AgKindergarten
Some local farmers stopped by to share their equipment and knowledge with our Ag Kindergarten! Eric Clarke, Nathan Clarke, and Dickie Miller can be seen answering many questions and letting the Kinders honk the tractor horns. Accompanying our farmers were a round baler, seed planter, field cultivator, and rolling harrow. Many thanks to the Clarke and Miller families for sharing your passion for farming and the equipment with us!
Our AgKindergarteners were out and about again today! This time they enjoyed a visit from Shepherd Sugar Bush. Our students learned about the tapping and gathering of sap from the trees, reverse osmosis, evaporation, canning and candy making. Thank You, Shepherd Sugar Bush for your time with us today!
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The Midland Daily News did an article on our AgKindergarten program! Read the article
here. An additional editorial celebrated our program! That article is
here.
We’ve added the Ag to Kindergarten! Our youngest students are also getting enrichment through agriculture sciences. Besides meeting with Mrs. Zwemmer for Ag lessons each week, we’ve also added lots of free play items, manipulatives, and books to our classrooms, plus added a few exciting field trips. This is all made possible because of a grant we received this fall. We were hoping for sensory tables in our classrooms, but we just couldn’t get everything on our wish list. E.R. Simons & Co, along with Lewis Bros. Inc, heard about this unfilled request and offered to buy our tables. E.R. Simons hosted a field trip and also donated bags of grains to use in our tables; oats, rye, corn, and soybeans. A big thank you to these local businesses for supporting our schools and these great kids!
Dairy Day
During the week of November 18th, Katie Pierson brought a milking simulator from the Michigan Milk Producers Association to the Kindergarten students as part of their AgKindergarten work. There was a video and lots of discussion about milk going from farm to table. Cow feed was also brought in so we could touch and feel the grains. We learned there are certain foods that are good for cows and many foods that are not. Much like us! We shook cream in jars to make butter, spread it on crackers, and also had a cheese stick. Our cow hats and milk mustaches were the icing on the cake!
See what else our Comets are up to!
Our AgKindergarteners were out and about again today! This time they enjoyed a visit from Shepherd Sugar Bush. Our students learned about the tapping and gathering of sap from the trees, reverse osmosis, evaporation, canning and candy making. Thank You, Shepherd Sugar Bush for your time with us today!
*****The Midland Daily News did an article on our AgKindergarten program! Read the article here. An additional editorial celebrated our program! That article is here.We’ve added the Ag to Kindergarten! Our youngest students are also getting enrichment through agriculture sciences. Besides meeting with Mrs. Zwemmer for Ag lessons each week, we’ve also added lots of free play items, manipulatives, and books to our classrooms, plus added a few exciting field trips. This is all made possible because of a grant we received this fall. We were hoping for sensory tables in our classrooms, but we just couldn’t get everything on our wish list. E.R. Simons & Co, along with Lewis Bros. Inc, heard about this unfilled request and offered to buy our tables. E.R. Simons hosted a field trip and also donated bags of grains to use in our tables; oats, rye, corn, and soybeans. A big thank you to these local businesses for supporting our schools and these great kids!
Dairy DayDuring the week of November 18th, Katie Pierson brought a milking simulator from the Michigan Milk Producers Association to the Kindergarten students as part of their AgKindergarten work. There was a video and lots of discussion about milk going from farm to table. Cow feed was also brought in so we could touch and feel the grains. We learned there are certain foods that are good for cows and many foods that are not. Much like us! We shook cream in jars to make butter, spread it on crackers, and also had a cheese stick. Our cow hats and milk mustaches were the icing on the cake!
See what else our Comets are up to!