Fall 2024 Program Details & Schedule
Where
The Lost Pines Learning Collective
351 Ponderosa Loop
Paige, TX 78659
When
Tuesday mornings from 9:30a-1:30p for (10) weeks starting September 17 and ending December 3.* There will also be an optional afternoon session from 1:30p-3:30p.
*No Program Sessions held on Oct. 22 or Nov. 26.
Who's Teaching
Fall 2024 Educator
Program Schedule
9:30a
Social Studies with
Financial Literacy
10:30a
STEAM
with Music Focus
11:30a
ELA
Story Building
12:30p
Lunch Break
Free Play
1:30p
Afternoon
Optional Session
3:30p
Our day
together ends!
Afternoon Sessions
Ashley
Houston Toad Expert
9.24 | Visit with the Lost Pines Habitat Conservation team and the department’s Wildlife Biologist. Learn about Houston Toad conservation and build toad houses with us!
Katie
Prairie Ecosystem Expert
10.1 | Our friend from the LCRA is coming to share about the importance of the Colorado River to our ecosystem, and how we can help take care of it. Come for a water testing demo, and then test your own water samples too!
Larry
Photographer
10.8 | Fall Picture Day! LPLC is partnering with a local photographer to provide fall photo packages for Schoolhouse Weekly's homeschoolers. Packages and pricing shared via email!
Courtney
Beekeeper
10.15 | Local farmer, beekeeping expert, and homeschool mom is bringing an observation hive. Learn about bee biology, their important role in the ecosystem, and more! Then build your own winter bee houses to take home.
Mystery Guest
Fall Celebration
10.29 | Enjoy the fall weather with some afternoon fun! Spooky stories with S'mores around the fire pit. Learn about owls and even build an owl house if you want! Costumes encouraged.
Kristen
Hyperrealist Painter
11.5 | Visit with fine artist and painter Kristen Young. Have a chance to learn from her how to build color and texture with paint, and create your own masterpiece!
Juliana
Bug Mom
Join the Girl Scout Troop Leader and entomology enthusiast for a bug hunt and learn about the life cycle of holometabolic insects. Learners can build a habitat and take home a larva to observe the life cycle firsthand.
Gabe
Storm Chaser
11.19 | Weather expert and filmmaker is speaking to us about some of Mother Nature’s most fantastic weather events. Watch him create a tornado with his own tornado machine! Then learn how to read the clouds, and the tell-tale signs of a storm on the way.
End-of-Season
Ceremony
12.3 | Our last class together we will learn about the transition from Fall into Winter. We will share our accomplishments from the season and our wishes for the future. And then offer up gifts to one another in celebration of the end of the Fall season in a craft gift exchange.
