Apples, apples, and pumpkins too at Applecrest Farm

We had such a BLAST on our first field trip to Applecrest Farm. This was a wonderful experience and served as a great "mid-way" point for our apples unit. This apple field trip will also help us in crafting our "apple crest field trip" book during writer's workshop. Take a look at the following with your kindie…..

First, we took the bus there! It was a short, yet bumpy ride!

Then, we were greeted by our awesome tour guide, Pam. Guess what? She used to be a kindergarten teacher!

 We were off on our journey to go see how apples are pressed to make cider, sauce, jelly, and apple juice!

 We all watched as the apples came down the big pipe and how cider was made! How?

 

 

 

 Ask your kindie what is housed in that big white container.

 Then, it was on to exploring where the extra apples are stored...

Ask your kindie what the temperature was like in here….hot? cold? cool? chilly? freezing?

Here are the apples taking a bath! After they are all cleaned,

they are sorted into small, medium, large. (just like what we talked about in math!)

See how they all come down the belt?

We learned some more about apples and stopped to take

pictures along the way...

We were then off to explore the bee station. How does a bee

help the apple tree?

We learned so much about apples, apple trees, blossoms, bees, and even saw pictures and labels!

Then…it was on to apple picking! Take a look..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It was then off to the pumpkin patch. We were able to pick our pumpkins right off the vines!!

 

Last, we took a hayride with Farmer Bill to our picnic lunch where we first had apple cider and apple sugar donuts. Mmmmmm mmmm, were they GREAT!

 

 

Thank you to everyone who came to chaperone and help out. We had such a wonderful time! Ask your kindie what their favorite part was about the field trip.

 

Way up high in the apple tree

two little apples smiled at me

I shook that tree as hard as I could

and down fell the apples…

mmmm were they good!