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Enjoy Fun and Educational Experiences at Hewitts!

Our curriculum based spring tours program are appropriate for kindergarten and primary aged children and teaches all about seeds and caterpillars, including living things and how they grow – the wonders of spring!

Hewitts Fun Farm offers a fun and educational experience that engages students with what is happening within their classroom and/or age group setting through tours and hands on fun activities in a safe and healthy environment.

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School Tours 

Price per student is $11 plus HST no charge for teachers or parental chaperones. Please email to book your school tours at hewittsfunfarm@hotmail.com

Pre-School and Day Care Programs

Students will:

• enjoy an interactive puppet show introducing animal classification through our farm friendly puppets
• learn all about seeds
• visit our array of friendly farm animals
• take a wagon ride out to our pumpkin patch
• each child will take home their own farm grown pumpkin
• be able to bring their own lunch OR bring money to purchase a fresh made sandwich/water or juice/cookie from our market store (pre-ordering required please ask us how)
• enjoy play time in are Fun Farm Yard.

Cost is $10 (+hst)  per student. For every 5 kids, 1 adult is admitted free to the farm.

Grades Two and Three

Students will enjoy a wagon ride to the pumpkin patch to pick their very own pumpkin to take home while observing and discussing how the environmental conditions affects the growth of plants.

TEACHER WILL SELECT ONE OF THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS:

  1. NAVIGATE YOUR WAY THROUGH OUR CORN MAZE
  2. FARM PUMPKIN PROGRAM

Students will:

  • Learn all about seeds
  • EACH STUDENT WILL TAKE HOME A FARM GROWN PUMPKIN
  • Enjoy playtime in our Fun Farm Yard
  • STUDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO BRING THEIR OWN SNACK AND DRINK TO THE FARM or bring money to purchase a sandwich/water or juice/cookie from our market store (pre-ordering required for large orders, please contact us if you require catering)

Cost $10 (+hst) per student. For every 5 kids, 1 adult is admitted free to the farm.

All programs are geared to correlate with the Ontario Science and Technology Curriculum.

  • Teachers and EA’s are included in the cost of the tour. Adult helpers are included.
  • Tours run rain or shine consideration will be made to reschedule a rain date depending availability.
  • Please have students bring a bag to carry pumpkins and dress for the weather (remember the farm is very muddy when wet).  Our rule of thumb for pumpkin picking is if you can carry it in your bag it’s yours!
  • Recommended clothing includes: rubber boots, jacket, sweater, gloves, hat (in line with weather conditions)

Jr/Sr Kindergarten and Grade One

SELECT FROM ONE OF OUR FARM FRIENDLY PROGRAMS:

  • discover insects and the life cycle of a pumpkin
  • what it is like to “be a bee” and their importance
  • colour and shape sorting in the fun farm
  • learning about seeds
  • a tour of the farm animal corral to learn about each animal classification
  • an enjoyable wagon ride to our pumpkin patch
  • Each student will take home their own farm grown pumpkin
  • enjoy play time in our Fun Farm Yard
  • Students are asked to bring their own snacks and drinks to the farm, or bring money to purchase a sandwich, water or juice, or a cookie from our market store (pre-ordering may be required please call us for more info.)

Cost $10 (+hst) per student. For every 5 kids, 1 adult is admitted free to the farm

Register Your School

Each teacher that books a class tour will receive a FREE Family Day Pass to the fun farm for use during the 2018 Summer Season.