A Mind-Full of Ideas
Program Description
Program Description
Program Description
This pint-sized Kindergarten-5th grade private learning farm is situated on a beautiful 3-acre site in the Lorane Valley, on the edge of Eugene, Oregon. The programs integrate farming practices, animal care, responsible choices, and making things (FARM) with science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM), and CCSS-aligned academics to create naturally engaging learning opportunities.
With small groups of 5-7 students and two full-time teachers, instruction is delivered in kindergarten through 2nd grade and 3rd through 5th grade groupings to best address student learning needs. Classes range from gardening lessons science and social studies to music, Spanish and art lessons. Individualized academic instruction is delivered at a student's present level or above.
Those students enrolled in monitored academic courses follow a process to ensure instruction meets the child's needs. This results in an instructional level based on grade-level knowledge rather than age.
After initial academic placement, students are supported as they move forward with self-paced units combining STEAM-infused CCSS-aligned academic content presented in a project-based manner.
Monitored Academic Offerings
Language Arts, Mathematics, Social Studies, Science, Social Studies Spanish
Background
Program Description
Program Description
Thoughtful questions from parents and adventurous interactions with children at the first round of Mind-Full Meadows summer camps shifted Tiffany's plans from simply leading camps to altering her career and developing a learning space like no other. By taking a leap and collaborating with students and and parents alike, Mind-Full Meadows became the home to a developing STEAM-Powered Learning Farm!
Circumstances in our world and our state are such that all of us have taken the time to think very creatively about how we can best meet the educational and social-emotional needs of the children in our lives. The benefits of of an education founded in a robust relationship with the natural environment are many, and the integration of FARM concepts with a rigorous STEAM framework results in highly engaged learning.
Read a 5th grader's description of their Mind-Full Meadows experience:
Enrollment
FAQs and Details
FAQs and Details
Mind-Full Meadows STEAM-Powered Learning Farm enrolls children from the beginning of kindergarten up to 5th grade.
- Fall 2022 Enrollment starts in March
Class Fees and Details for A Mind-Full of Ideas:
- TBD
- Academic Year start-stop:
- 2nd Monday in September through 3rd Friday in June.
- Tuition includes all instructional materials, including technology.
- for use at Mind-Full Meadows.
- Meals provided by families.
- Some snacks provided by Mind-Full Meadows
- Snack and lunch subsidies available.
FAQs and Details
FAQs and Details
FAQs and Details
- Does MFM follow Oregon’s education framework including state testing, and Common Core?
- Yes, all instruction adheres to the state instructional guidelines. The foundation is the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), which guide the development of complexity of thought and shape the curriculum progression as students move K-12. We also use:
- FARM - Farming practices, Animal care, Responsible choices, and Making things
- STEAM - Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics
- AEIOU - Ask questions, Engage fully in the learning process, Integrate new information, Open your mind to diverse views, Utilize what you learn
- What does instruction time look like between age groups at MFM, and are all of the students together during instruction from time to time?
- The instructional cohorts are primarily organized K-2, 3-5.
- Student groups address the needs of currently enrolled students. This allows us to base the size and composition of the groups on student’s present levels, and the flexibility to respond to their rate of development.
- Friday's STEAM Projects time is a K-5th grade creative tech collaboration when we have multi-age collaboration on projects, to discuss experiments, and to give feedback.
Mind-Full of Ideas Program Contents & Instructional Approach
All program offerings are aligned with Permaculture principles, and the academic content supports students as they move toward mastery of Oregon’s Common Core State Standards. Through the judicious use of well-researched educational technology allowing children to monitor progress toward their goals, develop skills through collaboration and a variety of multi-sensory learning modalities. The integration of nature and technology supports learning in so many ways.
You Provide: Registration Requirements and a 3-Ring Notebook
We Provide:
- Learning Opportunities and Instruction Tailored to the Needs and Interests of Your Child
- Professionally trained, licensed, certified, experienced, and compassionate staff
- A peaceful rural setting mere minutes from town
- Small groups of 5-7 children, with at least two teachers on site
- A wide variety of immersive instructional and experiential learning options, including:
- Christian and secular offerings
- Wild Math: Outdoor-Integrated Mathematics
- Self-Paced Spanish with multi-sensory supports
- IXL Reading and Math Interventions and Monitoring
- Adaptive Technology to Support Various Learning Styles
- Arts-Integrated and Technology-Enhanced Social Studies
- Hands-On, Site-Based, Multi-sensory Science
- Prodigies Music: Bells, Boomwhackers, Recorder, and Ukulele
- Plugo hands-on, AR-integrated Math, ELA, Engineering, Physics, and Music
- Large, Small, and Fine Motor Activities
- Curioscope interactive AR Anatomy and Solar System
- Makers Empire 3D Design and Printing
- Biblically-based and Christ-centered academics
- Cubelets Modular Robotics
- Beasts of Balance AR-Interactive Sensory-Motor programs
- Gardening, Animal Interactions, and Time In Nature
Science - Farming Practices, Animal Care, Native Plants and Animals, Watershed Exploration, Electric Fruits and Veggies, AR Slingshot, Kitchen Chemistry, Playground Physics, Food Medicine
Technology - Augmented Reality, 3D Design, Video and Music Production, Self-Paced Learning, Photography, 3D Printing Pens, Modular Robotics, Interactive Globe, Slideshows
Engineering - Design Challenges, Magnetix, Lego, K’nex, Magnatiles, Fairy Houses, Water, Marble and Domino Courses, Wood Construction, 3D Design and Construction, Nature Shelters
Arts - Prodigies Music, Watercolor, Weaving, Nature Mandalas, Clay Hand-Building, Tie-Dying, Poetry, Acrylic Painting, Circus Arts, Digital Art, Musical Theater, Graphic Design, Costume Design
Math - Wild Math, Plugo System, IXL Self-Paced Mastery Program, Chicken Math, Hands-On Construction Math, Math in the Kitchen
