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CHILDCARE / TEEN SPACE

The childcare / teen space is open 8am - 6pm on the Friday and Saturday of the conference. It is available for kids ages 3-18. The cost is $38 per day and includes breakfast, lunch and snacks. Child Scholarships are available. All children ages 3 and up must register for the conference at children's rates. Childcare is provided at the conference for children three years old and up. Childcare has room for 70 children only, please register early.

Activities for teens are also offered the Friday and Saturday of the conference. Read more below. Please note: This is a preliminary list of activities; more details and additional activities will be listed in the conference program.

Childcare - Friday, February 26, 2010
It's Circus Time in the theatre! Come discover what happens when the folks of Ee-Aw county take a hankerin' to join the circus that's come to town. It's a hoot! As usual, we'll have costumes for everyone, narrated parts and lines for those who want to learn them and time for simple set design and construction. The performance will be held before the talent show Friday evening. Other activities include clay play, god's eyes, macrame, small loom weaving, facilitated cooperative games, fun obstacle courses, hair wraps, origami, and other farm crafts.

Childcare - Saturday, February 27, 2010
8:00am -12:30pm: Marionette Puppetry (performance for parents before lunch)
11:00am -12:30pm: Sprout Houses (for square inch indoor gardening)
12:30pm - 2:00pm: Lunch with parents
2:00pm - 4:00pm: Basket weaving
4:00pm - 5:30pm: Farm Story (musical improvisation, and group sing-along)

Childcare (ages 3-7)
Activities include cozy reading corner, twister, string games, building blocks, wooden blocks and train track, dress-up clothes, paper creations, coloring, a play room, house building with cloths, and nap care.

Childcare and Youth Workshop Coordinator
Adrienne Caldwell has training in Waldorf Education and has been actively interested in her family, teaching, and organic gardening. She pioneered Wisconsin's first 100% Organic Hot Lunch Program and now makes Organic Sauerkraut and Kim Chi full time for her company Powerkraut. Contact: 608-675-3737, peoplearegood@gmail.com.

Teen Space
A place where "organic" teens get to be the "norm". Young people return to the OFC each year to feel the same camaraderie that adult conference-goers love. So, the education and networking MOSES is known for continues for teens!

Teen space is a place to do crafts, build things or just hang out. Make and Take Workshops will feature: paper marbling, book making, and the ever popular tie-dying.

New this year is the location. The celebrity dressing rooms will provide more comfort and keep the "teen buzz" from distracting other workshops. In addition, join in a teen workshop all about Composting. Find out what it takes to compost more stuff in more places - even schools!

Teen Space Coordinator
Donna Goodlaxson, a "retired" CSA farmer, currently teaches at a Montessori Land School in northwestern Wisconsin. Donna takes a break from her work with urban Junior High students to be "home" at the conference each year. Sara Nagler joins the crew this year. She's known as an enthusiastic supporter of teens and a dedicated home schooler. Everyone interested in teen fun is welcome!