Wolf Gap offers three types of homeschool programs:

  • Canebrake Wildschool, a once-weekly nature school with an emphasis on the arts, nature, and history for K-5 (registration required)

  • Wild Wolves Play Day, a free once-weekly child-led homeschool meetup for all ages

  • Curiosity Club, a once-monthly program offering deeper dives on specific topics in history & science for K-8th (registration required)

Link to Registration Form

Canebrake Wildschool is an all-weather nature school day where children and their caregivers share the joy of exploration in nature and curiosity about the past and present.

Each Canebrake day sets aside time for Arts in Nature, Living History, Natural Science, and Nature Journaling - along with plenty of active play. Canebrake kids should come ready for the weather, rain or shine, cold or heat, and be ready to get dirty or wet!

A day at Canebrake includes:

  • Arts in Nature - Creative projects related to, or using, nature items

  • Living History - Curious discovery of how history is alive all around us

  • Natural Sciences - Scientific inquiry of animals and plants

  • Nature Journaling - a Charlotte Mason style observation of nature

Canebrake meets at Wolf Gap on Tuesdays from 9:30am-2pm.

Wildschool Fall Term 2025 is from September 9 - November 18 (no meeting on October 7 for Fall Break).

Canebrake is an all-weather program, and the caregiver is required to stay with the group. Bring a zero-waste lunch to enjoy as part of our day together.

Younger and older siblings are welcome, but some of our activities will require caregiver attention to the enrolled student. Canebrake programs are best suited for grades K-5.

Canebrake days are led by Wolf Gap staff and volunteers. All supplies are provided and each student will have a supply kit and personal nature journal to use throughout the term.

Families register for the entire term, not for single sessions.

Registration fee is $125 per family, plus $25 per participating child ages 5 and up. Register at the bottom of this page.

Wild Wolves Play Day is a child-led time for exploration, play, and projects. Wild Wolves may spend one day building shelters in the woods, another day creating art from found items, or another day tracking the birds they see and hear - it’s all driven by what catches their interest.

Wild Wolves meet on Wednesdays from 10am-12pm from September 10 - November 19 (no meetup October 8 for Fall Break). This is an all-weather program and is entirely outdoors. Bathrooms are available inside the Wolf Gap Education Center. No registration is required, and there is no cost to attend.

A Wolf Gap volunteer facilitates Wild Wolves Play Days. Caregivers are expected to stay with the group, while giving their children freedom of exploration. Children of all ages are welcome.

Curiosity Club is a once-monthly 90-minute enrichment program with an in-depth focus on a single topic from history, science, art, or nature for students in K-8th grade. Each session includes a lesson portion and a hands-on activity portion.

Curiosity Club meets on the 2nd Friday of each month from 10am-11:30am.

Fall Term 2025:

  • Creek Exploration, September 12

    • Join Jamie Rogers, Professor of Biology at UT-Southern, and come prepared to get your feet wet in the creek! We’ll learn more about what makes a healthy creek, see what critters we can find in the creek at Wolf Gap, and more.

  • Natural Dyes, October 10

    • Learn about how people have been using colors that come from nature, and try it out yourself! Each paying participant will leave with a silk handkerchief that they dyed themselves during our class.

  • Open Hearth Cooking, November 14

    • Join us in our historic cabin for cooking over the open fire. Participants will help make several historic recipes and get to taste them at the conclusion of the class. (Make sure we know about any food allergies in your registration.)

  • Historic Christmas Decorations, December 12

    • They may not have had string lights in centuries past, but they did have lots of winter and Christmastime traditions to bring joy and light into the household. Learn about Christmases in years past and make a few of your own Christmas decorations to take home!

Caregivers & younger siblings may stay with the student, or drop them off.

Registration is required. Registration closes one week before each scheduled program, or closes when the session meets its enrollment limit. Sessions are $15 each.

Register for 4 classes at one time and save $10 on your 4th class. This discount applies for families registering multiple children, or for families signing up for the full 4-session term.

Register at the bottom of this page.

HOMESCHOOL PROGRAMS REGISTRATION

After we’ve received your registration, we will contact you with information about payment for the sessions you’ve registered for. We accept check, cash, or Paypal payments.

Curiosity Club is $15/session or $50/term (4 sessions) if you register one week before the term begins.

Canebrake Wildschool is $125 per family plus $25 per child per term.

Wild Wolves Play Days are free to attend.