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Day Programs

Earth Mountain Education Farm is a 440 acre outdoor education center and working farm which specializes in experiential education. Our day programs offer a chance for students to enjoy, learn and gain appreciation for the richness of the outdoors. Through hands-on experience students will learn new skills, gain understanding of the natural world and discover themselves and each other.

Programs Offered

• Trailblazing ( hiking, working with tools, trail building and maintenance , discovery of local flora and fauna, group project) 
• Wilderness first aid (learn how to handle a medical emergency situation in the wilderness and respond to various injuries using only what is available around you) 
• Native American crafts (dreamcatchers, beading, weaving, leather work, drum making, tipi making) 
• Wood working (spoon carving, furniture making, bowls) 
• Primitive camp craft (cordage, fire making, shelter building, cooking, wild edible and medicinal plants, finding water and filtration, navigation) 
• Principles of Sustainability (renewable energy, organic farming, waste systems, permaculture, simple living techniques) 
• Environmental Education (local plant identification and uses, ecosystem studies, water studies, wildlife identification and habitat, ethnobotany) 
• Four elements (Fire: fire making, cooking, fire uses, fire safety, wildland fire fighting Air: clouds, rain, reading the sky, pollution Water: finding water, filtration, stream studies, water plants and animals, watersheds Earth: soil testing, farming, walking lightly, pollution, formation of mountains and the land)
• Natural Building (learn to build with adobe, cob, straw, wood, rock and various other gifts of nature.
• Mountaineering ( hiking, backpacking, navigation, camp set-up, campfire cooking)
• Recycled Art ( transform various scrap resources to beautiful works of art) 
• Ancient drumming and song ( learn drumming techniques and songs/chants from various ancient cultures)
• Talking with your hands (fun and easy American Sign Language essentials)

Directors / Educators can design the day by choosing one or two of the programs offered.  Just let us know and we will help create a wonderful, exciting day for your students.

Whether it is an individual project such as carving their very own wooden spoon or a group project such as building a bridge, students will begin to realize their strengths, gain independence and conquer their fears.  Earth Mountain's goals are to build confidence, stewardship, independence, and awareness in our youth.

• Day Programs run from 9:00 am to 4:00pm.  
• Earth Mountain can accommodate 6 to 20 students.
• We ask that for every 10 students at least one adult chaperone participates in the program.
• Lunch is included (may bring your own pack lunches if desired).
• Cost: $20 per student (a down payment ½ the cost of the program is required at the time of registration).
• Please fill out the registration form and send it to the address on the form.
• Make checks payable to Earth Mountain Education Farm