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Eighty Elementary Students Spend a Day on the Farm

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SHADY SPRING -

Move over Old McDonald, local students are stepping into the barn.

The Southern Conservation District hosted area 2nd graders to check out life on a farm.

 Eighty elementary school students from Fayette and Wyoming Counties visited Windon Farm and one of their first session was all about top soil and they are going to get a little muddy!

"Getting mud on my hands, getting dirty," Chelsea Parks a 2nd grader at Divide Elementary School said.

These 2nd graders weren't afraid to dive-in and get a little dirty on the Windon farm.

"It is easier for them to pick things up when they learn things with their hands," Christi Meador from Southern Conservation said.

Meador said nothing is off limits today.

Students can pet, toss and touch, all in the name of learning.

"I like the whole thing of today just because it is a part of enjoying life," Jamin Workman, a 2nd grader student said. "I am just having so much fun," he continued.

A fun-filled day, with some valuable lessons tucked in.

"Now a lot of kids they don't even know where their food comes from or where it starts.They are so used to just going to the store and getting their food there. so we just bring them here and show them the different animals so they can see it," Meador said.

They students tell me this has been their best class ever and the say their favorite part of the day is petting the animals.

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