First and Second Graders visit Shelburne Farms!

On Wednesday Nov. 19 we traveled north to Shelburne to participate in a program called History of Farming. This is always a much anticipated trip because we work hard to prepare for the visit. We feel fortunate to be invited back as this trip has consistently been successful and fun, a hard-to-beat combination! We spent time beforehand in the classroom reading books about farm life in the olden days. One such book is titled, Ox-Cart Man by Donald Hall. Through the pages in this book we caught a glimpse of what it might have been like living and working in a time before modernization.  It was a blustery, cold November day on the Farm but the children were outside most of the day grinding corn to feed the chickens, walking the goat, scratching the pigs, and lifting hay bales. Vermont kids play and work outdoors - no matter the weather!