Field Trip to the Pumpkin Patch

Today Avery's preschool class had a field trip at a Dussel Farms pumpkin patch. It was raining when we arrived, so I wasn't sure what to expect, but it turned out to be fine. 

We started the morning inside a large tent and the kids sat on a picnic blanket and did some activities. In case you are wondering, Mrs. Hall takes their attendance each class by having them take and hold their pictures of their own faces when she calls their name. It is actually a good way for the kids to respond to their names. Then Mrs. Hall had some paper cut outs of apples, pumpkins, squash, and corn, that the kids 'fed' to a plastic pig.

We did a few more festive fall activities on the mat, and then took a tour - first inside the large tent, and then the rain let up enough to go outside the tent. Avery got to see Indian corn, straw for animal beds, and even found her way through a mini kids maze with witches and other characters along the way. 

We had a snack (crackers that are round like pumpkins) and then we did a few more activities like finding the biggest and smallest pumpkins, and the greenest pumpkin. Overall it was a great morning and I'm looking forward to going again as a family, and maybe taking a hayride and walk through the larger corn maze!