Friday Feature: Happy Hens Farm and Forest School

Colleen Hroncich

Maggie Van Camp’s son started her on her homeschooling journey. Since Maggie was a kindergarten teacher, he didn’t understand why he was in a different kindergarten class. “He started telling all of our family that he’s going to be homeschooled for first grade. He’s not going to school,” Maggie recalls. At first, she and her husband were taken aback, not even sure where he’d heard about homeschooling. They decided to try it for a year.

“It was a great experience.