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Kids on the Go! – Westview Orchard, Washington Township, Michigan
In Michigan fall is a fabulous time of year! The colors are vibrant and the air is crisp. It is also a time for the orchards and cider mills to open their doors for all to enjoy their harvest. I have made it a tradition to bring the kids each year to Westview Orchard. Westview Orchard is located at 6507 Van Dyke in Washington Township, Michigan. Their telephone number is 866-WVO-FUN. The Orchard is open from … Read entire article »
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Kids on the Go – Hess-Hathaway Park, Waterford Township, MI
YAY! it’s me again, PlayDrMom. And this time I get to share one of our favorite parks to visit. My kids lovingly refer to this park as the “Farm Park” because not only can they enjoy an awesome playground area there, but it also has a FARM! Hess-Hathaway Park 825 S. Williams Lake Road Waterford, Mi 48327 Park is FREE OF CHARGE Summer Hours (April 16 – October 14): 10am-8pm, 7 days a week Winter Hours (October 15 – April 15): … Read entire article »
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Kids on the Go – Ferme Guyon, Chambly, Quebec
Ferme Guyon is a certified pedagogic farm in Chambly, Quebec, just about 20 minutes west of Montreal. It is comprised of a big store part, a butterfly house, the farm itself, a tree nursery and flowers, so it is both interesting in terms of education and also shopping. The farm is located directly off Highway 10 east from Montreal towards Sherbrooke, exit 22, so it is very easy to find, it has a big parking lot, … Read entire article »
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Sensory box – weather and animals/bugs that fly
So we were working on a project for this weather blog hop and Nico was having fun with the batting while I was simultaneously working on another project needing batting (might as well while it’s out). Even thought at first he didn’t want to touch it with his hand… He liked tearing it apart and we talked about how it reassembled a cloud like in the sky. We also talked about what else is in/comes from … Read entire article »
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Off to the farm…
So after visiting the butterfly house for a good 45 minutes, we went to see the little farm on the same propriety.It’s an educational farm, where they offer tours and activities for school group, of course on a Sunday (the day we went) they don’t do those but you still can do around and look/pet the animals. So we went in and looked at the informative stations first. They had a wheat to bread, a cow … Read entire article »
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A visit to the butterfly house
On October 9th 2011 (so pre-blog era) we went to visit a butterfly house (the place is called Ferme Guyon and they are also on Facebook.). I don’t know how many of those exist out there but I had never heard of one before. They are housed in a greenhouse type building (sorry forgot to take a pic of the outside). They have over a hundred different species, indigenous and exotic all fluttering around in … Read entire article »
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