HOMESCHOOL ENRICHMENT

MONDAYS - FRIDAYS | AGES 2-12

LOCATIONS: DE LAVEAGA PARK OR OCEAN VIEW PARK

MORNING SESSION 9AM-12PM

AFTERNOON SESSION 12PM-3PM

EVENING SESSION 3PM-6PM

$30 PER SESSION

*You may sign up for only 1 session weekly or a full-time schedule of up to 15 Homeschool Enrichment Sessions weekly.

*Flexible plans. Adjust to less or more sessions anytime. Cancel anytime.

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Our Homeschool Enrichment Program is a nature-based learning experience designed specifically for homeschoolers who thrive outside the classroom. Rooted in environmental education and emotional development, this unique program invites children to explore the natural world while gaining essential life skills and building a deep respect for the Earth.

Each week, students dive into hands-on lessons in wildlife conservation, botany, and ecology, learning to identify native plants and animals, understand their roles in local ecosystems, and explore how to protect and coexist with them. Through guided foraging, gardening, and sustainable crafting, children gain practical skills and learn how to create with and care for the materials the Earth provides.

Our enrichment days also incorporate mindfulness practices that support emotional regulation and encourage self-awareness. Through nature walks, storytelling, reflection, and movement, students learn to listen to their inner world while staying connected to the rhythms of the natural one.

With an emphasis on creative expression, community-building, and environmental stewardship, this program nurtures well-rounded learners who are confident, compassionate, and curious. Whether it's learning how to grow food, make art from natural materials, or track animal footprints, children leave each day inspired, grounded, and more connected to both nature and themselves.

Activities

Wilderness Guardianship

  • Planting native wildflowers to restore pollinator habitats

  • Raising caterpillars and releasing butterflies

  • Building bee hotels and birdhouses

  • Creek clean-up & learning how trash impacts wildlife

  • Nature journaling: identifying plants, insects, and animals

Sustainability

  • Starting a mini vegetable or herb garden

  • Learning how to compost with worms

  • Crafting eco-toys from driftwood and natural fibers

  • Water conservation games (tracking how much water plants need)

  • Learning about native plants that thrive without pesticides

Survival & Outdoor Skills

  • Identifying edible vs. poisonous plants

  • Learning to track animal footprints in mud or sand

  • Navigating with the sun, stars, and a compass

  • Shelter-building from sticks, leaves, and vines

  • Practicing knot-tying and rope-making from natural fibers

Mindfulness

  • Guided forest meditation walks

  • Breathing exercises while listening to bird calls

  • “5 senses game” to ground in nature (what do you see, hear, smell, feel, taste?)

  • Yoga and stretching under the trees

  • Drawing feelings in the dirt with sticks or in sand

Creative Arts

  • Nature paint & dye from berries, clay, and flowers

  • Leaf rubbings and rock painting

  • Making dreamcatchers with vines and feathers

  • Storytelling circles where kids create their own animal myths

  • Driftwood instruments (shakers, drums, wind chimes).

Age Groups

1:8 child to staff ratio. Up to 16 kids admitted in each age group.

Salamanders (Ages 2-5) → Warm and enriching toddler-safe play in enclosed and soft-ground areas. Still engaging in our outdoor and creative activities but at their own level of play and engagement.

Turtles (Ages 4–6) → Our young explorers. They’ll focus on nature play, discovery, and crafts that spark imagination.

Coyotes (Ages 7–9) → Adventurous and curious, this group will dive deeper into outdoor skills, teamwork, and creative building projects.

Hawks (Ages 10–12) → Leaders of the wild. They’ll take on advanced challenges, survival skills, and even guide the younger groups at times

DAILY RYTHM

MORNING SESSION

  • 9:00–9:30am Playground free time during drop-off

  • 9:30–10:30am Snack time

  • 10:30–11:00am Survival Skills & Wildlife Identification (Finding native plants, identifying poisonous vs. edible plants, finding wildlife, crafting bow and arrows, making pigments from rocks, kid-safe archery, making sun tea or flower soda, tracking animal prints).

  • 11:00am–12:00pm Enrichment. (Dancing, fishing, trail hikes, yoga, martial arts, Spanish, aerobics, soccer, board games, meditation & mindfulness).

    AFTERNOON SESSION

  • 12:00–1:00pm Lunch time and playground free time during drop-off/pick-up

  • 1:00-2:-00 Nature Crafts & Gardening (Raising butterflies, planting wildflowers, painting with flowers, wild berry tye-dye, mud pottery, handcrafting bow & arrows, flower crowns, basket weaving, sustainable arts & crafts, permaculture basics).

  • 1:00–3:00pm Creek or Water play.

    EVENING SESSION

  • 3:00-3:30 Snack time and playground free time during drop-off/pick-up

  • 3:30- 5:30- Free interpretive play (playground, trail-walks, dance parties, games & activities, field day, songs and music,

  • 5:30-6:-00 Playground free time during pick-up

WHAT WE PROVIDE

  • Meals for additional daily charge

  • Organic sunscreen

  • DEET spray

  • Healthy snacks and water refills

  • Klub T-shirt for every Nature Kid

WHAT TO PACK

Waterproof pants (rain pants)

Water shoes

Extra pair of socks

Extra shirt

Extra pair of pants

Water bottle

Brown-bagged lunch (meals provided for additional charge)

WHAT KIDS LEARN

Children connect deeply with the natural world while building confidence, friendships, and emotional resilience. Our enrichment program blends science, mindfulness, and creativity through experiences such as:

  • Learning to identify native plants and animals

  • Discovering the difference between edible and poisonous species

  • Building wildlife protection skills

  • Crafting projects: sun tea, flower pressing, butterfly houses, seed planting, raising caterpillars

  • Outdoor skills: safety, basic survival skills, and earth connection

  • Practicing mindfulness, teamwork, and emotional awareness

Every activity is designed to nurture not just the mind, but also the heart and spirit of each child.

INCLEMENT WEATHER PLAN

Your child’s safety and comfort always come first. For hot or rainy days:

  • We provide event tents for shade and cozy spaces

  • Cooling centers with water play on extra hot days

  • Indoor-style activities like nature films or extended crafts when needed

  • Parents will always be notified ahead of time if adjustments are made

    *For serious weather conditions or disasters, such as flash flooding, major road blockages or fires, we will temporarily move sessions to Ocean View Park. Parents will be notified 24 hours in advance of any updates or changes.

At Nature Klub, every day is an opportunity to grow wild, grounded, and free.

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