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September 16 – 30, 2024
October 1 – November 8, 2024
Monday – Friday, by appointment
Monday & Tuesday, Designed for Preschool & Kindergarten (Puppet Show)
Wednesday – Friday, Designed for Kindergarten, 1st & 2nd Grade (Educational Video)
Special Dates:
Special Needs Day: Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024
Homeschool Day: Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2024
No Tours: Monday, Oct. 14, 2024
Recommended for
Preschool – 2nd Grade
Cost*
September 16 – 30, 2024
Student: $12.00 per person (includes tax)
Teacher: FREE
Chaperone/Siblings (Under age 2 are Free)**: $12.00 per person (includes tax)
October 1 – November 1, 2024
Student: $12.00 per person (includes tax)
Teacher: FREE
Chaperone/Siblings (Under age 2 are Free)**: $12.00 per person (includes tax)
Chaperone/Sibling admission includes wagon ride, barnyard, access to Pawpaw Carl’s Playground & Agmagination, and a small sugar pumpkin.
*Title 1 Schools receive a $1.00 discount per student.
**Teachers & Chaperones receive 10% off Market purchases.
Length of Tour:
Approximately 1 hour to 1.5 hours depending on group size.
Pumpkin Patch Tour Objectives:
Students will investigate and explore everything there is to know about pumpkins. Students will learn about the life cycle of pumpkins from the time they are small seeds until they grow into the pumpkins. They will also visit our pumpkin patch to see pumpkin plants growing. This tour follows the Core Curriculum.
Tour Includes the following:
New for 2024, we will be offering the option to see the Puppet Show Presentation or Educational Video prior to your tour in your classroom or facility. This option will allow you more time to enjoy the farm facilities while you are at the farm including our expanded Agmagination, an interactive discovery area to explore Ag Careers.
- Pumpkin Patch Theater: Recommended to view in the classroom prior to your trip. You will have the option to choose to see the presentation at the farm or in your classroom prior to your visit.
- Monday & Tuesday: Puppet Show Presentation
- Wednesday – Friday: Educational Video “Pumpkin Life Cycle”
- Tractor-drawn wagon ride
- New for 2024 – 2025: Expanded Farm Animal Experience
- Small Pumpkin from the Pumpkin Patch for students, teachers & chaperones.
Each classroom will receive a larger pumpkin per class - Activity book per student
- New for 2024 – 2025: Hands on Activity Kits to take to your classroom to reinforce lessons learned on the farm after you return to your classroom.
- Just for Teachers: Pre- and Post Tour activities to reinforce tour activities.
All tours include access to Pawpaw Carl’s Playground, our expanded Agmagination*** and Picnic Area. Participants are welcome to visit these areas prior to or after their tour.
Additional Tour Add Ons:
- Corn Maze Navigation: $6.00 per person
- Snack Size Kettle Corn: $2.99 each
- Treasure Mine Mix: $6.00 per person
- One Scoop Handmade Ice Cream: $3.49 + tax each
(Chocolate, Vanilla or Strawberry)
***What is Agmagination?
Agmagination is our version of a dramatic play community dedicated to the careers involving agriculture. In Agmagination children will get to explore using dramatic play, a type of play where children engage in imaginative and pretend activities, assuming the jobs and responsibilities of those in a particular agricultural related career.
Expectations for Pre-K (PDF)
Common Core Standards for Kindergarten (PDF)
Common Core Standards for First Grade (PDF)
Looking for a Different Fall Educational Tour?
Pumpkin Patch Tours | Virtual Pumpkin Patch Tour | Corn Maze Tour | Virtual Corn Maze Tour
Recommended for
Preschool – 2nd Grade
Cost*
September 16 – 30, 2024
Student: $12.00 per person (includes tax)
Teacher: FREE
Chaperone/Siblings (Under age 2 are Free)**: $12.00 per person (includes tax)
October 1 – November 8, 2024
Student: $12.00 per person (includes tax)
Teacher: FREE
Chaperone/Siblings (Under age 2 are Free)**: $12.00 per person (includes tax)
Chaperone/Sibling admission includes wagon ride, barnyard, access to Pawpaw Carl’s Playground & Agmagination, and a small sugar pumpkin.
*Title 1 Schools receive a $1.00 discount per student.
**Teachers & Chaperones receive 10% off Market purchases.