Preschool Pumpkin Tour
Bring your preschool or daycare class to visit the pumpkin patch.
Tour Includes:
Age appropriate lesson about pumpkins and how they grow.
Hayride to the pumpkin patch where everyone gets a small pie pumpkin.
Fun in the Kid's Play Area included free.
Picnic area available.
Dates: October 1-21, 2011
Ages: 2-5 years
Time: Approx. 1 hour
Cost: $4.00/child and adult*
*one teacher is free for every fifteen students. All other adults/siblings are $4.00.
There is a minimum of 15 people or $60.00 to schedule a tour.
Key Concepts:
How pumpkins grow.
Compare different kinds of pumpkins/squash.
Bees are important for pumpkins.
Reservation Information
Other Preschool Tours
Additional Curriculum Resources:
Lesson Plans:
Farm Animal Friends
Farms and Cities
Food Come From
The Great Pumpkin StoryAn activity for younger students to help reinforce the pumpkin's life cycle.
How Pumpkins Grow
Suggested Books:
Pumpkins by Ken Robbins
Pumpkin Circle by George Levenson
All Around the Farm by Heather Alexander