Homeschool Enrichment Programs
Nature-based play, learning, and connection for ages 5-18
Our Vision
We envision a world where children are inspired to run through woods and parks with more joy and curiosity than they find on a screen. We create immersive experiences in nature that awaken wonder, resilience, and a deep sense of belonging.
The Kiva Center Homeschool Enrichment Programs' mission is to inspire lifelong learners who are dedicated to positive action in their communities. By nurturing socio-emotional well-being in community and teaching practical life skills, we empower the next generation to understand their innate interconnectedness with the land and cultivate the knowledge and skills needed for regenerative living.
Our Homeschool Enrichment program brings this mission to life through outdoor immersion, community-centered social-emotional development, and hands-on skills that foster responsible stewardship of the Earth. At The Kiva Center, we seek to rekindle a deep sense of home within the natural world that lives in every human being.
We offer multi-age groups including:
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Mondays - New Middle Age Group: Ages 10-14
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Tuesdays - Mixed-Age Community Days: Ages 5-12
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Fridays - Eagles: Ages 12-18
The Homeschool Enrichment Programs take place on our beautiful 80-acre site in Lefthand Canyon, only ten minutes from Boulder. This stunning natural gathering place is situated where creek, prairie, and mountains meet. With its towering rock formations, dense pine forests, and the soothing flow of Lefthand Creek, the land provides an ideal, immersive environment for exploration, learning, and connection.
About Our Programs
BLUEJAYS
Ages 10-14
Mondays
On Mondays, our middle-age group gathers for a day designed to support the unique developmental stage between childhood and adolescence. Students ages 10–14 are invited to take on deeper challenges, strengthen their independence, and build meaningful connections with peers as they explore the land together. Students engage in Kiva’s Adventure Quest skill tracks, developing practical wilderness and creative skills through hands-on projects such as tracking, herbalism, fire skills, shelter building, and nature crafts. At this stage, participants take on more complex projects and greater responsibility, collaborate with peers, deepen their skills, and begin to step into leadership within the community with guidance and support from mentors. Like our mixed-age programs, students will participate in a weekend adventure day each semester. In the spring, this experience will extend into an overnight camping experience, offering a special opportunity for students to deepen their connection to the land, practice outdoor living skills, and prepare for the more immersive wilderness experiences offered in our teen program. This offers a taste of more in-depth exploration, building anticipation for future adventures.
LEOPARD FROGS
Ages 5-12
Tuesdays
On Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, our multi-age groups gather to explore the land, reconnect with friends, and grow together in a supportive learning community. Children ages 5–12 benefit from learning alongside peers of varying ages, building friendships while practicing mentorship, teamwork, and collaboration. Students engage in Kiva’s Adventure Quest skill tracks, exploring areas such as land awareness, herbalism, fire building, shelter construction, and nature crafts through hands-on projects and play-based discovery. Activities are adapted to meet children at their developmental stage, allowing younger students to build foundational skills while older students deepen their understanding through practice and problem-solving. Each day follows a balanced rhythm of community circle, exploration, project time, service on the land, free play, and reflection. Children are welcome to enroll in any number of days, and each day offers a unique experience shaped by the interests of the group and the skills and passions of the mentoring team. Each semester includes a weekend adventure day, shared with the middle-age group. In the spring, students ages 10–12 in this group are also invited to continue the adventure into the overnight camping experience alongside the middle-age group.
EAGLES
Ages 12+
Fridays
On Fridays, the Eagles gather to deepen their skills, independence, and leadership as they grow into young stewards of the land. Students in this group engage more deeply in Kiva’s Adventure Quest skill tracks, refining their abilities in areas such as wilderness survival, land stewardship, traditional crafts, and ecological awareness. At this stage, participants are invited to take greater ownership of projects, collaborate in meaningful ways with their peers, and contribute to the care of the land and the broader community. Through mentorship and hands-on experience, students strengthen resilience, creativity, and confidence while developing practical life skills. Each semester culminates with an Immersion Excursion Wilderness Experience, where students apply their learning during an extended outdoor adventure.
Join Us for an Upcoming Open House
Thursday, August 6
4:00-5:30PM
Attend an Open House to tour the land and learn more about our Fall 2026/Spring 2027 Homeschool Enrichment Program. To RSVP: https://forms.gle/xauoZU6kvGWjQRvRA
Nature Connected Play/Hands-on Learning
A balanced approach to structured and unstructured nature connected activities awaken and attune children's senses to their world, deepen their curiosity and compassion for the Earth, and tap into their intuition.
The hands-on skill-building are practical in nature, helping kids to feel empowered to overcome challenges while gaining knowledge and abilities for environmental stewardship. May include survival, traditional arts, archery, tracking, and naturalist knowledge.
Socio-Emotional Learning
Curative Storytelling: Using metaphor and patterning, children are guided re-frame traumatic or unhelpful inner-narratives so they can blossom into stories of healing and growth.
Sit Spots: A daily ritual where each child chooses a special spot to visit to engage in quiet and contemplative reflection and observation of their inner world in relation to their surroundings.
Community Council: A social technology to practice deep listening, sharing and honoring unique perspectives as well as a way to build trust, and resolve conflicts while speaking and listening from the heart.
Service-Centered Leadership
A special time of each day where children get real, hands-on experience helping out with a project on the land such as chopping wood, making tea, planting, land stewardship, and other general community care projects.
Groups also periodically take field trips that include acts of service for other organizations such as assisting in processing honey, preparing meals for working animals, collecting eggs, and more.
The kids love attending the program and seem to be thriving. We also enjoy getting to know all of the other families, since it feels like we share many ideals around how we raise and educate our children. Kiva also feels very supportive with our vision of education. - Parent
The experiences my daughter has had over the past three years have grown her self-confidence, empathy for others, friendships and skills. She loves everything she does at Kiva and the mentors are incredibly supportive.
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We love Kiva! Our kiddo has had a great time and loves the opportunity to be outdoors, do fun activities, socialize with peers, and learn about the natural world. We also appreciate how kind and supportive the mentors have been and are glad to have him in such a nurturing space. - Parent
