Welcome Pinners! Make sure to subscribe to our blog. Weekly, I post a new activity and lesson ideas for teaching about food, farming, animals and plants. Check out more of my free activities here FINALLY, I got to the store…
Happy Thanksgiving!
This Thanksgiving our family farm is thankful for everyone who makes our farm possible: Thank you to our Organic Valley milk hauler Patrick Thank you to Dr. Bob who cares for our animals when in need Thank you to our…
Working with your Husband isn’t all Bad
On Sunday night Tim and I got to milk together. We kid that these are our “date nights” (Though that isn’t far from the truth). We don’t go on dates very often. We go out on birthdays and anniversaries, but…
Free Teacher Resource-Come Tour our Farm From Anywhere
Happy Free Teacher Resource Friday. I wanted to let you know about a great resource that our farm provides. TOURS! And no you don’t need to live within driving distance. Nor do you need to get out your red rubber…
Cute kids and their calves
The fair is officially over for us. The dairy animals get to go home on Tuesday night. Have no fear, the rest of the fair will go until Sunday. Here are some of the photos of the boys preparing for and then…
11 Tips on How to Properly Visit a County Fair
I have been visiting county and state fairs my whole life. County and state fair season is my favorite time of the year. I still get giddy the day before our county fair starts. Today (Monday), you can come out…
FREE Teacher Resource Friday-Fair Scavenger Hunt
Next week starts the Dakota County Fair. This is our favorite fair of the season. Even though we don’t live in Dakota County, growing up the Zweber kids were enrolled in a Dakota County 4-H club (because it was…
Minnesota Storm Damage-Farm Pictures
Summer officially starts today and Mother Nature is making it known. In Minnesota we always say that we can stand the heat, but not the humidity. With our gluttony of rain lately, the humidity is out in full force and so are…
FREE Teacher Resources-Seasons and the Farm
I hope that you enjoyed the first installment in our Free Teacher Resources series. Last week we had a unit on cows and numbers. Click here if you missed it. This week we are going to talk about seasons. While…
Free Teacher Resource: Cows and Numbers
I am super excited to start a new series on this blog. Each week I am going to feature a learning project about farms, agriculture, animals or food. The goal is to provide easy ways to incorporate learning about agriculture…