Nature is our ultimate inspiration and shared connection, it is present in all programs-through games, stories, songs, play, creativity, and craft!
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Summer Adventure
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Melody Garden Music, Movement, naturePop Up class!
-for 0-7 yrs old with a caregiver -$15 per child May 20 2026 10:30-11:30am location: Soulcraft Studio (details in registration confirmation email!) *pre-registration is necessary! |
Wild Movement and sound
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After a long Winter and lots of cabin fever we are READY to be enjoy the wilderness again!
In this 8 week class we will be celebrating Spring by being outside all the time for games and adventuring, finding Spring amphibians and reptiles, harvesting and eating wild edible plants, finishing our epic primitive shelter, and creating an all natural sound garden! 
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Some days will be field trips! Dates: March 27-May 15 (8 weeks) Cost: $280-$360 sliding scale* Fridays 9:30-2:30 Kids: 6-14yrs 
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*A note on our Sliding Scale Fees: We offer the sliding scale as a means of allowing you to self-scholarship, as needed. We leave it entirely up to you to select your point on the scale, and ask you to recognize that the true cost of running the program is approximately in the middle. We count on your integrity in selecting your rate: when you choose a higher amount, you are making it possible for someone of lesser means to pay a lower tuition. In this way, we are working together to help keep the program affordable.
*A note on our Sliding Scale Fees: We offer the sliding scale as a means of allowing you to self-scholarship, as needed. We leave it entirely up to you to select your point on the scale, and ask you to recognize that the true cost of running the program is approximately in the middle. We count on your integrity in selecting your rate: when you choose a higher amount, you are making it possible for someone of lesser means to pay a lower tuition. In this way, we are working together to help keep the program affordable.
a few past class examples below...
Tales of Migration:
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People, birds, and animals have all migrated to different places in changing seasons throughout history. What causes this migration? Why do some stay and some choose to leave? Do birds or animals ever take things with them like humans do while migrating? How do they find shelter, food, or medicine while on the move? How do they know when they are home or are they like turtles, carrying home on their back all the time?
Join us on an adventure through time, exploring nomadic vs stationary life through the lens of humans, birds, and animals. We will get to create shelters for ourselves, along with helpful tools that humans have used for travel for thousands of years. We will learn from the birds and animals that migrate long distances, to see how they survive and make wherever they are a temporary home until they reach their final destination.
Along with building and creating there is always lots of playing games, exploring and adventuring!
Join us on an adventure through time, exploring nomadic vs stationary life through the lens of humans, birds, and animals. We will get to create shelters for ourselves, along with helpful tools that humans have used for travel for thousands of years. We will learn from the birds and animals that migrate long distances, to see how they survive and make wherever they are a temporary home until they reach their final destination.
Along with building and creating there is always lots of playing games, exploring and adventuring!
Fun with HErps!
Herpetology Class: the study of amphibians and reptiles
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Spring Peepers wake up all their friends and announce the end of Winter and early Spring already in late February and early March! Only a few weeks later the American Toads begin singing each night! They also wake up all the nature lovers and herpetologists, telling us a flurry of activity will be starting very soon! Salamanders, frogs, toads, turtles and more, start moving around and very quickly look for friends and mates to start new cycles of life. We'll start to see lots of tadpoles appearing and salamanders moving about, and toads mating like crazy!
This class is an in-depth study of the amazing bio-diversity we have in Monroe County, specifically the high numbers of amphibians and reptiles. We will study the ones that live in our area and learn their songs, behaviours, and habitats. We will see how many we can find and collect data on- do they seem healthy, what size are they, who are they, what habitat are they found in, and more! We will learn how to create healthy habitat for these important ecological indicator species. We will also have a number of field trips, meeting in different locations that host lots of these special creatures.
This class is an in-depth study of the amazing bio-diversity we have in Monroe County, specifically the high numbers of amphibians and reptiles. We will study the ones that live in our area and learn their songs, behaviours, and habitats. We will see how many we can find and collect data on- do they seem healthy, what size are they, who are they, what habitat are they found in, and more! We will learn how to create healthy habitat for these important ecological indicator species. We will also have a number of field trips, meeting in different locations that host lots of these special creatures.