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Monday 8am - 5pm Tuesday 8am - 4pm Wednesday 8am - 5pm Thursday 8am - 5pm Friday 8am - 5pm

Canterbury Creek Farm Preschool

Canterbury Creek Farm Preschool is located on an 11 acre farm in Ada, near Grand Rapids, MI. Learn more about our class sessions or enroll today!

We offer classes for ages 3-5 year-olds as well as Summer Camp sessions for 3-6 year olds. Our 11 acre farm, with its woods, nature trails, fields, child planted gardens, fruit trees, barnyard and schoolhouse, provides opportunities for a vast amount of meaningful first-hand learning experiences. Our 3 hour days may include activities such as planting, caring for, harvesting and preserving foods,

Operating as usual

03/04/2025

We have two immediate openings starting as early as this week! If you are interested, please email us over at [email protected]! We would love to welcome you into the farm school family🐑🩵

02/28/2025

Farm School Summer Camp registration opens to the public on Monday, March 3rd at 9am on our website! Spots will be filling up fast so make sure that you register soon. We can’t wait to see you all at farm camp🐓♥️

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02/11/2025

On February 4th at 1:30pm we gained two tiny additions to Farm School! Buttercup gave birth to her second set of twins and is already such an amazing mama. They are both girls and still unnamed so please give us all of your name suggestions💕

02/05/2025

Summer camp registration opens at 9am on March 3rd! Don’t miss out on a magical summer at the farm☀️🐷🐓Sign up for a registration reminder here: https://adafarmschool.com/summer-camp-reminder/

01/22/2025

We are closed January 22, 2025. Hope everyone is staying safe! A lot of students brought snow inside to play with today! ❄️

01/21/2025

Canterbury Creek Farm School will be closed Tuesday, January 21st because of extreme weather conditions. Be safe and stay warm!

01/15/2025

Hello! We are in search of a few sleds with a rope so that students can pull items around on the flat ground. Please let us know if you have any you no longer need, thank you!

01/07/2025

Welcome back! The animals have missed their snacks from the students. We hope you had a nice holiday break! 🐴🐷🐐🐓🐑🐮🦙🌾

12/19/2024

Thank you so much to everyone who participated in the Santa Claus Girls donation drive! We appreciate our farm school families and all of their support to this organization. Happy Holidays☃️

12/12/2024

12/07/2024

Update! She is back home and safe with her family!

Please help. Looking for Penny. She is my friends puppy who visiting from Chicago. Last seen in Timber Bluff off Buttrick. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

12/05/2024

School is closed today because of the winter storm. Please be safe today!

11/27/2024

We have openings in most of our afternoon sessions for the 2025-2026 school year. Please register on our website: www.adafarmschool.com

11/26/2024

Welcome to the farm, Jack! This handsome Nigerian Dwarf goat is visiting for a few weeks to hang out with Oreo and Cake Pop. Goats have a 5 month gestation. Fingers crossed for spring kids! 🤞

11/14/2024

Registration is now open for the 2025-2026 school year! We accept ages 3-5 years old. Please visit our website adafarmschool.com to register, thank you!

11/13/2024

Registration for the Sept 2025-May 2026 school year will open tomorrow at 9 am on our website: www.adafarmschool.com

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11/09/2024

It’s another girl! Mable was born the day of our Halloween party on 10/30/24. Many of our teachers witnessed the birth and all of the families got to meet a very fresh newborn at the party. She is already loving running around with Millie Moo, who was born on 10/11/24.

11/09/2024

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Our Story

Our 11 acre farm, with its woods, Nature Trails, fields, child planted gardens, fruit trees, barnyard and schoolhouse, provides opportunities for a vast amount of meaningful first-hand learning experiences. Our 3 hour days may include activities such as planting, caring for, harvesting and preserving foods, tracking wild animals in the snow, and watching the birthing of baby animals and caring for them as they grow. Observing insects and their habits, making our own butter, cheese or applesauce are also part of the program.

Individual Growth in the self, social and cognitive areas is stimulated through varied activities, including creative dramatics, arts and crafts, music experiences, puppet plays, creative movement and science experiments. Pre-readiness reading, writing and math skills are presented in a relaxed, fun appropriate format to match varied developmental needs. Special activities like horse rides, cookouts, hikes, and scavenger hunts provide added variety to our unique learning programs.

Our Philosophy is to help children gain love and respect for our world. It is our hope that they will develop responsibility for all living things, including their peers. We believe children can Learn about their community and about humanity outside, as well as, inside the classroom. Learn more about our class sessions or enroll today!