The Wildwood Acres Farm and Forest School was created to meet a community need during the Covid-19 crisis of 2020.
It is intended to supplement home schooling or the limited public or private schooling available during this time.
Operating as usual
Hi folks! We hope everyone had a cozy Christmas with family and friends!
As we approach the new year, we are feeling gracious. We will be extending our discounted pricing for our Winter intercession weeks until January 20th.
That means either week will be priced at just $250 per child! 10% off subsequent siblings!
Please PM for more details. Everyone have a safe and happy years end celebration, and we can’t WAIT to see you all there!!!
The Wildwood staff would like to wish Wild Ones everywhere a Merry Christmas and a wondrous New Year. 🌲
Happy Solstice Week, Wild Ones! Remember, there's no Farm and Forest School next week. Have a Merry Christmas and we'll see you in the new year!
Hey there Wildwood Community! We are seeking some guidance to improve our winter programming in order to better meet the needs of our families and keep us sustainable. We always hope to offer an option in our interim 6 week winter session which is both useful to families, and allows us to keep things sustainable for staffing as well.
We like to stick to a shorter day to avoid frigid mornings and allow time for sticky commutes without detracting from your scheduled day. So typically 10-2(ish) is the warmest range.
We can do day- specific programming for consistency ( every Tuesday etc) or full weeks. We are also open to other ideas if anyone can think of a model that would make some type of programming accessible.
If you have a moment, and could drop us a line about how to improve our winter offerings to better serve our community, we would so appreciate it!
LAST DAY FOR 15% off Winter Camps and Spring enrollment!!!!!!
Come and join an amazing community!!!!
Just a reminder folks! Our 15% off for new families discount closes in three days! Looking for a Christmas present? How about a week of winter Farm and Forest Camp?
Happy Holidays to All!
We had perfect weather for Winter survival week! Snow, biting windchill? No match for these wild ones! Kids this week learned about keeping warm, building the best fire for different purposes, following tracks in the snow. . . And even had plenty of time for sledding, snowball fights, and snow angels.
Check out this great visual for how to layer during the winter! We're covering winter survival this week. No such thing as bad weather....
Spring Semester Enrollment Open!!
10% off for new families from now until December 20th!!
And we are always accepting clothing for the school's community closet!
Hey Wildwood Families! The Wildwood community closet needs your outgrown clothes! We try to keep a dressing room full of extra clothing for kiddos who need an extra layer or a change of clothes. We are looking for pants (leggings and athletic pants,) sweatshirts, shirts, jackets, gloves, hats, snowpants, boots and socks in sizes 3T and up. If you have some to donate, please drop them off to the farm during pickup or dropoff. We appreciate it!
Don't forget about the school wish list! And thank you to those who have purchased a wishlist item for us!
We focused on wildlife in winter this week! We talked about animal tracks and looked for some on our hikes, read stories about hibernation, built cozy animal dens, and made suet feeders and popcorn and cranberry strands for the birds.
It was a wet and windy week but it was the perfect backdrop for our theme: prepping the farm for winter. We even had some time for fun art projects.
Not sure if farm and forest school is a good fit for your 10+ kiddo? We are having a special, super limited trial period. Contact us for more information.
Wondering what the Winter holds for your Wild Ones? Our winter program is open for enrollment! This year we even have a special February Vacation week offer for non-homeschoolers. Contact us for more information!
Are you doing some holiday shopping this week? Would you like to make the Wildwood crew's day? Maybe take a peek at our Amazon wish list (it includes items off of Amazon as well, if you prefer to shop that way.) There's big wishes and smaller wishes, but every wish granted will help our program improve and grow. We thank every one of you for being a part of this journey
Hey Wildwood Families! The Wildwood community closet needs your outgrown clothes! We try to keep a dressing room full of extra clothing for kiddos who need an extra layer or a change of clothes. We are looking for pants (leggings and athletic pants,) sweatshirts, shirts, jackets, gloves, hats, snowpants, boots and socks in sizes 3T and up. If you have some to donate, please drop them off to the farm during pickup or dropoff. We appreciate it!
Just a reminder that Wildwood Farm and Forest School is closed for the week of Thanksgiving. We will return to our regular program next week on the 29th. Wishing our wild ones everywhere a Happy Thanksgiving!
