Gritty Explorers Summer Sessions 2024: A week long farm to forest nature program

About our summer program:

A week filled with fun on the farm. Our Gritty Explorers Summer Program focuses on farm life, nature, and community building.  Days are lightly structured to incorporate play and learning, while providing the opportunity to get little hands dirty in community. 

Sample Schedule:

9-9:30- Drop off and morning gathering in the big red barn

9:30-10:30- Hands on farm/nature educational activity

10:30- Snack & story (children are to bring their own snacks)

11-12: Free play, creek time, arts & crafts

12-1:00- Lunch (children are to bring a packed lunch), Games, Journaling, free time, clean up

**Sample activities include– learning about compost, picking vegetables from the garden, planting seeds, learning how to identify trees, plants and birds, making nature related crafts using items only found in the nature (pine cone bird feeders, leaf bracelets, bird nests, potato stamping), and exploring our big world from a smaller perspective using magnifying glasses. 

Registration: 

Week 1: July 8th-July 12th

• Children Ages 4-7 
• 9:00am – 1:00pm
• $330 for the week 
• Love & Grit Farm: 22525 Wildcat Rd, Germantown MD 20876

Week 2: July 15th- July 19th

• Children Ages 7-10 
• 9:00am – 1:00pm
• $330 for the week 
• Love & Grit Farm: 22525 Wildcat Rd, Germantown MD 20876

Week 3: July 22nd- July 26th

• Children Ages 4-7 
• 9:00am – 1:00pm
• $330 for the week 
• Love & Grit Farm: 22525 Wildcat Rd, Germantown MD 20876

Week 4: July 29th- August 2nd

• Children Ages 7-10
• 9:00am – 1:00pm
• $330 for the week 
• Love & Grit Farm: 22525 Wildcat Rd, Germantown MD 20876

Meet our Summer Program Leader:

We are thrilled to welcome back Betsy Segui. Betsy is committed to growing our program and continuing to add in fun, educational and outdoor-focused play based activities to each week. Her love for teaching and sharing the outdoors with children goes unmatched – we are very fortunate to have her! Outside of the summertime, Betsy is a full time teacher at Covenant Life School. All classes will have one other instructor, in addition to the farm and food activities planned by Kristin & Carmen each day. 

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