Category: Animals

Last week, we had the great pleasure of hosting a few dozen of the Heartly House staff members. This group took advantage of the rain to create a cozy day at the lodge. Instead of focusing on productivity and professional development, the day was all about self-care. Some folks chose to work on vision boards, Read More »

This summer, we were invited to be presenters at Thurmont’s summer rec program called ‘A Day in the Park.’ So, this past Wednesday, we loaded up Geysir the horse and our two goats for a little outing to the Thurmont Community Park. Here, we greeted their 17 campers for a morning of animal fun! The Read More »

​With the helpful hints from Wegner Roofing & Solar we made our barn eyeful. Anyone who has been in our horse barn knows it is the cleanest barn known to man where they wonder if we do pressure washing Houston, with each minuscule piece of goat manure picked out of the stalls and every bird Read More »

With all of our Head Start kids at home right now, we figured some empathetic kids might start worrying about how Flat Fandi is doing in the classroom, all alone. So, Joy wrote this story to alleviate any worries. Flat Fandi, safe from disease in his lamination, took a trip to the farm to see Read More »

This week, we hosted Tiffany Cianci for an Inventures in Learning virtual field trip. Tiffany owns The Little Gym in Frederick and has been filming hugely popular live virtual field trips all over the local area. The videos are targeted at kids aged prek-6th grade. Tiffany even uploads dozens of age appropriate worksheets for kids Read More »

With all of our Head Start friends stuck at home, away from school and the farm, we decided to send home some postcards! This week, the Head Start staff are making their last drop offs to each student’s home, so we snuck in a little something from the farm. Last week, we sent home our Read More »

At our farm, we hope to teach our preschool ‘friends’ empathy for our animals. A great part of that is showing how very similar we are to animals, and vice versa. We do this in our everyday interactions with our animals as we mention that the puppy might be feeling nervous about so many people Read More »

Count Around the Farm is one of our classic stories that we bring to Head Start classrooms during our winter visits. This story not only helps our preschool ‘friends’ to remember our farm animals and our property, but it also is a counting exercise. The ‘friends’ shout out the next number before we turn every Read More »