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Details:
Who: Preschool (3-5) & K-6th Grade Where/When: 2 campus locations
How Much:
- Tuesdays - Vertical Chapel in Kyle, TX from 9-3 (starting Sep. 2026)
- Thursdays - Cypress Creek Church in Wimberley, TX from 9-3
How Much:
- Tuition: $175/month per child ($160/sibling)
- Family Security Fee: $25/month (Wimberley campus only)
- Registration/Supply Fee: $100 per child due once a year upon registration.
- We ask for parents to volunteer 2-4 times throughout the year.
Program Overview
The Orchard meets one day a week for a drop off enrichment program based on themed unit studies. We do not assign any work to do outside of this day, but we may give suggestions to build off of at home if you choose.
Program Details, Educational philosophy, Curriculum, sample Schedule, FIeld Trip Info, FAQs
Program Details
Charlotte Mason suggested three “instruments” of education: the atmosphere of environment, the discipline of habit, and the presentation of living ideas.
Every child is an image bearer of God and has been bestowed with natural powers of curiosity, imagination, retention, and assimilation of knowledge. Our job as teachers is to lay a broad feast of learning through living books, nature study, music & art, physical movement, and habit training to feed their mind, heart, and body.
“The process of learning is dynamic, creative, imaginative. Learning becomes for the child an act of making connections, combining them with meaningful structures, and then applying those structures to new and novel situations.” -Jack Beckman from When Children Love to Learn
We lay a rich feast of learning on a variety of subjects. Our curriculum is literature based meaning we will use quality picture books to deliver the content for most subjects. We will also plan open-ended, playful activities that engage the imagination and expand on lessons taught. There will be monthly themes for history, science, nature study, book club, & culture study which you may extend at home if you wish. These themes are chosen and communicated to our parents before the program begins in September.
Educational Philosophy & Curriculum
A day at the Orchard will include
Plenty of time Outside
Reading
Great Books
Character Development
Art & Creative Expression
Nature Study
Culture Study
Math Games
History
Art
9:00-9:20 Arrive and choose table work (Lego, art, etc.)
9:20-9:45 Morning Time: Pray, Give Thanks, Character Work (Practice skills such as good listening, respecting boundaries, showing compassion)
9:45-10:30 (45 Minutes) - History
10:30-11:15 (45 Minutes) - Art
11:15-12:00 (45 Minutes) - Book Club
12:00-1:00 Lunch and Free Play Outside
1:00-1:30 (30 Minutes) - Nature Study/Culture Study (we rotate these subjects each year)
1:30-2:00 (30 Minutes) - Math
2:00-2:30 (30 Minutes)- Science - HAVE SNACK
2:30-3:00 - Play outside until Pickup
Sample Schedule
Monthly Field Trips
We know you want to take your kids on all the field trips. It may even be what drew you to homeschooling in the first place. Let's face it, sometimes they can end up feeling like another to do list item that you do not have time for.
We will plan one field trip a month to places like The Wildflower Center's Fortlandia, Glass Bottom Boat Tours at the Meadow's Center, The Snake Farm in New Braunfels.... these will fun!