30779 Blanton Road, Eugene, Oregon 97405, United States
Looking Back at MFM Learning Farm
Past Program Description
Past Program Description
Past Program Description
This pint-sized pK through middle school 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 students and two full-time teachers, instruction is organized to best address student learning needs. Classes range from gardening science and social studies to music and art. 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.
Children in the academic program are guided as they move forward with self-paced units combining STEAM-infused CCSS-aligned academic content connected with relevant ideas in a project-based manner.
IXL Assessed Academic Offerings
Language Arts, Mathematics, Social Studies, Science,
Background
Past Program Description
Past Program Description
Thoughtful questions from parents and adventurous interactions with children at the first round of Mind-Full Meadows summer camps shifted our Director Tiffany's plans from simply leading camps to altering her public education career and developing a learning space like no other. By taking a leap and collaborating with students and and parents, Mind-Full Meadows became the home to a developing STEAM-Powered Learning Farm!
Circumstances in our world at the time of the pandemic were such that many took the time to think creatively about how to best meet the educational and social-emotional needs of the children in our lives. The benefits 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 resulted in highly engaged learning. for the Pk through middle school program that ran from 2020-2023.
Read a 5th grader's description of their Mind-Full Meadows experience:
MFM Learning Farm's Past Program
Program offerings are aligned with Permaculture principles, with academic content supporting children as they move toward mastery of Oregon’s Common Core State Standards. The judicious use of well-researched educational technology allows children to self-monitor progress toward their goals, and develop skills through collaboration and a variety of multi-sensory learning modalities. The integration of nature and technology supports learning in so many ways.
We Provide:
- Learning opportunities and instruction tailored to the needs and interests of each 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:
- Harbor and Sprout integrated thematic units
- Wild Math: Outdoor-Integrated Mathematics
- IXL Reading and Math Practice, 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, with Recorder, and Ukulele option
- 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
- Cubelets Modular Robotics
- Beasts of Balance AR-Interactive Sensory-Motor program
- Gardening, Animal Interactions, and Time In Nature
- Fresh Air and Lots of Time spent Outdoors
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
