Apple Holler

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Educational & Fun-Filled Fall Field Trip includes:

• The interactive and musical Johnny Appleseed Show OR The interactive and musical Johnny Appleseed Puppet Show, a perfect option for the developmental stage of pre-school children.
• An Enchanted Forest tractor-drawn wagon ride/orchard tour
• A delicious apple from the Apple Holler Orchard
• Warm Chocolate Chip Cookie
• A mini-pumpkin for each child and a full-sized class pumpkin for each classroom from Apple Holler’s Pumpkin Patch
• Visits to the Golden Goat Bridge, Kid’s Corral, Corn Maze and MORE!

***Reservations Required***    

*Quantities of apples available for picking may vary from year to year. As in all farming enterprises, weather plays a major role in determining the size of a crop. At times, guests may need to harvest apples from bins rather than trees.

Fall Farm Tour with Interactive

Math Maze

Great NEW Field Trip Option for Students in Elementary through High School!

September – November 2010

***Reservations Required***

To start this exciting and unique fall farm experience, your students will work in teams to find their way through a 2 ½ acre maze. Answering their math or language arts questions correctly, will guide them through the maze, but if they answer incorrectly, they will hit a dead end and have to back track. Created to support State Academic Standards, you will choose for your class a language arts or a math maze challenge, ranging from 3rd – 10th grade.

Math Maze Learning Adventure – Engaging Educational Experience ALSO Includes:

• Orchard Tour on a Tractor-Drawn Wagon
• Chocolate Chip Cookie
• A delicious apple and a mini-pumpkin from the Apple Holler Orchard
• Access to: The Crazy Corn Maze, The Golden Goat Bridge, The Jack and the Beanstalk Storybook Trail with Giant Slide, The Kid’s Corral and MORE!

*Quantities of apples available for picking may vary from year to year. As in all farming enterprises, weather plays a major role in determining the size of a crop. At times, guests may need to harvest apples from bins rather than trees.

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Mrs. Claus and the Littlest Reindeer
A children's holiday musical that emphasizes the value of kindness, inner strength and the spirit of the holidays.

The heart warming holiday, musical show, Mrs. Claus and the Littlest Reindeer, teaches the quality of one's character is more important then their outward appearance. Everyone will enjoy a special holiday cookie and make a reindeer ornament. The culminating events of this interactive program package will be when guests will get to meet real live reindeer. Finally, a delightful holiday display and a ride on the Candy Cane Express will add the finishing touches to a unique and educational holiday experience.

Holiday Program Includes:

• Holiday musical show "Mrs. Claus and the Littlest Reindeer"
• Fresh, home-made, holiday cookie
• Surprise craft session.
• Holiday display and a ride on the Candy Cane Express
• Visit with a Real Live Reindeer!
• Classroom/home activities to support concepts presented in the program

Cost: $7.00 per person (children & adults)

 By Reservation Only

• Saturdays: 10am • Sundays: 10am

 

 

 

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Furry Tails with a Twist

An energetic, high-interest and interactive children’s show experience, which brings to life the creative world of story structure, writing vocabulary, and Six-Trait Writing; while also incorporating scientific exploration and concepts.

January-March 2010

Fractured Fairy Tales at their best - Goldilocks and the Three Bears, The Three Billy Goats Gruff, and The Three Little Pigs become terribly entangled in this hilarious romp. It’s up to the audience to sort things out! Filled with humor, slapstick and charm the creative story telling drives the action, and the actors and audience partner in the tales. In the end, both the actors and the audience have learned creative tale-telling through these Furry Tails...er...Fairy Tales. After the hilarious, high-energy performance of Furry Tails with a Twist, enjoy a choice of either freshly-made pancakes served with Three Bears’ honey or maple syrup or freshly-made Inaugural Pancakes served with real whipped cream, cherries, blueberries and cinnamon apples. Discover different types of animal tracks through discussion and a hands-on activity. Then visit real goats at the Golden Goat Bridge; pigs in their homes of straw, sticks and bricks; and see Goldilocks testing the porridge in the home of the Three Bears. Explore the tracks of these different farm animals and then take a Furry Tails Train Ride into the Enchanted Forest and have the opportunity to search for more animal tracks in the snow or mud. This engaging and educational package brings literacy and science to life in a unique and entertaining manner that will pique the interest and enjoyment of children of all ages as well as adults.

Engaging Educational Experience Includes:

• Hilarious, energetic production, Furry Tails with a Twist
• Choice of pancakes served with Three Bears’ honey or maple syrup, or Inauguration Pancakes served with whipped cream, cherries, blueberries and cinnamon apples
• Visit with live goats at the Golden Goat Bridge, live pigs in their homes of straw, sticks and bricks, and see the home of the Three Bears
• Hands-on, scientific, animal track identification activity and lesson
• A ride on the Furry Tales Train Ride into the Enchanted Forest to search for animal tracks in nature and have a discussion about forest animals at Apple Holler
• Classroom/home pre-visit and follow-up lessons/activities that support the concepts taught and experienced during the field trip

Cost: $7.00 per person (children & adults)
$4.00 per pre-ordered box lunch (Large Hot dog, Chips and Drink)

Times: Weekdays by reservation only, 9am, 10am, 11am & 12 noon.

