Lower Elementary field trip to Howell Living History Farm
- What
- Lower Elementary field trip to Howell Living History Farm
- When
- 3/6/2026, 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
When: March 6th 2026
Where: Howell Living History Farm Titusville NJ
Who: LE1, LE2, LE3
What: Maple Sugar Program
The program:
The children will enter the sugarbush areas to tap trees, collect sap, and learn about the different modern and historic sugaring methods used in the woods. At the sugar shack, see a working evaporator and learn how the final steps in the process have changed in the last century.
The farm staff will lead students on a brief walk between the sugar bush and the barnyard, while teaching ways to identify different species of trees. In the barnyard, cut and split the firewood needed to boil sap into syrup. Finally, walk through the open-hearth kitchen and see pancakes being made with flour ground from wheat grown right on the farm...and take one with you to taste with syrup you helped make.
I will be asking Joann and Lori and Chris to ask for 3 parent chaperons each for the trip.
Leaving school at 9am- (arriving at the farm 9:30) returning by 1pm (leaving the farm at 12:30)
** no packed lunch needed. Kids will have a substantial snack at school before they go. The kids will not be able to eat at the farm, they will be eating upon their return to school.