Down on the Farm!!

As we are waiting for our chicks to hatch, we are finding more ways to explore the farm!!

 

We milk Bessie Jean, our classroom dairy cow!! Yes, that's real milk in those udders! 

We also play in garden soil with farm equipment, shovels, buckets, and plastic farm animals!! Farming is a messy job, but someone has to do it! I'm glad we have all these friends to help keep our farm going! 

Have you ever heard the saying: "happier than a pig in mud?" Well, we are happier than pigs in mud....actually, we ARE the pigs in the mud! 

At the beginning of our theme, we had a writing/brainstorm session to write down some student questions about what they wanted to learn about a farm. One of the questions was: "How and what does a pig eat?!" Good question....we'll be happy to help you answer that question! 

 

So....we learned that pigs eat slop! Anything from corn, scraps, left overs, or garbage! They eat it all! Above, are some students who are really "pigging out" on this FUN snack! It's our healthy version of slop (yogurt, dried fruit, and granola)....sans the spoon! Other cautious piggies were given a spoon to ease any worries about this super silly, sloppy snack!! 

Thanks for checking in on our farm! Y'all come back now, ya hear?! YEEEEEE----HAW!