MindGarden Learning

05/28/2026

School’s OUT but the Jungle is IN-side where the AC is keeping things cool with no bugs 🙃 Come Play Every Tuesday!!

☀️🌿 SUMMER OPEN PLAY THEME DAYS ARE HERE! 🌿☀️

Every Tuesday this summer we’re adding a little extra fun to Open Play with optional dress-up themes for the kids 🎉

From Safari Day to Pajama Party Day, families are invited to wear something fun that matches the theme — but no pressure if you just want to come play 😊

We’ll also have a few silly photo-op props available if your crew wants to snap some cute pictures in front of our jungle mural 📸🐒

Open Play is perfect for ages 1–12 and gives kids a chance to climb, slide, explore, pretend play, build forts, and burn off some summer energy indoors before nap time 😅

🥨 Feel free to bring snacks or lunch and stay the whole morning!

🕘 Tuesdays | 9 AM–Noon
💲 $10 per child | Babies free
📍 Jungle Fun Center — Hixson

Which theme day are your kids MOST excited about?! 👀
https://junglefuncenter.com/summer-open-play/

05/22/2026

A lot of parents already KNOW they don’t want to yell, shame, threaten, punish, or constantly power struggle with their kids.

So they try to be calmer.
Gentler.
More respectful.
More connected.

…but then their child STILL escalates.
Still refuses.
Still melts down.
Still shuts down.
Still screams about math 😅

And suddenly parents are left thinking:
“Okay… but now what?”

Because most parenting advice stops right there.

Especially for homeschoolers.

There’s no bell to ring.
No class transition.
No peer pressure keeping things moving.
Just you, your child, the emotional storm, and a math book sitting untouched on the table.

This Saturday at HeartGarden, I’m going to walk through 3 real-life parenting scenarios and offer 3 different relationship-based ways to move THROUGH these moments without losing the relationship:

🌿 safely supporting emotional expression & containment
🌿 moving into play without using distraction or permissiveness
🌿 creative ways to support learning and regulation during homeschool struggles

Not perfect parenting.
Not magic scripts.
Just real examples of what this can actually look like in everyday family life 💚

📅 This Saturday
⏰ 9:00–11:00 AM
📍 Jungle Fun Center (bring your kids!)
💛 $35 per family
https://mindgardenlearning.com/events/

05/21/2026

🌿 What a beautiful year this has been.

This little group of children became a true school family — learning together, playing together, caring for butterflies and tadpoles, listening to stories, singing folksongs, making art, asking endless questions, and growing in ways both visible and invisible.

One of the things I love most about MindGarden is that it never feels like children are being rushed through childhood. There is room here for wonder, relationship, movement, imagination, meaningful work, and joyful learning. Watching these children settle into relationship with one another, with nature, with stories, and with the world around them has been such a gift.

I’m incredibly grateful to our families for trusting us with their children this year, and deeply thankful for Miss Jessica, whose warmth, steadiness, creativity, and love for children helped shape our classroom every week. 💚

As we look ahead to next year, we still have a few openings remaining for families who feel drawn to this kind of learning environment.

MindGarden is an inclusive, relationship-centered homeschool enrichment program inspired by Charlotte Mason, developmental science, attachment theory, play, nature, living books, art, music, and meaningful connection. We meet children as whole people — not just students.

If you’ve been curious about MindGarden, I’d love to meet you. Families interested in next fall are welcome to reach out to schedule a tour, visit the space, and chat with me (Miss B!) about whether MindGarden might be a good fit for your child and family. 🌱

We are also beginning to look for additional adults to grow alongside us as our community expands — teachers, assistants, and caring mentors who genuinely enjoy children and resonate with our philosophy. You do not need a traditional teaching degree. We’re much more interested in adults who are warm, emotionally grounded, collaborative, capable of leading children with kindness and confidence, and excited about creating an atmosphere of wonder and belonging.

Thank you to everyone who helped make this first year so special. The roots of something beautiful are growing here. 🌿

05/19/2026

Hey! It’s me — Carrie! 👋🌈

The person usually running around behind Homeschool 100 with a phone camera, scanning QR codes, asking if anyone needs water or bandaids, and answering all the kids’ questions about where shoes go, what the fish’s names are, and whether it’s okay to climb the walls 😂

As we wrap up this year of Homeschool 100, I just want to say THANK YOU x100!!

