Looking for an educational field trip to a farm look no further, Tumbling N Farm is an educational hands-on farm. Our educational program provides a dynamic, natural classroom to educate and inspire people of all ages, abilities, and background.
Programs by grades have been developed using our farm slogan "Where Science, Math, History, Geography, Reading, and Writing come together in Agricultural Education". Our programs are aligned with Georgia Agriculture and Georgia Education Standards of Excellence. We offer Fall, Winter and Spring seasonal farm programs by grades. We are a family owned and operated farm located in the heart of the countryside.
OUR MISSION is to provide agriculture education to all children.
Classes are divided into five stations some outside , some inside our Agriculture Education Center. All classes contain hands-on learning. Some of the classes will have either lab experiments, some will have worksheets, some will have writing projects and some will have arts and craft projects. One thing they will all have is learning about agriculture.
Taken from the NEA Web Site:
- Study found that regardless of gender, ethnicity or socioeconomic status, children who take field trips have better grades(59%), higher education rated from high school (95%) and college (63%) and greater incomes (12% higher annually.
- Educational trips had a positive, lasting impact on their education and career because enriching field trips made them more engaged, intellectually curious, and interested in and out of school.
- Field trips give students the opportunity to learn in a natural environment and experience things firsthand.
- Today's students are visual learnings. A field trip lets them touch, feel, see, smell, and listen to what they are learning.
What can can expect from a Farm Educational Tour at Tumbling N Farm:
- Farming teaches kids where their food comes from. As a teacher it always amazed me how many children didn't know where their food came besides the grocery store. Students didn't know that pork was from pigs (swine). Vegetables were mystery edibles they were suppose to eat. They didn't know apples grew on trees.
- Farming teaches kids to have a greater appreciation for food. Kids benefit in life when they now where their food comes from, how it is raised and the amazing process of bringing food from farm to table.
- Farming teaches kids how to care for animals. Animals need food, water, shelter and TLC to grow healthy and happy. Students learn how different animals have different nutrients requirement. Animals have different shelter needs and different care at different seasons.
- Farming teaches kids responsibility. Anything raised and grown on the farm depends on the farmer. Feeding, watering, grooming, cleaning, building, and repairing are daily tasks that take place on the farm every day.
- Farming teaches kids to have a greater awareness of weather and mother nature. Weather, f all sorts, affects farming daily. Rain is extremely important but too much is never good. Extreme heat or extreme cold has its affect on everything and all the animals on the farm.
- Farming teaches kids safety skills. Being aware of your surroundings is the number one rule when farming. Milking goats and cows, feeding animals, gathering eggs, working in the gardens all require safety.
- Farming teaches kids problem solving skills. Animals have a mind of their own and things change daily. Kids need to figure out ways to get animals fed and pull weeds even if the weather doesn't want to cooperate.
- Farming teaches kids life skills: Like growing food, taking care of animals, communication, and rewarding.