This week the Wildwood kids celebrated gratitude. We stayed warm by the fire, made ornaments, did a gratitude scavenger hunt, and made snacks over the fire. We even had some snowflakes!
We had an A-neigh-zing horse week part 2! 🐎 The wild ones worked on their horsemanship skills, cleaned some tack, and got to know our ponies and horses better than ever. The horses definitely felt the love 🤎
***REMINDER FOR WILDWOOD FAMILIES: This week is Horse Week Part 2! Please make sure kids are wearing or bring long pants and boots with 1 inch heel. ***
Horse week 1 was full of fun! The Wildwood gang learned a lot about horses: how we take care of them, the equipment we use with them, and how to work with them safely. Each student had a chance in the saddle and our older groups helped lead our younger groups. We're all ready to gallop into Horse Week Part 2!
We had a warm and fuzzy week talking about fiber! 🐑🐐🦙🐇 The wild ones learned about the process of making animal fiber into cloth, tried their hand at fiber crafts, and had some time caring for our fiber animals.
A fun time was had by all at our Stall or Treat party today!
What a scrumptious week! The Wildwood kids learned about preserving, canning, following recipes. The older groups made canned pickles or dilly beans and the preschoolers made some delicious apple sauce.
It was chicken and duck week at Wildwood 🐓🦆🐔🐣🥚Theses wild ones learned about the life cycle of a chicken, how we care for our feathered friends on the farm, collected eggs and then tried out a float test to check for bad eggs! We even built our own giant nest!
Week 4 had us cold, then damp, then hot! Farm school in New England will be that way. We had fun outdoors in all of the weather!
Hey folks! We would LOOOOOVE to fill a few last spots in our oldest group- our Wolf Pack- for the fall semester. We have availability Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays. 50% off for enrollment! Inquire further for sample curriculum or with any questions you may have!
The theme for Week 3 at Wildwood was "Welcome Fall." We had barn chores, explored making leaf creatures, and baked stuffed apples over the fire.
Welcome back Wildwood Families! Weeks one and two are in the books. We're making new friends and learning about the farm and our trails. We even had lots of time to get muddy!
Hi folks! Due to sudden changes in enrollment status we now have a few placements at half price available for our fall semester. Bobcats (5-7) has 1 spot available each day; and our Wolf pack (12-14) has multiple openings each day. PM or email.
Hi Folks! We still have just a few spaces left in our older Wolf pack group! We also have spots for younger Bobcats on Tuesdays. Snag these spots now at a discount (30% off) and help us start out individualized curriculum early!
Summer Camp is in full swing here at Wildwood!!
Come join the fun in weeks 2-5! Now offering 25% off last minute enrollment! PM for info!
Hi Folks! We have spots to fill for our Fall Semester
Currently offering a 15% off discount to new families looking to join our Tuesday group, as well as our wolf pack ( 12-14) for Wednesday and Thursday!!
PM for more details!
THAT'S A WRAP! Today was the last day of the semester for Thursday's kids. These guys worked hard cleaning up our spaces, binding their journal pages, and loving on the animals. Our step up certificate ceremony ended our day with a bang.
We hope you all have one wild summer! 💚🌞
Last of the Wednesday group for the Spring! We had a fun day before our step up certificate ceremony. There was a newt, some frogs, and a birdsnest discovery! Oh, and a bunch of happy wild things!
It's our last week before summer break and our Tuesday group received their step up certificates and bound the pages of their journals together to take home. We also had a short notice "frog wedding" complete with a frog couple, a grass bouquet, and a processional to their brook home. What better way to cap off the semester?! 🎩🐸🐸💐 Stay wild, Tuesdays!
What started out as a stormy kind of morning gave way to a sunny day and we're so happy it did! We spent the rainy morning listening to the next chapter of our read along and the rain stopped just in time for animal care. After lunch we looked for frogs and made some collages.
We're glad that the sunshine decided to show itself today after all! The Wildwood kids had a busy day with lots of animal care, frog hunting, and extra pony time.
We are in the second to last week of our Spring semester at Wildwood. Today, preschoolers who are moving up into our All-ages group were given an introduction to their new morning routine by joining the big kids.
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West Brookfield, MA
01585
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