Practical Homesteading: Farm Kid Chat Social Club! (Ages 13-18)
Class experience
US Grade 5 - 8
Calling all rural, farm, and homesteading kids! This learner-led chat class is discussion-based and provides an opportunity to share their daily lives, progress, tips, and questions with other farming and homesteading learners. Learners are encouraged to: * Share a personal weekly update * Bring new topics, questions, or current events * Share video, photos, or real-time farm tours * Participate in student-led interactive discussion * Help others problem solve * Make friends with other rural...
This class is taught in English.
Students will practice their social skills and learn from other students' experiences about farming and homesteading topics through conversation and sharing.
I have been homesteading for more than two decades: living on a timber farm, raising a garden, wildcrafting from forage, and raising various animals, including: horses, dairy goats, waterfowl, turkeys, chickens, rabbits, dogs, and cats. I also served as a veterinary assistant for seven years in a small animal clinic.
Homework Offered
Discussion topics will be largely student-led and related to current seasons, holidays, growing stages, etc. Students are encouraged to prepare something current to share, but no formal homework is assigned, and students may simply come to class ready to chat.Assessments Offered
Grades Offered
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
* Please note that due to the nature of farming and homesteading, topics such as butchery, predation, illness, and loss of animal life may come up in conversation. *
Bringing the practical to the digital. Hello. My name is Heidi. I've been homesteading for two decades, and homeschooling as long as I've had a school-age kid. I think that learning happens both intentionally and experientially, and there is...
Group Class
$12
weekly1x per week
50 min
Completed by 26 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 12-17
3-8 learners per class