Field Trip Offerings for Pre-K Through Grade 1
'I Spy' Day
Pearl S. Buck’s love of children permeated her daily life through her own family as well as the children of her Welcome House adoption agency. She loved seeing them play, smile, giggle and just have fun. This tour is designed to have young children enjoy the grounds of Green Hills Farm and get their first experience touring a historic house.
Through Play Young Students Learn Program Aspects:
Pearl S. Buck House Tour
A house tour directly correlated to finding the items in their I Spy booklet. Students are encouraged to focus and major items and aspects of the living in the Pearl S. Buck house as one of her children did.
Art Activities
Other than making their own paper binoculars, children will engage in sidewalk chalk art, making decorative fans, and coloring page activities
Game Activities
Chinese Hopscotch – with Chinese character numbers to jump on. Chopstick Challenge – various items are presented to the students to pick up with chopsticks
Archaeology Dig
Using sand boxes and grid system children experience what it is like to find artifacts like actual archeologists.
Puppet Show
Pearl S. Buck wrote many Children stories. One of those stories has been adapted for the children to enjoy in a puppet format.
Mrs. Starling's Problem
Theme: Problem-Solving
After having settled her eggs in a new nest, Mrs. Starling find that she has grown too fat to get into the next to feed her growing chicks. Pearl Buck wrote this story for her grandson’s nature club based on the story of a real set of birds who built a nest under her roof.
The Chinese Storyteller
The puppet show is based on a collection of old Chinese children’s stories collected by Pearl Buck. This ancient/traditional story is called 猫和狗的故事 (The Story of the Cat and the Dog) or 猫狗为何成仇 (Why Cats and Dogs Became Enemies).
Book Today! Questions?
Call 215-249-0100 x149 or email sfreise@pearlsbuck.org