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LITTLE FARMERS
Ages 3 - 5
3-week series
Class Cost: $55
Little Farmers T-shirt is included
Little hands meet new animal friends in this unique, three-week series. Children will experience fur and feathers, hooves and paws, beaks and bills, and so much more. Your class meets for 90 minutes for 3 consecutive weeks.
This is often a first-time encounter with live farm animals for children, so please send an adult to accompany your Little Farmer. Bring your camera too! You’ll meet and feed the coolest creatures who call the Critter Barn home.
BABY ANIMALS
Ages 3-5
One-Time Class
Class Cost: $30
Includes Baby Animals class t-shirt
We’re having a baby boom! It's time to meet all the new "baby faces" at the Critter Barn: ducklings, chicks, lambs, kids, bunnies, and calves fill the barn each spring. Our class includes hugging, petting, feeding, handling, and watching every one of our adorable baby animals!
This one-time class experience is to be shared, so please bring a grown-up along.
Little Sprouts
Ages 3-5
one-time class
Class Cost: $30
The sun is shining and plants are growing! We are offering a NEW class for 3-5-year-olds to learn about plants and how they grow!
This class will cover how to plant a seed and what it needs to grow big and strong. Then, they will work with their hands to plant and care for everything growing around the farm!
Includes a plant to take home!
Young Buds
Ages 5-8
one-time class
Class Cost: $30
With the flowers in bloom, need to care for these plants. We are offering a NEW class for 6-8-year-olds!
Staff will share all the different elements that plants need to grow and how the sun provides for them. We will take a stroll around the farm and learn about all of our different raised beds.
Includes a plant to take home!
Beginning Gardners
Ages 9-15
one-time class
Class Cost: $30
We are offering a NEW class for 9-15-year-olds! Students will explore the science of photosynthetic growth and learn about soil, its different makeups, and what makes good soil for planting. Students will take cuttings and learn how to plant them in one of our beds around the farm.
Includes a plant to take home!
KIDS FOR KIDS
Ages 6 -10
One-time Class
Class Cost: $30
Includes Kids For Kids class t-shirt
Meet our 4-legged goat kids and all the new babies at our farm! Critter Barn is proud to introduce to you the newest faces of 2024.
Feed kids or calves, hold the ducklings and chicks and add hay to feed the mother sheep. Learn about caring for young birds and animals. We guarantee your “kid” will love the hands-on fun!
Add Kids For Kids class t-shirt for $10
Critter Crafts
Ages 5-8 and 9-12
4-day class (Mon-Thur)
Class Cost: $85
Have fun learning about animals in a creative environment while making practical crafts to take home! Students in Critter Crafts will visit the animals on the farm, experience a quick lesson about them, then create a corresponding craft. Explore the exciting journey of creating art with various media and materials!
Class opportunities for students ages 5-8 and 9-12.
Animal Adventures
Ages 6 - 8
Two-Day Class: $60
Five-Day Class: $85
Includes Animal Adventure class t-shirt
Get ready for a real farm adventure this summer! Learn to handle chicks and bunnies, walk some goats and donkeys, feed giant baby bottles to our calves, and even give a bubble bath.
Investigate animal characteristics, what makes a mammal a mammal, and how birds and reptiles are different. Explore what animals need to survive and thrive, and what makes them unique! Truly an adventure to remember!
Critter Camp
Ages 8 -16
Monday - Friday
Class Cost: $250
Includes Critter Camp class t-shirt
Critter Camp is an immersive, weeklong experience for students ages 8-16.
When school is out, Critter Camp is IN! Experience the ins and outs of how we care for our animals. This is Hands-On learning at its best!
Campers will feed our animals, and learn about farming, fiber, milking goats, egg production, composting, and more. Critter Barn’s experience teaches life skills and the rewards of good teamwork while helping to run our farm.
Completion of Critter Camp allows students to volunteer year-round at the farm through our Citter Crew program!
Animal Science Camp
Ages 10 - 16
Monday - Friday
Class Cost: $200
Critter Barn is offering a class for students who want to expand their animal knowledge! Our week-long animal science class will dive into the anatomy and physiology of the animals on the farm by performing dissections, watching chicks develop during incubation, and learning advanced animal husbandry practices. This class is designed for students who can stomach deep science with hands-on dissections.
This class is only for students who attended a Critter Camp class in the past and want to continue to learn.
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