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. 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
*updated 2026-2027 schedule coming soon
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
11:30 Geography
12:00 Poetry and Picture Study
12:30 Parent Pickup/Picnic Lunch at Park
*Literature classes will be reading two 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 creative or written narration.
-Hans Brinker or The Silver Skates by Mary Mapes Dodge
-The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden
*Handwriting classes will focus on both print and cursive. The class will be divided into two groups. I will instruct each group in either print or cursive for 10 minutes while the other group is working independently on copy work. The copyworb passages are from the books we are reading in class. Parents will be able to decide to have their child in the print or cursive group.
*World History classes will be reading several books for our spine text. This year we will be studying the time period of 1800-1900. 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.
-The Story of the Lewis and Clark Expedition by Conrad Stein (Cornerstones of Freedom Series)
-Under the Hawthorn Tree by Marita Conlon-McKenna
-Eiffel's Tower for Young People-The Story of the 1889 World's Fair by Jill Jones
-Emma's Poem The Voice of the Statue of Liberty by Linda Glaser
-The Story of Inventions by Frank P. Bachman
-Select Stories from The Stories of the Nations Volume 2 by Simply Charlotte Mason
*If time allows, we will also read Amos Fortune Free Man by Elizabeth Yates
*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. We will be using the Botany, Astronomy, and Magnets guides from Sabbath Mood. 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 Water Plants & Weeds, Non-Flowering Plants, Amphibians. 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/
*Geography class will be reading from listed books below about Africa. Each week, we will read a short section from the spine text and narrate the reading aloud. We will also complete a mapping exercise for that area of the world.
-Africa is Not a County by Margy Burns Knight
-David Livingstone: African Explorer by John Tiner
*Poetry class will read several selections of poetry from poets who wrote during the 19th century. We will read the poetry aloud, narrate what we heard and discuss any elements of poetry present in the selected piece of poetry.
*Picture Study class will spend time learning about the listed artists. Each week we will either study a print from the artist or be doing an art activity to practice a technique the artist has used in their works. Students will bring their artist print home to enjoy with their families.
-Term 1 Mitchell Bannister
-Term 2 Vincent van Gogh
-Term 3 Lilias Trotter
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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
1:00-4:00 LEGO Class
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.
