Registration for Summer 2025, Fall 2025 and Spring 2026 is Now Open!

Please view our offerings under the Tutoring Services page.


Tutoring Services

Neptune's Nest is a home education program located in Neptune Beach, Florida. We offer a variety of part-time tutoring and enrichment programs for homeschool families at our location. All of our classes are designed to be drop-off classes. During the school year, we will offer a space for other family members to stay and work on their other course work with their parent. If you have any questions about any of our classes, please email neptunesnestresources@gmail.com

Our location is 2108 Bay Road Neptune Beach, FL 32266

All classes are paid for through StepUp for Students EMA portal under Neptune's Nest.

Tutoring Services

We provide Kindergarten-8th grade students with private and group tutoring for reading, literature, history and science. 

Private Lessons are at a rate of $45 for each thirty minute session. Private lessons are offered for phonics and reading instruction. Please contact us to find a tutoring time that works best for your schedule.

Group Tutoring sessions will be provided once a week. Students have the option to attend a 9:00-1:00 session or to only attend specific classes. 


2025-2026 CLASS SCHEDULE

Fall Classes Aug 20-Dec 10, 2025

Fall Break is Nov 26 

Spring Classes Jan 7-May 20

Spring Break is April 1


Group Tutoring Sessions

9:00-1:00 Group Tutoring

Students in this program will attend class once a week on Wednesdays from 9:00-1:00 at a rate of $2,600 a year for each student. All supplies for the program are included in the price. This program is designed for 4th-6th grade students. Students will complete all of their coursework during the program and will not have assignments to complete at home. This is a drop-off program. 

9:00 Hymn Study and Recitation

9:10 Literature Class

9:40 Handwriting 

10:00 World History Class

11:00 Science Class

12:00 Poetry and Composer Study

12:30 Parent Pickup/Picnic Lunch at Park


Individual Classes 

Students only needing specific classes will register using this option. These classes will be provided once a week for an hour each in history, science and literature at a rate of $140 a month for each class.


Fall 2025 Classes

Wednesday Classes Start August 20

10:00-11:00 World History

11:00-12:00 Science

2:00-3:00 Literature Club


Spring 2026 Classes

Wednesday Classes Start Jan 7

10:00-11:00 World History

11:00-12:00 Science

2:00-3:00 Literature Club


*Science classes will be using Sabbath Mood's Form 2 Science curriculum. You can learn more about that curriculum by clicking here. This class is for 4th-6th graders. Fall Classes will be using the Chemistry & Weather lessons. Spring Classes will use the Weather & Physics: Energy lessons. Each class we will read from the spine text, orally narrate the reading, conduct a hands-on activity and make an entry in our science journal to include drawings, charts and/or write a narration to explain what happened during the activity. We will end our time together by learning about a Special Study topic and nature journaling. Our Special Studies rotation this year will be Wildflowers & Reptiles, Deciduous Trees & Mammals, Cultivated Crops & Birds. We will have a short reading, exploration time with pictures, field guides or specimens and then we will practice different nature journaling techniques. 

Nature journaling lessons will come from How To Teach Nature Journaling by John Muir Laws and Emily Lygren. This book is free to download with the link below if your family would like to have a copy of their own.


https://johnmuirlaws.com/product/how-to-teach-nature-journaling/


*World History classes will be reading Stories of the Nations Volume 1 from Simply Charlotte Mason as our spine text. This year we will be studying the time period of 1650-1800. This class is for 4th-6th graders. Each class we will read a section of our spine text supplemented with historical articles and images, orally narrate the reading, study maps of events taking place in the reading, chart historical events in their Book of Centuries and write a written narration of the day's reading. Click here to download the table of contents for our spine text.

*Literature classes will be reading three different books over the course of the school year. This class is for 4th-8th graders. Each class we will read a few chapters together, orally narrate the reading with a variety of narration prompts, enjoy a cup of tea and a treat and end our time together completing a hands-on activity that brings to life that day's reading or doing a creative narration.

-The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

-The King of the Wind by Marguerite Henry 

-Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes or The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis


CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR THE 2025-2026 SCHOOL YEAR! 

Enrichment Programs

Our enrichment programs offer an opportunity for your child to pursue an interest in science, baking, sewing, natural history and gardening. These programs will be offered throughout the year. Stay tuned for the schedule and to see which programs will best meet your child's needs.

2025 SUMMER SCHEDULE

June 16-June 19, 2025

9:00-12:00 Science Class-FULL

1:00-4:00 LEGO Class-FULL


June 23-June 26, 2025

9:00-12:00 Science Class-FULL

1:00-4:00 LEGO Class- FULL

*Science Class is an experience that allows children to become a junior scientist. Come join us for four days of exciting hands-on fun! This class will feature a variety of games, scientific experiments and exploration opportunities. Get ready to roll up your sleeves and explore botany, oceanography, and entomology! We will dissect plants, plant seeds in terrariums that you get to take home, discover the fascinating world of shell-dwelling creatures and create insect habitats so we can investigate our 6-legged friends up close. This class will be an exciting adventure learning about the natural world we live in. Science class is $200 for all four classes. This includes all materials for class and a daily snack. Grades 3rd-8th. This is a drop-off class.

*LEGO Class is a 3 hour class that allows children to become an architect for four days. During our excitement-packed LEGO class, creativity and imagination come alive through a project based city-building adventure! Each day we will learn about different aspects of architecture through books, hands-on demonstrations and architectural videos of some of the world's most famous buildings. Children will be given individual challenges to build a city block in a futuristic city. We will combine all of their city blocks to create an entire LEGO City. LEGO class is $200 for all four classes. This class includes all materials for class and a daily snack. LEGO creations cannot be taken home because we reuse the LEGOs for other classes. We encourage you to take pictures and videos of your child's creations. Grades 3rd-8th. This is a drop-off class.


Here is the application process to enroll your child in Summer Classes:

1. Complete the application linked below. You will receive an email with a completed copy of your application.
 
2. Next, you will receive a confirmation email from us telling you whether we have openings in the class and confirming your registration. 

3. Then, we will send you the information for how to reserve funds for the class through the StepUp portal.