Farmer for a day at the Elizabethtown Fair

Our farming unit ended with several trips to the Elizabethtown Fair; where we particularly loved the Farmer for a Day program: Squid got to pick an apple, fetch an egg (from under stuffed chickens) and dig a potato (in the sand box). 

 

He also got to try milking a (pretend) cow and goat and had a blast playing in the feed corn.

He petted sheep, goats and rabbits in the petting zoo (and did not wake up the sleeping calf).

And then, of course, the best thing of all: He got to pretend to drive a tractor.

Let's learn about farming!

We've been studying Farming for the past week!

(Our basket features so many farm books, a Melissa and Doug sticker sheet, a Green Toys tractor and some dried beans and Learning Resources farm counters.)

And then we went to Oregon Dairy in Lancaster to check out some critters and eat some ice cream.  

Squid is Sheep Tall.

There weren't cows, but we did see a big pig and some goats.

 Squid LOVES tractors, and they had a tractor-mower (missing an engine) that kids could play with at the playground.  It was quite exciting.

Next week, we study the Elizabethtown Fair!