 years and older

Experience pottery through the living world of earth, fire, air and water…  Participants will work with both local and refined clays.  Where does clay come from?  What it can be used for?  What can we do with it?  Each week we will hear a story that will inspire us to make a small work using basic hand-building techniques. Participants will have an opportunity to build and fire their works in a primitive kiln. The day is nicely paced so there is time to experience the farm and also have free-play. All materials and a healthy snack will be provided.

 

Dining Out

July 26 - August 30 and August 2-6

Multi-aged, age 7 and up (yes, teens – adults too!)

8:30 am - 2:00 pm

$200 each week

This is the fourth year for our very popular two-week camp.  In the camp children, of all ages, have great fun imagining, designing and operating an outdoor restaurant. Campers are encouraged to attend both weeks, as the artworks created in week one will be used to set the aesthetic ambiance for the restaurant in week two. 

 

Dining Out - Week one - The Arts

We will explore Homemade Song Farm and its gardens to see what resources inspire this year’s restaurant.  Through utilizing natural materials such as clay, stones, plants, fibers, and beeswax for their colors, textures, forms and substance we will create the mood of our dining experience.  We will also do some cooking and take ample time just to play.

 

Dining Out - Week two - Food and Community

The second week focuses on the delicious and nutritious foods from our land to your table. We will harvest seasonal fruits and vegetables and utilize a number of interesting and wholesome food preparation and preserving processes including fermentation, making cheese, extracting honey, drying herbs, preserving fruits, and baking in our outdoor wood-fired bread oven. We will make menus and uniforms and there will be some dramatic play to help us learn to warmly welcome and serve our customers at Friday’s restaurant.  Yes, there will be time for free-play too!

 

“Welcome to the Pie Bird Cafe!”

August 7

The ultimate joy for the children is to serve their loved-ones something valuable of their own making in this imaginative setting!  So, do come and warm your hearts as well as your palates  We will be serving lunch from 11:00 am - 1:30 pm. Each camper may invite two guests. We suggest a $15 donation for each additional guest.  All donations will be used to support Work & Play programs here at the farm.  Please make reservations with Vicki by Monday, August 3.

 

Camp sizes are limited, please register early.  All participants should bring a hearty lunch, water bottle, sun protection, (bathing suits) change of clothing, protective shoes, towel, and closed-toed shoes to summer camps.

 

 

For more information or to enroll please contact:

 

Vicki Mansoor

513-542-1745, extension: # 2

victrolala@cinci.rr.com

 

Homeadow Song Farm

5038 Gray Road

Cincinnati, Ohio 45232

 

Please visit our web site for information on our annual cycle of classes for homeschool families, study groups and festivals: www.homeadowsongfarm.com

 

Homeadow Song Farm is a homestead that actively promotes experiential learning through integration of practical work, artistic experience and celebration of community.  We are currently working with Rudolf Steiner’s indications for bringing cultural renewal in the areas of land stewardship, animal husbandry, education, and social responsibility.

 

Sense of Place . . . We believe that spending time outdoors in a special place provides a child the

foundation for a life-long loving and responsible relationship to the environment. Each camp has a theme, but there is so much more. . . We may observe hummingbirds, butterflies or even a snake in our Three Sister’s Garden. We might catch a glimpse of a great blue heron or hear the bullfrogs at the pond. We’ll feed the animals who live here. We come to appreciate the places where flowers, fruits and vegetables are grown and transformed into delicious foods, salves, natural dyes, and artistic works. And we do what one should do in summer - play games, cool down in the ‘Happy Tub’ and at times just hang out in the shade under trees.

 

Sense of Community. . . This environment and the programs offered are designed to help the children find real pleasure and meaning in a community setting. One way we encourage this is to make meal times special. Together, we set the table with hand-made dishes, cloth napkins, and our own aromatic hand-dipped beeswax candles. We sing in appreciation for the gifts of food and friendship most often with something nutritious to share from our land. We get to know each other better as we listen and speak in meaningful conversation and gain a sense of value in serving one another. And, of course, clean up is everyone’s responsibility.

 

We strive to enroll a range of ages in our programs. Younger children will have more free imaginative play.  Older participants will work with similar age groups and be given appropriate challenges to meet their capacities. We have participants who love our camps so much that they return each year.  Each year offers a new rhythm. And yes, teens and adults who are young at heart are welcome!

 

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