One-hundred-twenty-six students from the Kindergarten classes at Dewey Elementary School had a hands-on learning experience at Papa Charlie’s Pumpkin Patch on October 11, 2017.
The students learn about agriculture in the classroom through their regular curriculum and assistance from the Litton Crusaders program. During the school year students will learn all about animals on the farm, crops grown on the farm, and what farmers provide to the general population.
As part of the Litton Crusaders program, students got the opportunity to go to Papa Charlie’s Pumpkin Patch for a farm experience with a little fun mixed in. Sixteen high school students from the Litton Agriculture Education Center assisted in the days’ activities.
The students got to pet several animals in the petting zoo, visit with “Curly” the pig, see some longhorn cattle in their natural habitat, walk through a cornfield, take a hayride, pedal a tractor, and get up close to hay bales.
