Text Box: Soulshine Farm Announces FARM DAYS 2010 We have planned several work days for kids to join us at the farm. “Farmer Brad”, Julie and Gil will be at the farm ready to help the kids learn various chores and work on a variety of projects. Each date we will present a job and provide the tools and materials and will work with the kids to help them problem solve, break down the jobs into tasks, and determine who will be responsible for each task – and then off we’ll go to work. We will educate and then encouraged them to do much of the planning, and then we’ll step back and give direction only when needed. Of course, safety will be our priority. Each day we’ll begin with a half hour of basic chores, collecting eggs, getting hay and water to the animals and doing routine animal health checks, and checking fences and gates to see if any new “jobs” are necessary. Then we’ll be completing new projects depending on the weather and time of year. Here is what is planned so far… Saturday March 20th 3:00-5:00 p.m.– Building Bat Houses—Cancelled We will look to do this at another date. $15 / child ($10 for siblings) We will be learning about the benefits of having Bats on our property, and the children will assemble bat houses we’ll hang around the property. ADDED: Farm Chores - Monday 3/22/10 - now that we have some nice daylight! Monday 4:30-5:30, $5 / child and we’ll learn about the start of spring chores, and do our basic daily farm chores (I could use some little helping hands!) We’ll walk the property and take some notes on projects that need to be added to the “DO TO” list after this long winter, rain, and wind. April: The Month of April we’ll host - Farm Chore Mondays 4:30-5:30 $5/child We’ll been doing truly the basic daily farm chores (collecting eggs, washing water buckets and grain buckets, replenishing grains/water/minerals, cleaning up, seeding pastures, grooming Daisy....making repairs as needed, and doing special projects as they come up. (No sign up necessary – we ask that you just send an email or call on Sunday or by Monday morning to let us know you’ll be there that day – so we can plan for numbers). Saturday April 10th 3:00-5:00 p.m. – Bee Hive check and making hand dipped bees wax candles The children will learn all about honey bees and help Farmer Brad with the hive…depending on how the winter goes...we’ll see if the bees made it through the winter. The children will also have the opportunity to make a hand dipped bees wax candle. Saturday April 24th 10:00 a.m.-12:00 pm – Garden preparations Children will help clean up the garden and prepare it for new planting. We’ll discuss cold weather plants, and what can be planted early. We’ll also learn about the Native American system of planting corn, beans, and pumpkins together based on the needs of the plants, and to conserve space. May: The month of May we’ll host Farm Chore Mondays 4:30-5:30 $5/child We’ll been doing truly the basic daily farm chores (collecting eggs, washing waterers and grain buckets, replenishing grains/water/minerals, cleaning up, seeding pastures, grooming Daisy....making repairs as needed, and doing special projects as they come up. (No sign up necessary – we ask that you just send an email or call on Sunday or by Monday morning to let us know you’ll be there that day – so we can plan for numbers.) Saturday May 1st, 10 am – 12 pm – Pond/ Stream Exploring We’ll be cleaning up the pond a bit, looking for tadpoles, frogs, crayfish, and fish. We’ll be making slides to view pond water magnified to see what is swimming about that can’t be seen without a microscope. Saturday May 22nd 10:00-12:00 pm – Trail Blazing—cancelled We’ll be expanding our trail in the woods, mapping the trail, and clearing a path. Children will help determine the direction of the path and learn how to map it appropriately.

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