 

***Reservations Required***     

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Big Bunny Weekend Celebration!

Come out to Apple Holler and join our Easter countdown as the Easter Bunny helps kick off the Easter holiday season.

Big Bunny Weekend Celebration Includes:

• Granny McGregor Storytelling
• Fresh Baked Cookie and Fresh Apple Cider
• A Special Easter Surprise for Each Child
• Pictures with Big Bunny (bring your camera)
• Kids Games and Prizes (every child wins)
• Wagon Ride through Enchanted Forest
• Hand Lead Pony Ride
• Ride the Apple Holler Express Kids Train

Cost: $7.00 per person (children & adults)
Reservations Required

 

 

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 Jack and the Beanstalk
     A new and original version of the age-old tale, that brings the story to life with exciting music, audience participation and comedy.

April - June 2010

Bring in the spring with a fun, experience filled field trip package that supports scientific and literacy concepts taught in the classroom, while also bringing literature to life.  Begin the adventure with an original, interactive musical production of Jack and the Beanstalk, which reminds us of the importance of dreaming and the reality of dreams coming true through dedication, courage and hard work.  Combine science with literacy as Jack's beanstalk becomes the springboard for scientific discovery.  Through a mini-lesson and outdoor displays, discover the life cycle of a plant ans view the inside of a real beehive.  Your dreams "take root and sprout" as you personally design and decorate your own "Dream Beyond the Clouds" flower pot.  Then plant your own seed and take the creation home, so you will be able to watch your dreams grow!  Enjoy a perfect finish to the experience while taking a wagon ride through the apple orchard to see apple trees when they at the beginning stages of fruit development as they are awaking from their winter slumber, like the sleeping giants.  After the guided portion of your trip, walk through "Jack and the Beanstalk Storybook Trail", and enjoy the Apple Holler Park attractions. 

    This activity-filled field trip package includes:

• The fun and educational show, Jack and the Beanstalk
• A craft-session making your own flower pot
• A gardening activity to grow your own seed in your special pot
• Mini-lesson and displays that teach about bees, pollination and bean plants
• A tasty apple for each guest
• A trip through the Jack and the Beanstalk Story Trail Maze
• A relaxing spring ride on the wagon through the apple orchard.
• Access to the Apple Holler Farm Park.

Cost:  $7 per person.
*One complimentary ticket per groups of 20 or more
Call now for reservations!   

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Summer Fun on the Farm 

Great for all ages, Summer Fun on The Farm 2010, will allow you to experience all of the sights, sounds, flavor and FUN that you will only find at Apple Holler's Family Farm!
June - August 2010

This engaging and activity filled farm experience is sure to please children of all ages as they get away from everyday life and enjoy the sights, sounds, flavor and fun of our family farm.  Your Farm host or hostess will accompany you on a  nostalgic horse-drawn wagon ride through our orchard.  Test your detective skills with our "Great Outdoors Scavenger Hunt".  Show off your creativity with a special surprise craft project that is certain to amaze you with its "magic" results. 
To help fight the summer heat, you will enjoy a delicious, frozen, Cider-cicle.  Continue your farm adventure on your own, as you feed the goats at the Golden Goat Bridge, visit the popular Bee Hut, run through the Corn Maze and Cow Maze and play in the Kids Corral - Complete with t he beautiful new Rainbow Playground System.   
Summer Fun on the Farm Experience Includes: 

• Horse-Drawn Wagon Ride through the Orchard
• "Great Outdoors Scavenger Hunt"
• Fun Craft Project
• Delicious, Frozen Cider-cicle
• A Visit to the Golden Goat Bridge AND a hand full of feed for each guest to feed the goats
• Access to the Apple Holler Farm Park including: Kid's Corral Play area, Golden Goat Bridge, Corn Maze, Cool Cow Maze and MORE!

  Gemstone Mining Experience Add-On Includes: 

• Access to the Apple Holler Mining Company Sluices
• A Bag of Mining rough (containing at least 4oz. of genuine gemstones and minerals) for each guest
• A picture chart to identify gemstones and minerals discovered.

Cost:  $7.00 per person (children and adults)
*One complimentary ticket per groups of 20 or more 
Gemstone Mining Experience Add-on Cost: $4.00 per person
** Field Trip is approximately 1¾ - 2 hrs. long

***Reservations Required***     

 

 

 

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Teacher's Tips

• Watch local weather forecast to have children dress appropriately
• Arrive 10 minutes before scheduled time
• Guided portion of field trip is approximately 90 minutes. Allow additional time for children's play area and/or lunch.
• The chaperone's are responsible for the safety of the children. The activities of the children must be monitored by the chaperone's while here.