BiO-Lancastar Fanning, Saturday, October 20,1990
BONNIE BRECHBILL
Franklin Co. Correspondent
CHAMBERSBURG (Franklin
Co.) — For one bright, sunny
October day, the lawn of Lester
Martin’s farm was turned into a
petting zoo. About 100 hand
icapped children from the Frank
lin Learning Center visited the
farm as an educational project. For
a few weeks before the visit, the
students studied about animal
mothers and babies and learned
what foods farm animals produce.
Then, only a short nde away
from the school, they met all of
those animals “in person!” They
Stevie, Tammy and Nathan enjoy a snack of milk and
homemade cookies in the yard.
Teacher Bob Crider introduces Mlkey to a friendly
Jersey cow named Faith.
The students took a rest under a shade tree before boarding the buses to return to
school. They each took home a pumpkin and an ear of corn.
Children Meet Animals Face To Face
got acquainted with a Jersey cow
named Faith and her calf; two
sheep, a goat, a pony, and a hen
and her chicks.
Many of the children had never
been on a farm before. They were
especially fascinated with Faith,
and were thrilled when they could
squirt a little milk from her udder.
The sheep and the pony stood
quietly for many loving touches.
Kclby offered the pony a carrot,
but it wasn’t hungry.
The hayride turned out to be the
most popular event of the day.
“It was fun. It was fast and
bumpy,” said Diana, one of the
students.
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Corey, on his first visit to a
farm, said, “I like the tractor and
the hayridc and the baby cows.”
Mr. Martin stopped the tractor
in the cornfield and let each of the
children pick an ear of com.
Back on the front lawn, the
children were treated to a snack of
milk and homemade cookies.
Then they each chose a pumpkin
from a huge pile. Mike said, “I’m
going to make pumpkin pie!”
Annette plans to decorate hers for
Halloween and for art class.
When asked about her favorite
part of the trip, Annette said,
“Everything!”
Nicole
Many of the children said the hayrlde was the best part of
the visit. “The hayride was fun. it was fast and bumpy,” Dia
na said.
Kelby, a student at the Franklin Learning Center, feeds a
carrot to the pony.
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