Deep Roots Valley Farm Field Trip

For the second adventure of our little learning group, I thought it would be fun to visit a farm. Everyone loves animals and farms are always a fun time. It just so happens that my cousin and his family live on a farm and they invited us all to come and visit.

 

First we said, "Hi!" to some cows, while everyone arrived.

 



 

Then it was time to take a hayride. I love hayrides and made sure we could have one when we visited. It was a great, bumpy ride!

 

 

 

 

After the hayride we visited the rest of the animals. There was

Horses,

 

 

goats,

 

 

turkeys (yummy for Thanksgiving!),

 

 

and the Happy Hens!

 

 

We got to hear a little talk about how they raise their chickens. We also got to see the difference between their eggs and the ones you buy at the store. There is a big difference in taste as well as looks.

 

 

We got to feed the chickens and then it was time to feed ourselves.

 

 

We ate lunch by their pond. It was great weather for a picnic. The bees loved our lunch too! The kids had a great time running around and playing. The moms also got a chance to talk a bit too.

 

 

All of the families went home with a dozen, delicious eggs! We had ours for dinner.

If you would like to know more about Deep Roots Valley Farm please check out their website here.

We all want to say thank you for the hospitality of the Smith family in letting us take a trip to their farm!

 

Fitness, Fun and Fellowship

At the end of the last school year our original homeschool group decided to close down. We were very sad about this and started looking for a new group. I couldn't find a group in our area that I liked and could afford. So, I had to start my own.

First, I had to figure out where to have the group. That was a pretty easy one. I decided to have it at my church. Then came the process of getting the approval of the church. I was very excited when we got our approval! I had already planned our first two events and I was ready to let other homeschoolers know about our group.

 I have decided to meet once a month and keep this group very casual. We do extra curricular activities. I want the events to be educational and structured but more on the fun side. We have one hour of educational time and then an hour for lunch. The hour for lunch is a nice time for the moms to talk and the kids to spend free time together.

Our first event was a fitness day. It was basically an hour long gym class. We played a lot of different games. The first game I had them play was Duck, Duck...Goose!. It was very easy to tell them the rules of our group while they were in a circle. We also played:

Follow the Leader

What Time is it, Mr. and Mrs. Fox?

Who Has the Button?

Hurry Server.

We played with balls, bean bags and hula hoops. When we started to get sweaty, we took a walk around the church to cool off.
One of the favorites of the day was Hurry Server! In this game you have to pretend you are a server and race with a tray of items. Plastic, of course! They worked as teams and whoever finished first, won the game!

If you would like to see some more games we have enjoyed in the past check out this post.

I'm sorry I don't have more pictures! It's hard to take pictures and lead a bunch of kids in games!

We finished off our fitness day with a couple of races!

Next time we're heading to the farm.

Cross your fingers that it doesn't rain!