Since we are unable to be face-to-face with our Head Start preschoolers during this time, we have been relying heavily on their teachers to be our proxies. Each and every teacher has made room in their weekly schedule to share…
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More Distance Learning Videos
As most of our usual groups still aren’t able to come to the farm due to Covid, we continue to make distance learning videos to bring the farm to their classrooms. Previously, these videos were exclusively made with our Head…
Farm Trunks Update
Our farm trunks have been circulating in the Frederick County Head Start classrooms for seven weeks now, and the consensus is clear: everyone LOVES the farm trunks! Each week, we are inundated with photos and feedback from the teachers. We…
Posted in Farm Mail, Head Start
Farm Trunk Debut
ThorpeWood has debuted our full line of Farm Trunks, which are now circulating between all of the Frederick County Head Start classes. Inspired by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Education Trunks, our trunks cover many farm and nature…
Posted in Farm Mail, Head Start
Book Donation!
We farm folk are always working on new projects to enliven every corner of the farm. Right now, one of those projects is creating a book nook for our preschoolers (and ourselves) to enjoy! We were so delighted to receive…
Posted in Head Start, Stoney Lick Farm
March Farm Mail
We continue to send ‘farm mail’ to our Head Start students! These little bits of love from the farm are delivered to the county’s Head Start classrooms about once a week. We also send ‘farm mail’ to the children in…
Posted in Farm Mail, Head Start
Farm Trunks
Inspired by the Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Education Trunk, we have created a new kind of farm mail: Farm Trunks! Farm Trunks are old metal toolboxes filled with different nature-themed classroom fun. For example, our first farm trunk, which…
Posted in Farm Mail, Head Start
Recent Farm Mail
Since the beginning of the school year, we farm folk have committed to creating and dropping off ‘farm mail’ at all of the county’s Head Start classes each week (except when the snow stops us!). The past two months have…
Posted in Farm Mail, Head Start
New Farm Comic!
Our latest book has no words at all. Nope, not even a title. Instead, it is a comic strip that goes along with one of our recent videos ‘Let’s Ride a Horse.’ As our young preschoolers are a little ways…
Posted in Farm Story, Head Start
Recent Farm Mail
We have been having so much fun making and delivering farm mail to all of our Head Start friends! Each week, we drive around Frederick and Emmitsburg to make our rounds of all the classrooms – two classes at Frederick…
Posted in Farm Mail, Head Start
