Workshops

Ages 4 - 18

Our farm workshops range from hands-on animal interactions and botany experiments to complex agricultural engineering challenges.

Preschool & Young Children (Ages 2–5)

For the youngest group, focus on sensory exploration and imaginative play that introduces basic farm concepts.

Sensory Bins: Create "muddy" stations using chocolate pudding for plastic pigs or bins filled with corn kernels for toy tractors to navigate.
"Milking" Lessons: Use a water-filled latex glove with pinholes in the fingers to simulate milking a cow, helping kids understand where milk comes from.
Animal Art: Simple projects like cotton ball sheep, paper plate chickens, or "muddy" pig paintings using a mixture of cocoa powder and water.
Movement Games: "Move like a farm animal" cards or yoga poses that imitate cows (cat-cow pose) and pigs (happy baby pose).

This age group can handle more structured problem-solving and introductory scientific concepts. [1, 3]

Seed Germination Races: Plant different types of seeds (beans, sunflowers, peas) in clear cups to observe and journal their daily growth.
Kitchen Science: Making homemade butter by shaking heavy cream in a jar until it separates—a lesson in physical transformation and emulsions.
Barn Engineering: Challenge children to build a stable barn for toy animals using only craft sticks, cardboard, and tape, then test its strength.
Scarecrow Workshop: Build functional scarecrows for the garden using old clothes stuffed with straw or newspaper.

Focus on the technical, economic, and environmental aspects of modern agriculture. [1, 3]

Irrigation Design: Using recycled materials (straws, bottles, tubing) to build a functional mini-irrigation system that delivers water to specific "crops".
Farm Business Simulation: Develop a simple business plan for a farm product, researching production costs, market demand, and profit margins.
Modern Farm Tech: Research and discuss innovations like GPS-guided planting, drones for crop monitoring, or the science of soil pH and nutrient cycles.
Sustainable Practices: Workshops on composting science, including setting up worm farms to study decomposition and nutrient recycling.

Other Interactive farming experiences:

Farmer for a Day: Hands-on chores like mucking stalls, filling water troughs, or sweeping the milk parlor.
Egg Collection: Educational tours showing how to safely collect, clean, and store eggs from a hen house.

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