Let Learning Tree Farm Be Your Classroom For A Day

Program	Offered
Autumn on the Farm	Fall
Discover Our Natural World	Spring, Fall
Explore The Farm – A Self-Guided Experience	Year-Round
Farm Fun & Fitness	Spring, Summer, Fall
Inside the Garden Box	Spring, Summer, Fall
Sheep Shearing	April 25, 2012/Spring
Spring on the Farm	Spring
Summer Farm Adventures	Summer

Program	Offered
Finding Freedom on the Farm: The Underground Railroad	Spring, Fall
The Ohio Pioneer Experience	Spring, Summer, Fall

Supervise your group at all times.
Be prepared to collect and take home all trash.
Visit animals in the pastures after the programs. Children must be supervised.
Close ALL gates and stall doors behind you to prevent animals from escaping, whether you are going in or out.
Chasing the animals is not permitted.

Worms – dig for these "garden wigglers" and discover their importance to the soil we use for growing our food.
Bees – spend a day in the life of the hive by gathering nectar like a honeybee and playing the "Flower, Flower, Bee" game.
Animals – visit our farm animals and learn about their role in the environment.
Cost: $7 per person. Complimentary Teacher Admission.

Bees – discover the life and work of a honeybee by role-playing and fun facts.
Soil and Water – dig to discover what lives below the surface. Soil, decomposition, and our impact on the environment will be explored.
Animals – visit our farm animals and learn about their role in the environment.
Cost: $7 per person. Complimentary Teacher Admission.

Discover new life on the farm: enjoy petting the lambs, kids, piglets, chicks and more.
See what is sprouting in our gardens – taste a variety of spring vegetables.
Plant a spring flower to take home and watch it grow.
Hike in the woods and fields to discover how spring changes the landscape.
Visit the Century House – an 1800's era farmhouse.
Bring your lunch or snack to enjoy in our covered picnic shelter.
Cost: $7 per person. Complimentary Teacher Admission.

Discover how busy the farm can be during the warm summer months.
Play old-fashioned relay games and run a farm-themed obstacle course.
Taste fresh vegetables growing in our garden.
Follow the hiking trails through our woods and find your way through our hayfields.
Make a craft to take home using materials from the farm.
Visit the farm animals in our historic barns.
Tour the Century House – an 1800's era farmhouse.
Bring your lunch or snack to enjoy in our covered picnic shelter.
Cost: $7 per person. Complimentary Teacher Admission.

It's pumpkin time on the farm – play our "Pumpkin Scramble" game and find your own pumpkin.
Walk in the woods and hayfields to discover all the changes fall brings.
Tour the garden to see and taste a variety of fall vegetables.
Explore our barns and observe how our animals are preparing for winter
Visit the Century House – an 1800's era farmhouse.
Bring your lunch or snack to enjoy in our covered picnic shelter.
Cost: $7 per person. Complimentary Teacher Admission.

Young learners (PreK – 2nd grade) explore our garden to taste, smell and touch the vegetables as they are growing.
Enjoy a "growing" story in our Bank Barn prior to your garden visit.
Visit the farm animals in our historic barns.
Take a hike in the woods and hayfields.
Visit the Century House – an 1800's era farmhouse.
Have fun on our tractors in the play area.
Bring your lunch or snack to enjoy in our covered picnic shelter.
Cost: $7 per person. Complimentary Teacher Admission.

Live the history of Ohio farm life during the 1800's for students in grades 2-6.
Gather in the 1829 Bank Barn to hear the story of a pioneer family's journey to Ohio and their daily life.
Work with our costumed staff at multiple stations around the farm using authentic 19th century tools including corn shellers, wheat grinders, and washtubs.
Discover Ohio's Native American influence by planting "The Three Sisters" in our garden and grinding corn.
Hike through our woods to find common Native American symbols and play a traditional hunting game in our fields.
Experience pioneer children's work and play by making butter and running an old-fashioned race game.
Visit the farm animals in our historic barns.
Tour the Century House – an 1800's era farmhouse.
Bring your lunch or snack to enjoy in our covered picnic shelter.
Cost: $8 per person. Complimentary Teacher Admission.

Experience a living history of The Underground Railroad for students in grades 3 – 6.
Understand Ohio's role in this intriguing chapter of American history.
Gather in the 1829 Bank Barn to hear Harriet Tubman's dramatic presentation of her story of freedom and courage.
Become part of the story by learning the code words, signs, and phrases that signaled safety along the escaping slave's journey.
Visit our 1800's era farmhouse to discover how these "safe houses" were essential to The Underground Railroad.
Follow a "conductor" on an escape to freedom by following quilt symbols through our woods and fields.
Relive the true journey of Addison White – an escaped slave who settled in Mechanicsburg, Ohio – through story and song.
Bring your lunch or snack to enjoy in our covered picnic shelter at the conclusion of our program.
Cost: $8 per person. Complimentary Teacher Admission.
Program starts promptly at 9:30 am.
Minimum of 80 participants. Groups can be combined.

Watch our woolly flock go from shaggy to shorn.
Learn about how the harvested wool becomes yarn before being woven or knitted into cloth or cozy garments.
Touch and feel the shorn wool.
Pet the baby lambs and watch a sheep herding demonstration.
Hike in the woods and fields to discover how spring changes the landscape
Bring your lunch or snack to enjoy in our covered picnic shelter.
Cost: $7 per person. Complimentary Teacher Admission.
Scheduled for April 25, 2012. Begins at 10 am.
Staff will be available during program.