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The Summer Season of Backyard Classroom is officially FULL! Thank you 🙏🏼 to all of my returning and new families, referrals, and anyone who shared or liked a post. This homeschooling, homemaking, mamapreneur truly appreciates it!

🌞🌳 🌻 The Backyard Classroom Summer Half Day Camp still has spots though! The info is below or comment CAMP and I'll send you the info right to your inbox.

SUMMER CAMP - Drop-off program (or stay and work remotely &/or help out), Ages 4–11
🌞 SIGN UP: https://bit.ly/BCsummer26signup
🌞 LEARN MORE: https://bit.ly/BCcamp26

Get a sneak peek by clicking on my IG highlight titled Backyard Classroom -

🎯 THE BACKYARD CLASSROOM MISSION
Backyard Classroom nurtures curiosity, creativity, and connection through outdoor learning. By looking closer and digging deeper, children discover that even ordinary places hold wonder. Through exploration, creativity, movement, and play, they build friendships, confidence, and a lifelong love of learning—finding life’s greatest lessons right where they are.

If you have kids 9 and under in the DMV area, join the Backyard Classroom Crew on outdoor adventures, many of which are free! Join my email list for updates on the happenings. This month we...

🌷🦋🌸 Start our caterpillar/butterfly lessons with LIVE caterpillars which will metamorphisize into butterflies which we'll release in my outdoor classroom/suburban homestead later this month.

🥾🐢🚶 Hike through Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary with fellow homeschoolers with the aim to see turtles, otters, birds, and more! This is a little kid-friendly hike with lunch/snack half way through.

🛹🚴🛴 Skate, bike, scoot, mingle, and play at the playground at Tantallon North Neighborhood Park which has a paved loop. Last month kids brought kites and I'm bringing my parachute for 90s nostalgia and fun!

🌻🌞🌳 Last chance for the early bird discount of Backyard Classroom Summer Classes & Half Day Summer Camp: bit.ly/BCsummer26signup

Link up with fellow and get outside with us! Find your people, let the kids be wild and free, and get some much needed sunshine 🌞.

👉👉👉 SIGN UP at https://mailchi.mp/db3fb836d2e6/backyardclassroomcrew

I don't think I've ever sent than two emails in a month so don't worry about your inbox being flooded!

Summer Registration is LIVE - Classes AND Camp at Backyard Classroom! This summer is especially meaningful because it’s my fourth season running Backyard Classroom, and I’m thrilled to finally introduce something many of you have asked for…the very first Backyard Classroom Summer Camp 🎉! This will be in addition to my weekly classes so you can sign up for classes, camp, or both!

Below are the two ways your kids can join us for this summer:

🌻🌻🌻 Backyard Classroom Weekly Classes (Ages 2–9)
Caregiver attends with child

🌻 WHEN: Mondays, 11:00 AM – 1:15 PM, June 15 – August 17

🌻 WHAT: Each week kids ages 2–9 take part in hands-on activities focused on our planet and the local ecosystem with a splash of other subjects such as history, social studies, language arts, and more. By intermingling micro lessons with art, experiments, making, nature exploration, movement, and group games, children better retain information while building curiosity, confidence, and friendships.

🌻SIGN UP: https://bit.ly/BCsummer26signup
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☀️ NEW: Backyard Classroom Half-Day Summer Camp (Ages 4–9)
Drop-off program

☀️ WHEN: Tuesdays & Thursdays, 9:30 AM – 1:30 PM

☀️ WHAT: Our summer camp is like an expanded version of our classes for ages 4-9 with a mix of educational lessons, play based activities to reinforce the lesson, and free play in our fun outdoor classroom to foster friendships. There are trampolines, a ninja playground, swings, a slide, two climbing domes, a large mud kitchen, zipline, playhouse, outdoor toys, and lots more! At camp there will be time for more involved projects such as plant-based fabric dying, process art, gardening and homesteading projects, foraging, and nature focused invitations to play.

☀️ SIGN UP: https://bit.ly/BCsummer26signup