Spring Homeschool Programs Overview
Carefully crafted since 2011, our homeschool programs provide a progressive learning journey and comprehensive foundation in deeply relating to the natural world.
Forest Floor also offers seasonal Fall & Winter homeschool programs, and our nine month Heartwood program.
Spring 2025 registration is now closed and with programs under way.
We’re excited to announce a new location in Fletcher with a Thursday program for ages 7-11.
Through games, stories, and exploration children learn about: Outdoor safety and awareness, animal tracking, edible and medicinal wild plants, wilderness survival skills, bird language, ancient crafts, ecology, community, self-discovery, storytelling, singing, fire, and much, much more.
Why Choose Forest Floor?
We help children have fun, be healthy, and achieve their fullest potential with nature connection mentoring.
Health benefits of nature connection
- Learn wilderness skills & traditional crafts
- Meet new friends and reunite with old ones
- Unforgettable adventures every day
- Skilled and caring mentors
- Exciting wilderness experiences
- Convenient in-town drop-off & pickup
- Boost long term cognitive & social development
Mondays
MONDAY
Ages 7-11
Mountain Mondays
February 24 – May 19, 2025
Greet the forest as it wakes up from winter slumber and enjoy the vibrant green of new growth. We’ll explore, play games, learn skills and connect guided by our experienced nature connection mentors.
Tuesdays
TUESDAY
Ages 6-8
Crafty Critters
February 25 – May 20, 2025
Age-appropriate crafting for our youngest students in our forest classroom. We’ll engage in a broad range of games, crafts, and other activities learning to translate artistic vision into reality in nature.
TUESDAY
Ages 9-12
Wild Crafters
February 25 – May 20, 2025
We harvest and utilize natural materials and learn a bunch of crafting skills while playing games and connecting with activities focused nature & community.
TUESDAY
Ages 12-16
Blacksmithing – All Levels
February 25 – May 20, 2025
Create useful tools by heating metal in the forge and shaping it on the anvil. Students will come home with beautiful and useful handmade items created using many techniques.
Wednesdays
WEDNESDAY
Ages 6-8
Heartwood: Acorns
February 26 – May 21, 2025
Our core nature-connection curriculum offers a progressive learning journey with games, stories, and exploration in the natural world, beginning here with our youngest age bracket.
WEDNESDAY
Ages 9-12
Heartwood: Saplings
February 26 – May 21, 2025
Saplings is for children to continue to grow into greater awareness and maturity, with increased challenges and deepening level of inquiry, as they set roots in the forest.
WEDNESDAY
Ages 11-14
Heartwood: Oaks
February 26 – May 21, 2025
The Oaks provides an opportunity for long-term nature connection students to continue challenging themselves in a group of peers who share their ability & passion. Application is require.
Thursdays
THURSDAY
Ages 7-11
Mountain Dwellers
February 27 – May 22, 2025
Students will learn the practical skills of old-time mountain camping, venturing into the forest to find, build and inhabit their own deep woods campsite and learn important survival skills.
THURSDAY
Ages 7-11
Hutch Mountain: Heart of the Mountains
February 27 – May 22, 2025
We’re excited to expand our offerings and serve more families in this beautiful new location in Fletcher.
Fridays
FRIDAY
Ages 6-8
Forest Fridays
February 28 – May 23, 2025
Time to turn away from the screens and walk out into the magical forest for a day of guided nature connection with our experienced mentors.
FRIDAY
Ages 9-12
Forest Fridays
February 28 – May 23, 2025
Time to turn away from the screens and walk out into the magical forest for a day of guided nature connection with our experienced mentors.
FRIDAY
Ages 9-12
Pottery – All Levels
February 28 – May 23, 2025
Create beautiful functional pieces exploring the full range of clay with handbuilding, wheel-throwing, and surface decoration in our newest artisan endeavor.
Main Forest Location
Our main forest location is at Shope Creek Wilderness, in Asheville. We offer most of our programs here. Shope Creek Wilderness is our forested mountain campus.
472 Shope Creek Road, Asheville, NC 28805
In-town Location
Our In-town location is Haw Creek Commons. We offer select programs here, and have our Shope Creek shuttle base. Haw Creek Commons is a community co-work and activity center where Forest Floor has a presence.
315 Old Haw Creek Rd, Asheville, NC 28805
Southside Location
Our Southside location is at Hutch Mountain, in Fletcher. We offer select programs here. Hutch Mountain programs take place on private land with Forest Floor mentors.
725 Hutch Mountain Rd, Fletcher, NC 28732
Drop-Off & Pick-Up
All Shope Creek programs may drop-off and pick-up at Haw Creek Commons for van transportation to Shope Creek. Direct drop-off and pickup at Shope Creek is also available.
All Haw Creek programs only offer direct drop-off and pick-up at Haw Creek Commons.
Our newest location at Hutch Mountain also offers only direct drop-off and pick-up at the program location.