Field Trip! :)

Hey everyone!

I hope you all had a great Monday!  I know I did, my kids were AWESOME today and we had such a productive day.  They are all adjusting so well to 2nd grade and it's so fun to get to do more and more with them each and every day.

Now, I know I'm a little bit late posting about this...but hey, better late than never right?! The Clarksville 2nd Grade took a field trip to the National Cattle Congress in Waterloo, IA on September 12, 2014.  We went here last year with the 2nd graders and the kiddos loved it, so Mrs. Halverson and I decided that we should definitely go back!

Read ahead to find out more about what we did on our field trip day! :)

We left Clarksville around 8:45 AM and arrived in Waterloo at the Cattle Congress fairgrounds around 9:20 or so!  From there, we went right into the Electric Park Ballroom and attended the four small group workshops.  Each of these workshops focused on a different farm animal and what they provide for our nation.  SO EDUCATIONAL and the kids LOVE learning about what all these animals provide for us and the whole world.

We started off in the Dairy Workshop, where we talked about dairy cows and what they all provide for us BESIDES milk of course ;)!  The students then got a chance to be a team and make butter in a baby food jar!  And they even got to taste test it with some crackers!  So fun for them to experience making butter first hand! :)

Students passing the jar around to shake and make butter!

Next, we went to the Sheep Workshop, where again, we talked about the different uses of sheep wool and all that good stuff!  The kiddos also got a chance to wrap a felt black sheep in their own yarn.  They were pumped that they got a souvenir! :)

Learning all about the sheep!

After the Sheep Workshop, we attended the Poultry Workshop where they students learned the different parts of  a chicken as well as the life cycle of an egg to a chick.  They knew alot about this because they experienced that process in 1st grade! :)

And the chickens! :)

Last but not least, we attended the Pig Workshop! STINKY! :)  We learned about the different kinds of pigs and even got to participate in a Jeopardy game with our leader to see how much we learned from her teaching us.  The kids LOVED this game and they actually did very well at it!  I have such good listeners in my classroom, I just had to brag! :)

Playing Pig Jeopardy! This lady was also our tour guide! :)

After workshops, it was then time for lunch.  We went back to the Electric Park Ballroom and ate sack lunches provided by our school.  Once we were done with lunch, it was TOUR time!

We had an awesome tour guide who took us to the petting zoo, to see all the animals including the cows, horses, goats, pigs, chicks, etc! After touring the animals, we got to watch a magic show which the kids LOVED of course and then we also walked around some more and even got to see an alligator! How neat! :)  Miss N wasn't a huge fan of the alligator, but the kids of course ate that experience right up!

Just checking out the animals! :)

Feeding the chickens/ducks! :)

Look at this cutie! :)

And I definitely can't forget the most important part of the day...meeting the Iowa Dairy Princess which called for a photo op for us teachers! :)

Iowa Dairy Princess & Clarksville 2nd Grade!

Overall, we had an awesome day at the National Cattle Congress Fair.  We had a wet and rainy day but the kids truly did awesome and were great listeners!  Field trip days are always a little hectic but we had two GREAT parent volunteers that helped us keep our 25 kiddos under control!  Thank you to those volunteers SO MUCH! :)

I hope you enjoyed hearing about our field trip.  It's so fun to get the students out of the school and experiencing something else outside of their "normal" routine.

Until next time, stay safe...and thanks for listening! <3