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Program Descriptions For more information or to register a group - contact Susan DeVore at 609-737-3299 or email. |
FARM ANIMALS PROGRAM: Station Activities
This is a program designed to introduce children to farm animals, their needs and their products. The place you will visit is a 130 acre working farm that is being restored to operate like a typical family farm of our region, circa 1900. On arrival you will be assigned one or more of the following seven “stations” depending on how many groups you have scheduled. You will then rotate through the seven stations, spending 15 minutes at each one. The “corn shelling” and “granary” stations provide every child in the group with a hands-on activity. The animal stations will vary in stimulating the children’s sense of touch, smell, sight and hearing. Sheep: Learn about the care and feeding of sheep by visiting the sheep barn and meeting the flock. Meet ewes and lambs in the spring, ewes and a ram in the fall. Everyone will be given a piece of clean soft wool to feel and take home. Pigs: Using pigfeed made in the granary your group will feed the pigs and learn how pigs help to dispose of kitchen and garden scraps. Find out why pigs are smart to “wallow” in the mud and watch them “root” with their snouts. Cow: Meet the family cows, Molly and Daisy, and find out the important contributions a cow makes to a farm. Learn how cows eat tough plant food that people can’t by “chewing their cud” as volunteers feed Molly some hay. Horses: "Farm horses"--the kind that plow the fields--are kept in a barn where they receive special attention. When you meet them, you will find out what they eat, where they sleep, what they wear and more. Chickens: Visit the henhouse and meet a flock of Plymouth Barred Rock hens. Inside the henhouse you will see hens in nestboxes and count the eggs. Your group will feed cracked corn to the chickens. Corn Shelling: An important part of many farm animal diets is field corn. "Shelling it"----taking the kernels off the cob--is handwork that will be done by everyone in your group when you visit the corncrib. Find out how farmers recycle the empty cobs. Granary: Visit the upstairs of the carriage barn and learn about the types of grains (cereals) that both you and the farm animals like to eat for breakfast. Here, everyone will have a chance to "crack" corn using a hand-cranked grinder to make animal feed.
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