Moving about the Farm

One of our most popular field trips at Wagner Farm is called Moving about the Farm. This program is designed for preschool through 1st grade children to come visit the farm, meet all of our animals, and do lots of fun hands on activities. Children get to feed chickens, pump water for cows, even pet a sheep or horse! The highlight of the visit is when children get to make butter. How many of you thought you could make butter at home? Well...its easy! Just take heavy whipping cream and warm it up to about room temperature (a half an hour out of the fridge should be just fine). Place the cream in a small jar and start shaking. You want to shake the cream until it becomes a solid formation, with some additional liquid surrounding it. Remove the liquid and you've got fresh, homemade butter!

As you can see from the photos, the 2 groups from St. Davids Nursery School in Glenview and Shepherds Flock Preschool in Arlington Heights had a great time visiting the farm, and definitely enjoyed their homemade butter!