Farmer Mary and some of her animals enjoyed a fun morning outdoors today with Benson Memorial United Methodist Church preschoolers.
The children had numerous Fall themed activities, amongst which was a visit to Winterpast Farm petting zoo. They met JESSE the baby goat.
They petted a variety of Winterpast Farms soft, sweet bunnies and guinea pigs of all ages.
The guinea pigs played their favorite “pigs under a blanket” game, snuggling together on the cloudy morning.
The children were asked to pick their favorite bunny. RUBY, the white bunny with charcoal ears and nose and ruby colored eyes was voted “BEST BUNNY”.
TURKEY LURKEY, the young turkey, was very popular and drew children to its cage with its odd turkey sounds. TURKEY LURKEY enjoys visiting schools and hops right in the cage when Farmer Mary gets ready to load up animals for away events.
Everyone was thankful the rain held off despite some morning clouds.
Farmer Mary is happy to visit preschools for indoor and outdoor events. She will also rent temporary classroom pets (see the tab at the top of the front page of the website for more information). She has brought animals to a Birthday in the classroom..consider that easy way to celebrate a young child’s Birthday!
Farmer Mary and some of her animals visited New Hope Baptist Church Preschool in Raleigh this morning.
The baby chicks had already spent the day before at the preschool and Farmer Mary also brought bunnies, guinea pigs, a baby turkey and JESSE the baby goat.
JESSE the goat loved the market area and dove right into a basket of carrots!
Children had a chance to pet and feed the animals.
The Fall decor was excellent and the children of all ages enjoyed the Farmers Market where they selected food, bagged it then took it to the “store” and used bills to pay for it. Some children then used that food to feed the animals. What a great real life lesson!
The Fall sensory tables included whole corn for scooping and measuring as well as dried beans and plastic farm animals. JESSE the baby goat took n the job of cleaning up any corn that hit the ground!
The very last class, of extremely well behaved two year olds, had fun shucking corn and we fed it to the guinea pigs and bunnies.
Farmer Mary is happy to talk with you about bringing her animals to your next preschool event, indoors or out!
Farmer Mary and some of her animals visited the preschoolers at Richland Creek Community Church this morning.
Teachers and Moms helped hold guinea pigs and bunnies for children to pet and Farmer Mary helped children pet a baby guinea pig and JESSE the baby goat. Several classes were studying the five senses, so Farmer Mary pointed out the hard horns, soft ears and other differences between the animals. Some children heard the baby guinea pigs squeaking.
The church had the perfect area for Farmer Mary to set up on a “might rain” day. Thankfully, the rain held off until Farmer Mary was loading her car and then stopped when she got back to the farm so she could unload all the animals.
Farmer Mary is happy to talk with you about bringing her animals to churches, schools and more.
Learn MoreFriends and neighbors gathered in a Five Points backyard for fun and conversation this evening. The host family, who had visited Winterpast Farm months ago, invited Farmer Mary to bring some of her animals along.
Children and parents enjoyed holding and feeding the animals.
Backyard, front yard, garage, living room, deck, porch, driveway…Farmer Mary can set up anywhere and is happy to talk with you about bringing some of her smaller animals to your home.
Farmer Mary took a wide variety of her baby animals this morning to a “Baby Reunion” of families associated with Carolina Conceptions in Raleigh.
Families met and interacted with baby goat, JESSE, baby chicks, baby guinea pigs and some sweet bunnies.
Farmer Mary would be happy to bring her animals to your next company or neighborhood or family event. Just ask!