Trailblazers Club
A hands-on Wednesday afternoon club for homeschool kids ages 8 to 12. Real challenges, real friendships, and real fun out on the farm every single week.
Trailblazers is built for older homeschool kids who want more than a worksheet and a circle time. Every Wednesday afternoon is three hours of doing real things with other kids their age. No grades, no homework, no screen time. Just hands-on challenges, fresh air, farm animals, and a whole lot of fun.
Out on the Farm
Sessions use the full Hidden Bee Farm property. Kids are outside, moving through real space, and doing things that can only happen on a working farm.
Hands-On Every Week
Every session involves building something, solving something, or doing something physical. Nothing passive, nothing desk-based.
Made for This Age
8 to 12 is a gap in most programs. Trailblazers is designed specifically for kids who are ready for a real challenge and a little more independence.
Real Friendships
Older homeschool kids need space to build friendships with other kids their age. This is that space, and it shows up every single Wednesday afternoon.
Trailblazers runs on a monthly block system. Each block covers the entire month and is sold as a complete unit. You are not purchasing individual sessions. Choose the months that work for your family, pay a $50 deposit to hold your spot, and your remaining balance is due by July 1, 2026. The deposit is applied toward your total block price, not added on top of it.
This is where it all begins. August is intentionally laid back because kids are coming off summer and this first block is about landing softly, getting to know each other, and figuring out what Trailblazers is all about.
We spend time exploring the farm, playing outdoor games in the shade, and meeting the animals. Kids get to help with evening feeding and by the third session we close out with a full capture the flag game across the farm and s’mores around the fire pit.
Easy start. Good people. Great finish to kick off the semester.
The aliens have already landed. Earth is in chaos. And your kid just got assigned to a survival team.
This is a five-week live action survival simulation set right here on the farm. Every kid is assigned a real role with real responsibilities. Commander. Construction and Shelter. Agriculture and Food Supply. Communications and Intel. Defense. Medical. Each role has actual work to do every single session.
Teams receive a physical supply box. Everything they build, plan, eat, and defend with comes from what is inside it. They will decode coordinates, build real shelter structures on the farm, plan logistics, ration supplies, and respond to new threat reports each week. Missions change every session. The story advances. Kids bring their own snack and the Agriculture team helps manage and distribute food as part of their role.
Think Dungeons and Dragons meets survival challenge meets farm-wide adventure game. It is one of those months kids will still be talking about at the December session.
These are not made-up mysteries. Each session is built around a real cold case adventure game with actual physical evidence, genuine documents, and real clues that detective teams have to work through together.
Kids examine what is in front of them, follow leads, decode information, and build a case theory based on what the evidence actually says. At the end of each case, teams present their findings and debate their conclusions against each other.
Cases are carefully selected to be age-appropriate. Real enough to feel serious and genuinely challenging, with nothing graphic or disturbing. This block rewards patience, sharp thinking, and good teamwork.
Fall break Oct 5 to 9 — first Wednesday of October is off.
Register for Block CEvery kid in this block builds their own motorized robot from scratch. Not a kit that snaps together in ten minutes. A real build starting from components: motors, battery pack, chassis, and wheels, wired and assembled by hand.
Week one is the build. Week two is all about problem solving and modifications because things will not work perfectly the first time and that is exactly the point. Week three is the Engineering Gauntlet where finished robots run a challenge course the kids designed themselves.
At the end of the last session, every kid takes their robot home.
Thanksgiving break Nov 23 to 27 — no session that week.
Register for Block DDecember is intentionally slower and sweeter. Everyone is busy this time of year and Trailblazers in December is meant to feel like a warm, creative afternoon with people you like.
These three sessions are all about making things to take home and give to the people you love. Handmade ornaments, small gifts for family members, and a little holiday fun along the way. We finish the semester together, look back at everything the group did since August, and send everyone home with something they made by hand.
A low-key, feel-good end to a big semester.
Trailblazers Club is led by the same people who built Hidden Bee Learning from the ground up. This is not a rotating staff of part-timers. It is a family, and your kids will know exactly who to expect every single Wednesday.
Ms. Alicia is the founder and Program Director of Hidden Bee Learning. She built this program from the ground up and leads Trailblazers Club with the same hands-on, every-child-matters approach that drives everything at Hidden Bee. She is the one running the sessions, designing the challenges, and making sure every kid leaves on Wednesday feeling like they did something real.
Meet Ms. AliciaMr. David is Ms. Alicia’s husband and lives right here at Hidden Bee Farm. He is the one who knows every animal by name, keeps the property running, and jumps in wherever an extra hand is needed. During Trailblazers, Mr. David is the real backbone of anything that happens outdoors, from evening animal feeding to farm ops challenges to keeping things moving on the property.
Meet Mr. DavidMr. Zac is Ms. Alicia’s son and brings a love of science, history, animals, and hands-on building into everything he does. He is the natural fit for Trailblazers, especially during the Robotics and Engineering block where his curiosity and patience with kids doing real technical work is exactly what the sessions need. The kids love him.
Meet Mr. ZacArrive and Settle In
Kids arrive and have a few minutes of unstructured time before things kick off. This is where the actual friendships form.
Opening Huddle
Every session opens the same way. Quick team check-in, a look at what is happening today, and any shoutouts from last week.
Main Session
The heart of the afternoon. Building, investigating, simulating, creating, or competing depending on the block.
Break and Snack
Mid-session break is built in every week. Kids bring their own snack. Time to breathe and refuel before the second half.
Second Half
Back into the session for the second push. This is usually where things really click and teams find their rhythm.
Closing and Pickup
Every session wraps the same way. Quick debrief, Trailblazer points posted, and a clean send-off before pickup at 5:00.
Deposit
A $50 non-refundable deposit is required per block to hold your spot. This deposit is applied toward your total block price. It is not an additional charge on top of the block price.
Payment Deadline
Full block payment is due by July 1, 2026. Spots not paid in full by that date will be released to the waitlist without exception.
Block Structure
Blocks are purchased by the month, not by individual session. There is no option to register for a single Wednesday within a block.
Minimum Enrollment
Trailblazers Club requires a minimum of 8 enrolled participants to run. If that minimum is not met by July 1, all deposits will be refunded in full.
Session Minimums
Each session requires at least 5 confirmed attendees by Monday noon. If we fall short, the session is rescheduled and your credit rolls forward.
Group Size
Sessions are capped at 12 kids. Spots fill by block, so early registration is the best way to guarantee your place.
Registration is open now and blocks fill up. The $50 deposit is all it takes to hold your spot. If you have questions or want to figure out which blocks make the most sense for your family, we are happy to talk it through.
Questions? Call us at 931-674-1790 and we will talk it through.
