Animal Adventures

Baby Animals

Critter Camp

Goodnight Barn

Field Trips

Kids for Kids

Little Farmers

ANIMAL ADVENTURES

Ages 5 - 8 (must be 5 by May 1)

AM and PM classes available

2 or 5-day classes offered in June, July and August

$50 and $65

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This class focuses on an amazing sequence of activities at our farm. You'll experience one adventure after another... this is hands-on fun and learning at its best! Animal Adventures takes you to every part of the farm including inside many of the pens with our farm animals!

Plan to feed treats to animals, feed a hungry calf a bottle, learn to hold or lead animals, collect eggs, milk a goat plus give a goat a bubble bath. We offer a 2-day and 5-day option. You'll have an adventure to remember! Invite some friends to join you and head to the farm!

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For registration and cancellation info, click here

Baby Animal Class

Ages 3-5 

Weeknights 6:30 pm - 7:45 pm

Saturdays 1:00pm - 2:15pm

$12 (limit 15 students)

Your child will delight to meet the new "baby faces" at Critter Barn. Ducklings, Chicks, lambs, kids, bunnies and calves are the new stars in the barn each spring. Your child will meet them all and have a chance to bottle feed someone. Our class will be packed with chances to hug and pet everyone of our adorable babies. This one-time class is to be shared with an adult (yes, please bring your camera!). 

Email us for more information.

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For registration and cancellation info, click here

CRITTER CAMP

Ages 8-10 & 11-15

(must be 8 by May 1)

3-Day classes offered in June, July and August

$115

This 3-day experience gives animal lovers an inside look at the entire farm operation. Critter Campers learn how to feed and care for the animals, clean a pen, tend the garden, eat lunch in the hayloft, and enjoy the option to come back and volunteer throughout the year as a member of the Critter Crew.

Critter Barn believes in teaching young people life skills while working on our farm. Learning how to deal with change and working with a team, while caring for live animals develops personal character. Along the way, kids share laughs, build confidence, responsibility, and develop a good work ethic as they work along-side our dedicated staff.
 

(Critter Camp class is the prerequisite for children and youth to volunteer as Critter Crew)

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For registration and cancellation info, click here

Goodnight Barn

Ages 9 -12

Weeknights 6:30pm - 8:00pm

$15 (limit 12 students)

Spring/Summer Only

Our Good Night Barn class gets you involved with the animals at the end of the day. We will visit most of Critter Barn's animals and turn the lights off as we finish caring for them. As the sun goes down, the kids will use flashlights to find their way around the farm. It's a one-of-a-kind-class! Have you ever heard a pig snore? Have you ever watched a rabbit or a goat sleep? The darker it gets, the more fun it is to walk through the barn and see the animals settle down for the night...shhhhh!

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For registration and cancellation info, click here

Kids For Kids

(& other creatures)

Ages 6 -10

$15 (limit 12 students)

Weeknights 6:00pm - 7:30pm

Saturdays 9:00am - 10:30am

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Meet our Kids! Our 4-legged kids, that is. Enjoy playing with Critter Barn's newest goats as they run and jump around the farm! Bottle feed the baby dairy goats and meet the all the other baby animals around our farm too. Calves will need bottles, chicks and ducklings need fresh water, and little lambs may need some bedding. This class is all about caring for our new farm babies. We'll teach you how to hold our young animals and let you enjoy all the fun. Invite a friend!

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For registration and cancellation info, click here

Little Farmers

Ages 3 - 5 (must be 3 by May 1)

Each class includes 75-minutes of instruction

2, 3 and 4-day classes offered year-round

$30, $40 and $50

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Preschool age children love to explore new things, and there's plenty to discover at a farm. Bring your little animal lover to Critter Barn for our Little Farmer's Class. Children will learn the characteristics of Egg Layers and Mammals as they meet chickens, ducks, rabbits, goats, sheep, cows, and pigs.

This is often a first-time encounter with live farm animals for children, so parents or guardians are included to share the memories and enhance your little farmer's whole experience. Critter Barn logo T-shirts are included in your class fee along with other take-home samples from the farm.

Our class curriculum changes with the weather, the seasons,

and with who's new in the barn. So you're invited to be a Little Farmer more than once!

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For registration and cancellation info, click here

Dear Parents

Every day we meet new people and share a little of life's experiences on the farm. We teach children and youth of all ages and abilities. Students engage in farm chores, tending our garden, and animal care. It is meaningful when a young person realizes that the quality of the job they are doing determines the quality of our animals' lives.   ​

This spring and summer we are offering some amazing classes. We are also open six days a week from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm for visiting. We have a unique admission policy so all children may enjoy the farm. Read about it here. It is Critter Barn’s desire to provide scholarship to individuals who need financial assistance to enroll in one of our classes. Please contact the farm for enrollment assistance.

The change in seasons offers so much for us all to learn. We hope to see you at the farm often in the months ahead!

Keep growing!
 

Mary L Rottschafer

Founder, Executive Director