Our Kindergarten class visited Broadbrook Mountain Farm this past Tuesday. During the school year, Rebecca Beguin who lives at and works the farm (but doesn't own it), wrote letters to the children. This is a farmer/school pen-pal program sponsored by NOFA (Northest Organic Farming Association) that helps match classrooms with individual farmers who are willing to form relationships with the children through letter writing. Students have been studying "long ago" and how life is different now. Inside the farm house was an old iron cook stove that the children got to see and the farm itself is over 200 years old, which tied in well with their unit. The class also learned about the sheep on the farm, hay, and took an exciting wagon ride!
