October 18th

Hi All!

I hope you had a wonderful weekend!  We sure did!  For those of you who are curious, my first grandbaby is:

As for upcoming "events", we will once again be having some vet students out to learn about goat care on Saturday, November 2nd around 1:00. If you would like to come observe, I know the students would welcome you. They will be learning how to do FAMACHA scoring as well as some ultrasounding of the does that just got bred this last month--and maybe some other vet-related skills.  Please let me know if you would like to come watch so I can prepare an appropriate space for observers. 

And now on to this week's co-op. 

From 10-Noon(ish) we will break into group activities:

Group A-- Ages 5-8

You will be doing P.E. this week. You will be out in the pasture (most likely!) so, plan to be in the sun--water and sunscreen...whatever you need to stay cool. 

Parents, if your little ones tend to wander, please stay close by. You are responsible for taking your child to the restroom or providing them with water if they get thirsty. Try to remind them that this is a group activity, and they should try to stick with their group as much as possible. That will really help keep things flowing smoothly for everyone. <3

Materials Needed: 

Sunscreen if you so desire.

Water Bottles. (We do not have enough cups to provide water for all of the thirsty kiddos that come to the farm.) 

Clothes/shoes that you don't mind getting dirty.

Group B--Ages 9-12  

You will be doing Gardening this week. Ms. Paula has a lot of fun ideas as always, so come help and learn all sorts of fun new gardening tips! 

Materials Needed: 

Sunscreen and Water Bottles...if you so desire. 

Gardening gloves if you think you want them.

Clothes/shoes that you don't mind getting dirty and/or wet.

A great attitude!

Group C--Ages 13-18

You will be doing Project this week. Last week we worked with the littles on what makes a cloud. We will be continuing this theme with more weather-related science experiments. Hopefully you all have as much fun as I will!

Materials Needed: 

Sunscreen and Water Bottles...if you so desire. 

A willingness to learn

Those teenagers that do not feel like participating in the Project are welcome to volunteer with Group A. Please note, you WILL be put to work if you volunteer in that capacity! 

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Picnic Lunch

Everyone is welcome to stay and have a picnic lunch in the backyard area. You are responsible for bringing your own lunch. Please do not feed any animals with that lunch and please make sure all garbage is disposed of in the dumpster or garbage can.

Attendance Last Week (at least attendance from those who signed in 😉 ):