Field Trip With 3rd Grade

Just before the Winter Break I was able to go on a field trip with Patrick's Third Grade Class to The Heritage Farmstead Museum.

Highlights of the museum include:

• 4 acre original farmstead, 117 years old.
• The 14-room Farrell-Wilson home
• Heritage Livestock Program: Horses, Mules, Sheep, Goats, Chickens..
• Tractors, Carriages, Wagons, and a Model T pickup truck.
• Children's Games
• Wash Shed
• Plows and Agricultural Tools
• BlackSmith Shop
• Root Cellars
• Curing Shed
• Bois d'arc Pole Barn
• 1-Room School House
• Chicken Coops

On the day we went, it started out at 65 degrees, most of the tour was outdoors, when we got back on the bus the temperature had dropped to 43. we were all a bit chilly, but the kids had a lot of fun. The highlight of the trip was washing the clothes outdoors by hand and hanging them on the line. Even though the kids teeth were all chattering, they all stood in line for a turn.

Washing Lesson.

A random pulley that looked neat.

One of the farm mules.

Beating the dust out of the rugs.