Ag Explorers brings youth aged 4-8 years old and their adult on-farm, hands-on
to grow food, learn developmentally appropriate farm and life skills, and to make art!
Each session
March through October, FIRST & SECOND Saturdays from 9-11 am,
introduces a unique focus and incorporates seasonal farm experiences, and always fun!
The morning will be split into three segments giving some time for free exploration,
guided farm experience participating in a seasonal task, and art-making
always making sure we feed the chickens too.
Each Ag Explorer’s grown-up moves around the morning joining in as needed for support.
Closed-toed shoes are required by everyone on the farm including adults.
If you have questions about Ag Explorers, let us know at info@kcfarmschool.org
The two-week session has a suggested cost of $20 per Ag Explorer or you may Pay What You’re Able.
Each Ag Explorer will need their own registration.
Please register below. Space is limited.
2024 Ag Explorers Sessions
March 2024: Let's Get Growing!
Explore our beautiful greenhouse, get on-farm, hands-on with some farm work, and make art with our Education Coordinator as we learn how a seed works and grows. Ag Explorers will create a weekly art project that encourages awareness, experimentation, form, and patience while building confidence. Ag Explorers will plant, nurture, and finally at the end of the second session, take home their own gardens.
April 2024: Earth, Wind, and Water
Soil is the building block of everything we grow. Join us to learn how we make soil through compost and how we keep it from washing and blowing away with our perennial crops and native plants. We will make art with natural dyes made from plants on the farm. Ag Explorers will get to take home their very own seeds to start their own native butterfly garden AND help plant the 2024 potato crop!
May 2024: Bugs on the Farm!
Let's check out all of the amazing bugs that help or harm the farm. Come learn the difference between pests that harm our veggies and beneficials that protect or give us wonderful resources, like honey, and worm tea! Ag Explorers will have a blast learning about beekeeping and feeding our wormy friends. They will also get to make their very own bug hotel for their home garden.
June 2024: Plants, Roots and Shoots
July 2024: The Wonder of Water
August 2024: Playing with your Food
September 2024: Canceled. Come out to Farm Fest on September 7th!
October 2024: Fall on the Farm
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