Field Trip Memories

As many of you are probably doing I’m using some of this “stay at home” time to go through Stuff. Some of the Stuff included thank you booklets put together by teachers who brought their students to the farm for field trips last year. Here are some of the thank you drawings followed by actual field trip photos.

I usually start a field trip with a sheep herding demo. This was several years ago. Rusty was only about 6 and now he is 14.

Our favorite field trip sheep, Jade, loves being petted even when it doesn’t involve treats.

Amazingly, she is willing to have a dozen kids around her touching her face and her horns.

I usually try to get the kids to spend some time in the field just looking at what is there (it’s not all grass). I get them to be absolutely silent for a minute (not an easy task) and then talk about what they heard in that time (birds, car on the road, sheep, etc)

Some teachers have the kids bring their notebooks to record what they have experienced.

We usually have a spinning demo…

…and if there is time and not too many kids, we let them do a little weaving.

We love living out here with our animals and we love being able to share this life with others.

I hope that we can get back to offering field trips next spring. This is the first year in many years that the Easter Seals has not been able to bring a busload of physically and/or mentally challenged adults to enjoy a morning on the farm.