Someday I’ll have a farm.

And these are the kinds of animals I’ll have.

 

 

I’m sure you’ll all want to come to visit my mini farm of miniature animals.

 

I want to have a learning and creative arts center that will be a place for homeschoolers to bring their children for enrichment and to supplement their homeschool curriculum.

In one part of the Learning center, we will have a big open area filled with learning stations. They will include hands-on activities and manipulatives to encourage discovery and experimentation. This area is intended for ages 4-8. 

Another part of the center will consist of rooms for classes for art, music, and technical skills. Children ages 5-18 will be able to take these classes.

There will be a section for some classrooms for the older children (ages 6-14) who are homeschooled whose parents want more formal instruction using the Charlotte Mason method.

 

A separate part of The Learning Center will be a Barn where we will do hippotherapy with several horses.

 

What is Hippotherapy?

The term hippotherapy refers to how occupational therapy, physical therapy and speech-language pathology professionals use evidence-based practice and clinical reasoning in the purposeful manipulation of equine movement as a therapy tool to engage sensory, neuromotor and cognitive systems to promote functional outcomes.

 We will also have other small farm animals for a Petting Zoo. We will have some miniature animals like goats, sheep, and horses. We will have chickens and rabbits. The children will have the opportunity to interact with the animals and help feed them and otherwise care for them.

Another area of The Learning Center will be The Greenhouse. We will have a large greenhouse where we will grow vegetables and flowers. The children will learn how to grow plants and will be able to take some produce home with them for their families. BC Greenhouse Builders Limited builds custom greenhouses that are built to last in any climate.

We will sell some of the produce and eggs to the community, too.

We will have a butterfly house too. The Butterfly House will be open to the public. We will use it as an educational facility. We will encourage others to plant butterfly gardens to increase the populations of endangered butterflies.