Preschool Story Hour on the Farm: 4 week Winter Session!

Have fun on the farm and in the garden with your preschooler while practicing early reading skills!

This 4 week,1 hour class is designed for emergent readers ages 3 - 5 years and builds connections between the five senses, caring for farm animals, planting and growing food, farm machines, and music with early literacy components (reading, writing, listening, speaking, viewing, and visualization).

This is a fun, age-appropriate class with hands-on activities for a child/caregiver team paired with the best in children’s literature.

Each class will begin with a song/story/activity component indoors and continue with a trip to the garden or farmyard.

2025 Winter Session Dates:

All classes are on Tuesdays from10am-11am. Meet in the Soil & Stars Education Building to begin the class and then venture out on the farm with your farm educator!

• February 4
• February 11
• February 18
• February 25
• March 5- extra class/make up

Ticket cost is for one Adult/Child Pair for the 4 week session, PLUS bonus 5th class

Additional siblings can attend for additional fee. Limited space for siblings.

Babes in Arms are Free.

Is admission to the farm include in the price of the ticket?

YES! After each class, you are welcome to continue to explore the farm with your preschooler. The farm is open from 9am-5pm on Tuesdays.

What should we wear?

Dress in layers to be prepared to both sit inside for 30 mintues and walk around outside (less than a mile on a path) for 30 minutes.

POLICIES

• Programs run rain or shine. Dress for the weather if your program takes you outside!
• No ticket refunds within 1 week of the program except in the case of Gorman Heritage Farm cancelling the program.
• If you suspect you may be coming down with a transmissible illness, we require you to stay home to help keep others healthy. Thank you!
• Agritourism Warning: Under Ohio law, there is no liability for an injury to or death of a participant in an agritourism activity conducted at this agritourism location if that injury or death results from the inherent risks of that agritourism activity. Inherent risks of agritourism activities include, but are not limited to. the risk of injury inherent to land, equipment, and animals as well as the potential for you as a participant to act in a negligent manner that may contribute to your injury or death. You are assuming the risk of participating in this agritourism activity.

By signing up and/or attending any of our programs, you are agreeing to the above policies.

Host or Publisher Gorman Heritage Farm