K–5 · Morgan County, Tennessee

A one-room schoolhouse on the family farm

Bringing back an old-fashioned approach to education with a focus on outdoor learning and life skills.

K–5one-room schoolhouse
Outdoorshalf a day, every day
2026–2027school year
Little School on the Farm students and teachers
The school

Mornings at the table, afternoons outside

Mornings

Reading, math, science and social studies.

K–5

After lunch

Students head outside. “We’ll be outside at least half a day every day.”

Outdoors

Faith

The school will use a Christian curriculum, in a family-oriented environment.

Christian curriculum

Appalachian traditions

Community members have offered to volunteer teaching skills like canning and other Appalachian traditions.

Community

Erin Miller

19 years of experience with Morgan County Schools. “I just enjoy the small family closeness of those schools.”

Teacher

Olivia Nelson

Will teach the youngest grades. “I just want it to be very informal, and to show there’s more than just reading, writing, arithmetic that make people smart.”

Teacher

I don’t want the school desk. I want a dining room table. We all sit together, we all work together, the older kids helping the younger kids.

Erin Miller
On the farm

Grow food, care for livestock

Stalls for animalsPlans for a chicken coop, bees and raised garden beds
Students will learnHow to grow food, care for livestock and identify native plants
Student voteOur students voted to buy a mini Jenny donkey or a small horse
A miniature donkey in a pen on the farm
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FacebookLittle School on The Farm ↗
LocationBlizzard Mines Rd, Harriman, TN
School year2026–2027