Tesauro Tales: Fieldtrip To the Farm

Last Friday I was able to join Julian and his TK class on a field trip to the farm! We left school bright and early on a school bus. The quick bus ride exciting for the kids who acted like they were on a roller coaster with every turn. In a short time we had arrived at Emma Prusch Farm. It's been a long while since I'd been there and it was so much nicer than I remembered. The class was toured around the petting animal area and go to pet a chicken and rooster. They also saw pot belly pigs get some treats and then they fed some goats! Julian did a great job being respectful and listening to directions. He pet the chick and rooster very carefully and said the chicken was softer than the rooster.

Answering a question about what comes from pigs....he said milk, lol.

This goat was named Milkshake and Julian got to feed her

Then we moved along to the big red barn. There were even more animals in there and we met a baby steer, a giant sleeping pig and a baby lamb who had no wool.

Giant 1 1/2 year old Otis the steer

Freshly sheared lamb

Next we walked over to the big pen for more sheep and goats. There were 2 goats in here with horns that kept butting all the sheep out of the way when the kids started feeding them. What bullies!

Quick class picture in front of the barn - really sweet group of kids!

The last leg of the tour was a fun hay ride around the farm fields. The kids enjoyed waving at all the farmers in the fields. We moved along to the little pumpkin patch where all the kids got to pick out a pumpkin. Then we had plenty of time to explore the playground and enjoy our lunches before we headed back to school. It was a really fun day and I'm so glad I got to spend the time with Julian!