Apple Picking!

First grade enjoyed a beautiful morning at First Fruits Farm in Freeland, MD!  We learned about the farm and got down to business picking apples.  The children worked hard in an attempt to clear 3 trees of its' fruit.  They used crates to make themselves a little taller and also got to climb up and down the ladders.  There was a lot of teamwork going on too as they helped with handing off the apples and putting them into the crates.  Some of the children stood by the truck and helped the farmers sort the good apples from the not so good apples.  At the end, each child was able to enjoy a just picked apple..... and the apple helped two of our friends lose a tooth!

The farmers told us we had picked just over 500lbs of apples in a little over an hour!  We brought two large bags of apples back so we could take them to CARES (Thank you, Lukas' mom for taking these for us!).  The rest of the apples we picked would be given to area food pantries and soup kitchens. Knowing that we were filling other peoples' buckets helped to fill our own!

Here's a photobook from our trip.  I had a few photos of friends from 1B too so I've included them as well.  I apologize in advance as I know there isn't an equal number of photos per child.  Dylan's Mom, helped to take a few pictures too (thank you!)  and I might have more coming from another parent next week.

   

I hope you and your family are enjoying this beautiful fall weekend!  

First graders, what was your favorite part of our field trip on Friday?  

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