YOUTH PROGRAMS
Register now for Winter Homeschooler Classes in Kerhonkson
Wednesday Schedule:
Click on class to register and learn more, or click below to select specific dates to drop in.
9:00~10:00 Music
10:00~11:00 Creative Writing and Poetry
11:00~3:00 Nature and Survival
Drop in dates (click on date to register):
January 7, January 14, January 21, January 28,
February 4, February 11, February 18,
March 4, March 11
Nature Connection and Survival Skills
Your child will gain ease and comfort outside by playing games and making useful things with materials found in the woods around us.
Our current classes
Poetry & Creative Writing with Ben Goodman
Ben Goodman is a poet, somatic counselor, and educator who has been helping young people become stronger, more expressive writers for the past eight years. He regularly offers poetry classes in the Hudson Valley, and has formerly led poetry retreats at Princeton University. His writing appears in various publications such as Wildscape Lit, Vassar Review, and Berkeley Poetry Review.
Science with Leonard Good
This is a weekly program for homeschool children ages 8~12 to learn about science. Taught by Leonard Good, a beloved and experienced teacher who recently moved from Washington State to be closer to family. Topics will include: electricity, chemistry, heat and resistance, engines, sound, fluid dynamics, pressure, gliders, patterns in nature and more.
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Music with Tom Deis
Tom Deis has a degree in music education from Berklee college of music and over 20 years of music teaching experience. His experience and training in music has taken him through many styles including western classical, jazz, indian classical, and various African styles. He is passionate about inspiring musical creativity in students and loves to incorporate improvisation and composition into his teaching. He has also been a guitarist on John Legend’s Grammy-nominated children’s album “My Favorite Dream”, toured internationally and composed for films such as Netflix’s “Take your pills” and HBO’s “Jagged”. He currently plays bass and harmonium in the improvisatory Sufi music ensemble Falsa, among other musical ventures and enjoys being a father in the Hudson valley. Your child will learn about different instruments and will sing and play with other children.
Our Current Classes
Prospect Park and Central Park Classes for Homeschoolers with Arturo
Prospect Park
Tuesdays 10:30AM - 1:30PM
Meet up At the prospect Park well house.
Class dates:
9/16~12/16 every week except 11/25
Central Park Survival Skills
Great Hill @ 106th St
Fridays from 1:00~4:00
9/12~12/05 (every other week)
Central Park Survival Skill Adventures
Great Hill @ 106th St.
Fridays from 1:00~4:00
9/19~12/12 (every other week)
Class description:
In this class your child is invited to use all of their senses to connect with nature, themselves and others. Through games, stories and hands-on projects, they will learn the sacred order of survival: Shelter, water, fire, food.
Shelter - We will learn how to make various shelter styles as well as shelter fundamentals such as location, hazards and different building materials to use.
Water - We will explore methods of finding and purifying water. Our bodies are mostly water. It's the same water that circulates between us and the trees and the plants and the rain. We are all connected through water.
Fire - We use fire everyday to cook and heat our homes, but most of us are very disconnected and unfamiliar with how fire acts and responds. It's a primal tool and companion that all of our ancestors knew how to make using friction. Fire can spark joy and empower a person. You learn a lot about yourself by making fire with friction.
Food - Tracking, baskets, weapons, traps, edible, medicinal and utilitarian plants; the list for what nature can teach us is endless.
Adventure class builds on what the participant learned in the regular survival skills class.