Weaver's Orchard

School Tours, 2010

ABOUT 2010 FALL TOURS

September 20 – November 4

All fall tours will be scheduled weekdays, Monday – Thursday

Johnny Appleseed Preschool Tour

Our desire is for your students to experience a day on the farm through all five senses!

We take a hike into the orchard, using our eyes to see the various colors of apples. As we talk about how apples grow students can feel the texture of the apple they pick.

When we visit the warehouse, there are three learning stations. The students will smell the wonderful aroma of apples in the cold storage area, watch the sorting process the apples go through in preparation for marketing and observe the cider-making process.

There are sounds of the farm all along the way!

The tour concludes with tasting. A snack of our fresh apple cider and pretzels will be served. Also, each student will be able to take the apple they picked along home with them!

Elementary Educational Tour

Play Area

Hayride

Pick-your-own Pumpkin

Picnic Area

Scheduling Your Tour

Fees

Resource Links for Teachers

Safety

Picture Gallery

Johnny Appleseed Preschool Tour

A one hour tour of the Orchard & interactive cider press, designed especially for engaging the five senses of your preschoolers.

We will take a hike into the orchard and look for various colored apples. As we talk about how apples grow, your students can feel the softness of an apple bud and the firmness of the apple they pick.
The students will smell the wonderful aroma of the apples in the cold storage area.
In our old barn, the students will take part in making cider the old-fashioned way – just like in Johnny Appleseed’s day!
A taste of fresh apple cider and a pretzel snack can be enjoyed on our picnic area at the end of your tour.

Elementary Educational Tour

A one hour tour of the Orchard with a hike into the apple orchard!

Discover how apples form and grow.
Learn about caring for the trees
Pick your own apple to take home with you.

Visit the Packing House

Check out the cold storage area
Watch the sorting process the apples go through in preparation for marketing
Observe the commercial cider press.
End the tour with a snack of fresh apple cider and pretzels

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Play Area

Featuring Bugsby our Inflatable Caterpillar, the Straw Tunnel and corn kernel play area. Please schedule this half hour activity when you reserve your day at the orchard.

Hayride

The tour guide will be able to show your group the various fruit trees while the tractor and wagon take you on a 15 – 20 minute ride through the orchard. Safety is always on our minds as we ask all participants to remain seated and keep heads and hands inside the wagon.

Pick-Your-Own Pumpkin

Go to our pumpkin field and pick a 3-5 lb. pumpkin.

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Picnic Area

Many groups like to pack a lunch and enjoy it under the shade of canopies in our picnic area. Because we accommodate many groups in a day, we require you to schedule your ½ hour time slot at the picnic tables.

SCHEDULING YOUR TOUR:

Tours are offered on Monday – Thursday, beginning on September 22 and continuing until November 6.

Tours and additional activities are typically scheduled every half hour.

Please arrive 10-15 minutes prior to your scheduled tour to allow time to assemble your group, use the bathrooms, etc.

** Remember to reserve the picnic area if you are planning on enjoying lunch here.

Email us at: weaversorchardtours@gmail.com to begin the scheduling process

and / or Call: Joanne @ 610-856-7300

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FEES:

**Minimum group fee of $50.00

Please be prepared to pay when you arrive, prior to your tour.
Complimentary pass for one teacher per class/group
Free cider for the bus driver
Free parking is offered at our specific tour parking area including a separate parking area for school busses.
Free picnic area is available upon request when scheduling your group.

Fall Combo Package Discount: Enjoy the four options of: tour, hayride, play area, and picking a pumpkin. Allow 2 hours.	$7.00 per person
Johnny Appleseed Preschool Tour (1 hour)	$4.00 per person
Elementary Educational Tour (1 hour)	$4.00 per person
Play Area (1/2 hour)	$2.00 per person
Hayride (15-20 mins. - when scheduled along with a tour)	$2.00 per person
Hayride (15-20 mins. - when no tour is scheduled)	$4.00 per person
Pick-your-own pumpkin (3-5 lb. pumpkin)	$1.00 per person

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RESOURCE LINKS FOR TEACHERS:

http://www.usapple.org/educators/applestore/index.cfm

PLANTS:

An educational site for your students including things like jokes:

http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/3608/

APPLES:

Great kindergarten site – projects and apple study

http://khs.westport.k12.ct.us/olson/apples.htm

Comparing and contrasting two books on apples, this site has charts and graphs for the teacher, as well as lots of projects under "resources.'

http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/balboa/apples/

Apple lesson plan, for teachers.

http://ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/Lessons/Interdisciplinary/INT0006.html

Projects for kids, all about apples.

http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/apple/applebook.html

Teacher lesson planning

http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson077.shtml

Teacher's guide for apple curriculum.

http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/apple/appletg.html

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Safety at the Orchard:

Because we are a working farm, we have trucks, tractors and workers moving around the property. This enables the students to get a true taste of the farm as well as provide opportunity to teach safety. We ask all participants; students, teachers and parent chaperones to:

Remain behind the tour guide at all times.
Pay attention to instructions (when the tour guide is speaking – all others should be listening).
Keep all body parts inside the wagon when on the hay ride.
Wear comfortable clothing including good walking shoes. Gravel paths may be difficult to traverse especially when coming down the hill.
Chaperones and teachers are responsible for students. Our guides are able to teach about the farm, but you know your students. Our guides will ask if your students and chaperones are all with you before moving on to the next location.

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Picture Gallery

The Apple Orchard