Taylor is now offering one-on-one & small group mentoring and workshop sessions

Mentoring sessions for adults & children ages 6+

Who are mentoring sessions intended for?

Children: Mentoring sessions are for children who thrive learning through 1:1 mentoring and love working with their hands in a nature-based context. Because working with the hands is supportive to emotional regulation, self-discovery, and growing confidence/ sense of efficacy, these sessions are intended to be therapeutic in nature. Though these sessions are open to any children, not only Earth School students, these sessions may also be beneficial for Earth School students who have a readiness and excitement to hone their abilities and dive deeper on a certain skill building area or topic covered at Earth School.

Adults: Mentoring sessions with Taylor are intended for adults who are looking for 1:1 mentoring to develop homesteading/construction/earth skills (see below for a list of possible focus areas) and who thrive learning outdoors. These sessions are self-directed by the person receiving mentoring, based on the areas of interest Taylor and the individual identify.

Taylor also offers land consultations for individuals looking, instead, for support developing their own homestead or who are aspiring to homestead. Reach out to him at Taylor@faunaforestfarm.org for more information.

Some of the skill-building areas Taylor will offer mentorship in include:

*Construction, woodworking, whittling

*Permaculture and gardening

*Grafting trees

*Spoon-making

*Processing nuts

*Using an apple press & making apple cider

*Maple tree tapping & maple syrup-making

*Fire-building and fire-tending

*Primitive fire-making (by bow drill)

*Rotational grazing of cattle

*Solar system installation and management

*Orchard design

*Operating a saw mill (milling boards to take home, if desired)— Adults only

Mushroom log ID

Construction and woodworking skills

Rates

1:1 Mentoring Session with 1 person (child or adult): $60 for 1 hr; $100 for 2 hrs

Mentoring Session with small group of children (up to 4 children): $100 for 1 hour; $150 for 2 hrs (cost split among families of all participating families)

Workshop Session with small group of adults (up to 5): $85 for 1 hour; $125 for 2 hrs (cost split between all participating adults)

*All materials included

*Those receiving mentoring sessions identify the skill building areas they would like to work on