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First Grade teachers:
Our “Pumpkin Life Cycle” lesson and bead bracelet activity will take your students on a journey beginning with the pumpkin seed through flowering and pollination and ending with a bright orange pumpkin! McLean County Ag in the Classroom will provide our Pumpkin Facts for Little Readers and all the materials your students need to complete the activity.
Kindergarten teachers:
Our “From Farm to Table” lesson and activity will take your students on a journey from putting a corn kernel into the ground to finding corn ingredients in their breakfast cereal! McLean County Ag in the Classroom will provide our Corn Facts for Little Readers and all the materials your students need to complete the activity.
Find a bushel full of resources and hands-on activities for learning all about apples!
McLean County (IL) teachers can request ag mags and apple activity kits for their classroom: Click here
Ag-tivities & Online Reading materials
Books to Read – set up a FREE account on openlibrary.org to read these online books for FREE!
Apple Recipes to Try
Virtual Field Trip to Braeutigam Orchards
Braeutigam Orchards from Illinois Agricultural Assoc. on Vimeo.
More Apple Videos:
As the growing season winds down at Triple M Farm, farmer Greg Anderson shares what’s ahead for the winter months.
Find out about the Thanksgiving bag to add some locally grown vegetables to your Thanksgiving feast and more in this week’s Farm Fresh Podcast.
Listen for the Farm to Table segment on WJBC Radio every Wednesday at 12:45 p.m.
Farm and ag-related field trips allow local business professionals to see and experience the diversity of McLean County Agriculture. From the Ag Rail facility in Bloomington to Ropp Jersey Cheese near Normal, the McLean County Chamber of Commerce Ag Exchange program explores how agriculture impacts us all.
Listen as Ag Exchange participant, Steve Dobski shares his experience and find out what surprised him the most in this week’s Farm Fresh Podcast.
Tune in every week at 12:45 p.m. Wednesdays for the Farm to Table segment on WJBC Radio.
