2025 Summer Camp at The Homestead Schoolhouse
Make this summer unforgettable at The Homestead Schoolhouse! Our themed Summer Camp weeks offer engaging, creative, and educational experiences for children ages 3 to 7 (including those entering 2nd grade). Each week promises endless fun, from outdoor adventures and fairy tales to exciting science experiments and artistic exploration.
Camp sessions run daily from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., utilizing our indoor Annex space and beautiful outdoor grounds.
Enroll by individual weeks or bundle multiple weeks for greater savings:
1 to 3 weeks: $425 per week
4 to 6 weeks: $400 per week (save $25/week)
7 to 8 weeks: $375 per week (save $50/week, maximum savings!)
2025 - 2026 SCHOOL YEAR ENROLLMENT
Meet our nurturing teachers, tour our classrooms, and learn about our hands-on curriculum. Secure your child’s spot early—limited spaces remain!
We can’t wait to welcome your family!
Our School
The Homestead Schoolhouse is a preschool focused on creating life-long learners, accepting children 2.5 - 5 years. In the heart of the Woodstock neighborhood in southeast Portland, this historic home was built in 1912 and was once the Old Homestead Market and Gallery. We opened our doors in the fall of 2010.
In 2017, we expanded our doors and opened The Homestead Annex (on the corner of 41st and Woodstock), which is an additional space for our younger students. We are looking forward to more great years ahead.
Our Classrooms
This class is designed to familiarize children with school using a play-based curriculum. Throughout the year, students learn to separate from their parents, socialize with their peers, and follow directions. We plan our class time for a lot of play and student-initiated learning. We have table time activities, which include tracing and cutting skills, painting, and color/letter/number/name recognition. Teachers help students to develop their fine and gross motor skills. Students also engage in short circle times with songs, fingerplays, and stories. We provide a mid-morning snack and have outside play time every day. Students must be out of diapers and be 30 months of age before September 1, 2025.
3 - 4 years
This class is held in the mornings 3 days per week with an extended day option. Students are engaged in age-appropriate free-play activities and, throughout the year, learn how to play together, socialize, and problem-solve with peers. The program is more structured during our academic time (small groups), in which they learn letter recognition and sounds. Small group time includes math, science, writing, and art activities. Students continue to practice their writing skills by line/number/letter tracing and name writing. The students have art, music, and Spanish lessons every other week. Circle time includes songs, stories, finger-plays, and theme discussions. Students play outside each day, rain or shine, and frequent nature walks occur. We provide students with a morning snack.
4 - 5 years
This pre-k program prepares students for full-day kindergarten. Play is intentional and extensive. There is more opportunity for student-initiated learning. Our academic time is 50 minutes, which includes small groups (reading, writing, and math). During this time, students also learn to work independently and take responsibility for their learning. Students are engaged in reading books, writing workshops, and age-appropriate math activities. Children read our “weekly readers” and learn high-frequency words each week. They have a weekly writing workshop, where they begin to add detail to their drawing, which moves to labeling and writing sentences. In our math groups, children will work with patterning, sorting, addition, numbers 1-100, and graphing. Students extensively study various science themes throughout the year. Each week, students have advanced art, music, and Spanish lessons. We also learn social-emotional, friendship, problem-solving, and self-regulation skills through our Second Steps program. Students play outside for an hour/day, and we go on longer nature walks (some to Reed College Canyon) throughout the year. We provide a morning and afternoon snack, and students eat lunch at school.
