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FARM PROGRAMS

Join us at Bee and Thistle Farm, Enumclaw, WA!   We offer a
variety of farm programs for kids ages 5-12 in King County, WA!

“Community is much more than belonging to something; it's about doing something together that makes belonging matter.” ~Brian Solis

If you

  • Thrive in an environment of movement and interaction

  • Have a love for animals and and farm life

  • Value stewardship and community involvement 

  • Appreciate the unique gifts each child can contribute

  • Hope to build meaningful connections with peers

Join us at Ashlar's Farm Programs!

Our Farm Programs are designed to nurture the nurturer in your child. Whether they are tending the garden or tending the animals, your budding farmer will blossom into a caring advocate who understands how to work for sustainability, learning age appropriate concepts about how to care for the earth and animals which provide our nourishment.

 

Children spend time engaged in real farm activities, such as providing fresh water for our ducks, gathering eggs from our hens, spending quality time with our pigs so they don't get bored or lonely, and caring for baby animals in the spring. Inside our cozy barn studio, we engage in songs and games, and have ample time to work creatively alongside our peers.

 

Each day includes time to run and play in our fully fenced, 5-acre farmyard, offering many opportunities to build relationships, practice social skills, work on large motor movements, and more. Art, music, and literary exploration are incorporated into all of our farm programs, as are natural opportunities to build number skills and other skills through real life projects which require counting, measuring, etc.

Farm Programs
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BarnYard Connections

Indoor/Outdoor Homeschool Enrichment

for Ages 7-12

  • Wed, Thu & Fri 9am-12p

  • Runs from Sept 6 -  May 24, 2023

  • Bee & Thistle Farm in Enumclaw, WA

  • 12 children and 2 Mentors

  • Differentiated Instruction Times: One Mentor For Each: ages 7-9, ages 10-12

  • 1st half outdoors, 2nd half indoors, overlaps 20min outdoors with FarmTime Friendships

  • Monthly tuition: $540

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FarmTime Friendships

Indoor/outdoor preschool

for ages 3-6

  • Wed, Thu & Fri 8:50am-11:50am

  • Runs from Sept 6 -  May 24, 2023

  • Bee & Thistle Farm in Enumclaw, WA

  • 12 children and 2 Mentors

  • Differentiated Instruction Times: One Mentor For Each: ages 3-4, ages 5-6

  • 1st half indoors, 2nd half outdoors, overlaps 20min outdoors with BarnYard Connections

  • Monthly tuition: $540

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Farmers in Training

Indoor/Outdoor Homeschool Enrichment

for Ages 3-12

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  • Fri 1-4pm

  • Runs from Sept 6 -  May 24, 2023

  • Bee & Thistle Farm in Enumclaw, WA

  • 15 children and 3 Mentors 

  • Differentiated Instruction Times: One Mentor For Each: ages 3-5, ages 6-8, ages 9-12

  • Monthly tuition: $150

  • Drop-In spots available

Check out our other programs below:

Forest Programs

Fall and Spring all-outdoor homeschool programs

for ages 5-12 

Mon & Tues 12:30-4:30pm in Maple Valley, WA

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NoonTides

Garden-to-table lunch program

for ages 3-12

Extend your program one hour

Your choice of day 

12-1pm in Enumclaw, WA

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Nature-Based

Academic Programs

Homeschool academic enrichment programs

for ages 5-14 

Daily options 1-4pm in Enumclaw, WA

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Not sure what will fit your schedule?
Explore classes by time and day below:

Monday
 

9:00-11:30am (3-6yo)

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Wilderness Whimsy

(Fall and Spring)

12:00-1:00pm (3-12yo)

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NoonTides farm to table lunch program

12:30-4:30p*

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(5-12yo)

 

Friends of

the Forest*

1:00-4:00pm

@B&T

(5-14yo)

Academic

(Student Gov't)

Tuesday
 

9:00-11:30am (3-6yo)

@LWA

Wilderness Whimsy

(Fall and Spring)

12:00-1:00pm (3-12yo)

@B&T

NoonTides farm to table lunch program

12:30-4:30p*

@LC/LWA

(5-12yo)

 

Friends of

the Forest*

1:00-4:00pm

@B&T

(5-14yo)

Academic

(World Culture)

Wednesday
 

12:00-1:00pm (3-12yo)

@B&T

NoonTides farm to table lunch program

1:00-4:00pm

@B&T

(5-14yo)

Academic

(Drama/Literature)

Thursday
 

12:00-1:00pm (3-12yo)

@B&T

NoonTides farm to table lunch program

1:00-4:00pm

@B&T

(5-14yo)

Academic

(STEM)

Friday
 

12:00-1:00pm (3-12yo)

@B&T

NoonTides farm to table lunch program

1:00-4:00pm

@B&T

(3-12yo)

Farmers in Training

*Friends of the Forest is a Fall/Spring program at Lions Camp, which moves to Lake Wilderness Arboretum in the winter as Wilderness Winter Drop-In Program.

Still not sure which program is right for you?

Contact us and we'll be happy to help!

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