Thank you to every homeschool family who came to play, connect, laugh, chase kids through the jungle, reheat coffee 100 times, and help make these afternoons feel so full of life and community. 💛

What started as “100 minutes of play” became so much more:
✨ friendships
✨ conversations between parents
✨ kids finding their people
✨ local businesses connecting with homeschool families
✨ and a whole lot of beautiful chaos

A HUGE thank you to all of our amazing sponsors this year for helping make these events possible:

🌿 MindGarden Learning
🧩 Pieces of Learning - Chattanooga
🧁 Maddy Cakes TN
🦅 HappiNest Raptor Rescue
🤸 The Flip Spot Gym
🌲 Woodlands Educational Initiative
🧶 The Knot and Needle Fiber Arts
🐒 Jungle Fun Center

If you attended this year, we’d LOVE for you to go follow these businesses and show them some support online. Local businesses pouring into homeschool community spaces truly matters.

We’re already planning next school year’s Homeschool 100 events!
Previous sponsors may reserve their spots now, and if there’s a local business you’d love to see featured next year, send us their name! 👀

AND… ☀️ Summer Open Play at Jungle Fun starts soon!
If your kids still need to burn energy this summer (they do 😂), come see us.

Also — if Homeschool 100 has meant something to your family this year, the BEST way to support Jungle Fun Center is:
⭐ leaving a review
🎉 booking a birthday party
📣 telling your friends about us

Thank you for helping us build something joyful for homeschool families here in Chattanooga. 💚

05/18/2026

📚✏️ We kept it 100 all school year… now it’s time to PARTY. 🎉

One last Homeschool 100 before summer break ☀️

Come celebrate the end of the school year with:
🎈 a balloon drop
🏴‍☠️ a treasure chest piñata
📸 the most ridiculously fun homeschool photo op ever

We’re talking:
“KEEPIN’ IT 100”
“100 reheated coffees”
“100 snacks later”
“Mentally at summer break”
and enough silly props to make your camera roll absolutely unhinged 😂

Mustaches. Hats. Summer glasses. Signs. Chaos. Memories.

This is basically a homeschool family yearbook photo… if yearbook photos were taken at a jungle birthday party with tired moms, sugared-up kids, and somebody wearing a fake mustache upside down.

✨ FREE for homeschool families
✨ 100 minutes of play
✨ You must register
✨ Every family gets a code for $25 OFF a Jungle Fun birthday party

If your kids need one last hurrah with their homeschool friends before everyone disappears into summer mode — this is it 💚

Register here:
https://mindgardenlearning.com/events/

05/14/2026

🎉 One last Homeschool 100 before summer break! 🌴☀️

Join us Monday, May 19 for 100 minutes of free play, connection, cotton candy, balloons, a piñata, and an end-of-year party in the jungle! 🐒🎈

Whether you’ve come all year or have been meaning to check it out, this is the perfect time to visit, let the kids play, and see the space homeschool families have been enjoying together all year long. 💛

📍Hosted at Jungle Fun Center
🕝 2:30–4:10 PM
🎟 Free, but registration is required
🌿 Ages baby–teen welcome

Let’s send this school year off with a little extra fun. ✨

05/12/2026

🌿 A little reminder for our homeschool community — MindGarden Learning is tucked inside Jungle Fun Center right here in Hixson… and a lot of people have no idea what’s hiding inside that building until they walk through the doors. 😄

This month’s Homeschool 100 is our LAST one of the school year, and it’s the perfect chance to come play, connect, and finally see the space for yourself before summer starts. ☀️

Inside is a huge immersive jungle play space designed for kids to move, imagine, climb, and play hard — especially helpful on those blazing hot Tennessee summer days when everyone needs somewhere to GO. 😂

And honestly? It’s also a really fun place to keep in mind for:
🎉 birthday parties
🦁 summer playdates
🎈 family celebrations

We’ll have an end-of-year party feel this month with cotton candy, balloons, a piñata, and a fun photo spot by the rainbow jungle mural to send the kids into summer break well-played and happy. 💛

If you’ve been meaning to come check it out, this is a great one to join us for.
Registration required: https://mindgardenlearning.com/events/

Pssst… we’re hiding in plain sight!
You might drive right by Jungle Fun Center without even realizing it—but step inside, and it’s a whole jungle of fun!
Our party space is WAY bigger than it looks from the outside (seriously—everyone says so). Perfect for birthdays, baby showers, and letting kids run wild!
Want to take a look? Call or text us—we’d love to show you around. 📞423.281.8088

05/10/2026

🎉 One last Homeschool 100 before summer break! 🌴☀️

Come celebrate the end of the homeschool year with us at Jungle Fun Center for 100 minutes of FREE play for homeschool families of all ages.

We’re turning this month into a big end-of-year party with:
🍭 cotton candy
🎈 balloons
🪅 a piñata
📸 fun photo ops
🌿 and lots of jungle play

Whether you’ve been with us all year or this will be your first visit, we’d love to celebrate with you before everyone heads into summer adventures.

🗓 Tuesday, May 19
⏰ 2:30–4:10 PM
📍 Jungle Fun Center — Hixson, TN

💚 Free event — registration required

Register here:
https://mindgardenlearning.com/events/