General Information  

Location:   6800 Hubbard Road, Clarkston, MI 48348

Age:  Ideally suited to kids ages 3-10 

Focus:  

Homesteading Club is a great opportunity for children ages 3-10 to experience hands-on weekly nature education (children under 5 attend with caregiver).  Lessons are focused around homesteading principals.  Each seasonal series will be 8 weeks long and have a different focus.  

- Fall sessions focus on farm animals and fall harvest.  

- Winter session focuses on the home economics side of homesteading (cooking, baking, canning, hand crafts, learn where syrup comes from, etc).  

- Spring session focuses on plants and gardening.  

Each week students will participate in hands-on learning, exploration, outdoor education, animal interaction, crafts, music/movement games, and read-a-louds.  We also will either provide a thematic snack or do a cooking lab each week.  Homesteading club keeps low ratios and is run by certified elementary teacher Sarah Bann and certified yoga instructor and friend of the farm, Meg McGinn, and support is provided by a wonderful teaching staff.  Scroll down for more information on each 8 week session.  

Please note a discount of $5 per session will be applied if signing up for all 3 sessions of the 2026/2027 school year (fall, winter, spring).

Optional add on for extra care 3:45-4:30pm and optional pick up from Independence Elementary.  $20 extra per 8 week session.

3 Sessions:  Fall, Winter, Spring

Times:   Camp Sessions:  10:30 am - noon and 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm  

             PM Extra Care:  3:45 pm - 4:30 pm 

Cost:     $185 per 8-week session ($180 if registering for all three sessions) / $20 per session for Extra Care

Fall Session Dates:

- Oct. 5th, 12th, 26th (No Club Oct. 19th - No school for CCS)

- Nov. 2nd, 9th, 16th, 30th (No Club Nov. 23rd - Thanksgiving)

- Dec. 7th

Focus:  Farm Animals and Fall Harvest

Topics:  Caring for animals, animal anatomy, animal life cycles, showing love and respect to animals, connection between plants and animals, career connections, fall harvest

Winter Session Dates:

- Jan. 11th, 25th (No club Jan 18 - MLK Day)

- Feb. 1st, 8th, 22nd (No club Feb 15 - No school for CCS)

- March 1st, 8th, 15th

Focus: The Home Economics Side of Homesteading

Topics: Cooking and baking, preserving, growing plants for food, caring for animals, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, handcrafts, honey and syrup

Spring Session Dates: 

- April 5th, 12th, 19th, 26th

- May 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th

Focus: Planting and Gardening

Topics: Caring for plants, plant uses, plant anatomy, plant life cycles, growing food, compost and soil, pollination

Drop off and pick-up:  In our Green Room (up the ramp on the side of the house & through the door on the back deck).  Club activities will be held on the farm’s many teaching, growing and farm animal spaces. 

Questions:  Contact Sarah Bann at [email protected]

Additional Note:  Please have kids dress for the weather (extra shoes/boots is a great idea :)

 Please do sign–up early.  These camps will fill up quickly. 

Don't forget to complete the Homesteading Club waiver (this will be sent to you upon registration in a welcome e-mail) and bring it to the camp session along with your sturdy shoes, enthusiasm and sense of adventure!

Please note that this registration page will allow you to enroll one child for multiple Homesteading Club sessions. If you would like to enroll multiple children, please complete a separate registration form for each child. Thank you!