We had a great day at the Shelburne Farms Dairy Barn! Thank you to the wonderful Shelburne Farms educators for teaching us all about being a dairy farmer! Also a big thank you to the parent volunteers that joined our class on this beautiful day! When asking your first graders about their favorite part of the day, many of them said visiting the babies! We met a calf that had just been born the day before when Mrs. Lasher's and Miss Lass's class visited! His name is "Hinesburger!"
We learned about different ways that farmers milk cows. The students learned how milking machines work in the milking parlor!
In this picture above, some students have volunteered to be cows (see the "udders" between their knees!) while other students get ready to clean and pretend to put on the milking machine.
We also learned how to milk cows the old fashioned way!
...And how to help push their food towards them to make it easier for them to eat! One of the most important roles of the farmer is giving the cows lots of love! Your first graders certainly helped out a lot in that way!
After lunch at the education center we spent some time near the farm barn and learned about different products that come from cows. We briefly saw some other animals that live on the farm and we made some butter! It was delicious! Ask your child about it and his or her favorite part of the day!
