Kid's Programs

Thanks for your interest in our summer camps!

Please click on the link below our program schedule to download our application form.

You can fax it to us at 1-805-967-0188, email it to me at mark@fairviewgardens.org

or snail mail it to our office at

Fairview Gardens Summer Camp

598 N. Fairview Ave,

Goleta, Ca

93117

Summer Farm Days 2010

Our Summer Farm Days Programs focus on farming, sustainability, and the environment. Through hands-on experiences, activities, and discovery we will explore the important relationships between food, land, community and our own well-being.

Our camps are full day camps and include farm based activities, games, harvesting, animal care, farm chores, cooking, exploring the avocado cathedral and searching the mulberry tree for bird life. The summer is filled with unique activities and the curriculum is unique.

The camp for your child has a maximum 12 participants, and 3 councilors. We hope you will join us this year for a true summer on the farm!

Class Descriptions
Here are some of the things that we may do with your kids during summer farm days! Our days are going to be varied and based on child centered learning. We will work with you child to find what they are passionate about and then assist them in going deeper into that excitement.
Much of what we do will also involve unstructured time in nature. Wandering, watching birds, animal tracking, and playing nature based games will help to facilitate our time together.

Farm Life and Sprouts Farm
What’s it really like to be a farmer? Spend your summer learning how to take care of goats or chickens, how to harvest and how a farmers job is never done! This camp combines farm chores, fun and learning experiences with food and open space. Campers learn how to make nutritious snacks, shelters, and friends while exploring life on the farm. Learn to use gardening tools, collect eggs, play traditional games, and complete daily chores. Children participate in appropriate experiential curriculum that creates a greater sense of themselves as stewards of the land. Each program is specifically designed to meet the needs of the age group.

Bugs, Slugs, and More
Have you ever used a magnifying glass? Do you wonder what lurks below the soil? Join us to explore the farm, the air and the soil in search of anything that slithers, crawls or buzzes. Build a worm bin, sample soil, play games, and create new buggy creatures. Of course, we’ll eat like a bug too, all the sweet fruits of summer.

Green Planet
Discover the exciting world of food and forests. Learn more about plants, fruits, and vegetables through fun games and activities. Design and build your own camp garden. Learn how to conduct your own experiment in our avocado forest. We’ll learn how to be green while exploring the farm kidstyle.

Flower Power
Would you like to learn to grow your own fruits and vegetables? Have you ever wondered how a plant eats or breathes? Do we eat flowers? We will explore the wonderful world of plants, fruits, and vegetables by conducting experiments, dissecting flowers, harvesting, crafts, games and more.

Farm Art
Farming may be a science, but it is definitely an art. Art can be found everywhere on a farm from the beautiful colors of seeds to the patterns on wings. Join us for a week of artistic exploration. We will create art from nature, press and dry flowers, make our own recycled paper, and more.

Future Farmers
Work with Us! Whether you’re tending to the fields, harvesting or building a new shelter for the animals, there is plenty of work for everyone. Come and lend a hand! Future Farmers is developed for those wishing to experience the life of a farmer. You’ll have daily chores and goals for the week. Participants will focus on teamwork, motivation, independence and greater understanding of our role as stewards of the land.

What to Bring:
Water bottle (refillable)
Sunscreen
Close Toed Shoes
Art T-shirt
Sun Hat
Snack
Lunch

What not to bring:
Toys, valuables and electronics

Registration Information

Click HERE to download registration form and liability release