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		Earth School Workshops and courses, in operation since 1999, are designed for children of all ages to explore the many arts and dynamics of human life. Programs are conducted both indoors in schools, and outdoors in nature. The name “Earth School” comes from the Native American understanding that the planet can be the best classroom, and nature the best teacher. Earth School aims to foster respect for the planet and its people, to engender trust, and to promote teamwork, confidence and a sense of self. Academic programs, compliant with NY State Core Curriculum requirements, bring alive world cultures and environmental awareness by incorporating art, theater, movement, music, stories, games, and exercises. Within this multi-sensory approach to education, Earth School provides a safe and supportive environment for natural learning and discovery. Programs based at Hilltop Hanover Farm in Yorktown, NY, balance essential academic subjects with sustainable living practices. Also integrated into all activities is the development of core qualities that are the building blocks for responsible human beings, such as respect, value, care, and patience. The teaching staff exemplifies the highest caliber of experience and training, and all share the same dedication to helping children unlock their natural genius. Earthschool Programs for Homeschoolers at Hilltop Hanover Farm Download Earth School Forms for 2008-2009 School Year School Registration 2008 - 2009 Tuition Contact Information Medical Information Parent Letter Tuition Agreement (Free Adobe Acrobat Reader required for downloads) April 1 - June 2nd, 2008 SGITW presents Outdoor Educational Programs at Hilltop Hanover Farm, Afterschool and for Pre-schoolers. Download Brochure, Registration form and Medical Release   (Free Adobe Acrobat Reader required) Brochure Registration Form
		"The main goal of Earth School is to find the ways to help children reconnect with their natural genius, through the basic use of all their human faculties, while developing higher standards, principles, teamwork and a stronger sense of self. Workshops and courses are about switching on the senses, learning to trust the instinct, and re-engendering natural ways of being, so that qualities like respect, thankfulness, awe, and value are a natural response. This work is based on over 20 years of research, through theatre and ceremony, from ancient and indigenous cultures, with people of all ages and backgrounds, in which it’s been discovered that most humans learn best through hands-on experience, rather than only through books and words on paper. Earth School is dedicated to keeping alive the essential understandings and experiential knowledge that tribal peoples all over the world have always sought to promote. Earth School has no political or religious motive, but tries to encompass the best of all ways, practices and traditions that are productive and useful to all humans."
		Barbara Sarbin has a BA in Theatre Arts with Honors from Brown University, and has performed as a professional Actress, Dancer, Singer, Mime and Movement Artist, Comedienne and Monologist on stage, television, and in film for over 20 years. She has taught extensively both in schools and universities, as well as independently, and as an invited lecturer throughout the New York area. Earth School workshops and presentations have been conducted in public and private schools, for home-schooled children, and in nature centers in Westchester and Putnam Counties, New York City, and Connecticut. Barbara Sarbin is on the Westchester Arts Council Roster of Artists. Resumes and letters of reference are available upon request. For more information about Barbara Sarbin and her work click here.
		For information about Earth School, please contact Barbara Sarbin Telephone: 914-217-9249 • Fax: 914-737-8761 Top of page

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