Mobile Petting Zoos for Schools & Daycares in North Texas
Bring the Farm to Your Students
No buses. No field trip logistics. No loading up 40 preschoolers.
We'll bring the farm to you.
The Barnyard at 2R Ranch provides professionally staffed mobile animal experiences for schools, daycares, preschools, camps, and educational programs throughout North Texas.
Our team brings the animals, setup, and handlers directly to your campus for an interactive experience your students won't forget.
A Field Trip That Comes to You
Give your students the opportunity to meet and interact with farm animals without ever leaving campus.
Our mobile Barnyard experiences can feature a rotating selection of friendly farm animals such as goats, sheep, pigs, chickens, ducks, miniature donkeys, ponies, and other Barnyard favorites.
We can help design the experience around your student count, age groups, available space, schedule, and campus needs.
Whether you're planning an experience for one preschool class or an event involving the entire school, we'll help you determine the best setup.
Perfect for Schools
Our mobile animal experiences are a great addition to:
• Preschool and elementary programs
• Farm and agriculture units
• Field days
• Spring celebrations
• Fall festivals
• End-of-year celebrations
• Summer programs
• After-school programs
• Family nights
• School fundraisers
• PTA and PTO events
• Special campus events
Daycares & Childcare Centers
The Barnyard Comes to Your Center
A mobile petting zoo is an easy way to create a memorable activity without transporting young children off-site.
Our team comes directly to your childcare center with the animals and equipment needed for the experience.
We'll work with you to determine an appropriate setup and schedule based on your number of children, age groups, available space, and daily routine.
Large Schools & Multiple Classes
Have a lot of students?
That's okay.
For larger campuses, we can help create a rotation schedule that allows smaller groups of students to experience the Barnyard throughout the event.
We'll use your expected attendance and available time to help determine an appropriate experience, duration, and guest-flow plan.
This can work especially well for elementary schools, larger childcare centers, field days, and campus-wide celebrations.
Multi-Campus Schools & Childcare Groups
One Barnyard. Multiple Campuses.
If your organization operates more than one location, let's make planning easier.
The Barnyard can work with school districts, childcare groups, preschool organizations, and multi-location education providers to coordinate experiences across multiple campuses.
Instead of requesting a completely separate experience every time, we can help create a multi-campus Barnyard program based on your locations, schedule, and expected participation.
Planning several campus visits throughout the year?
Ask us about multi-event and recurring experience options.
ASK ABOUT MULTI-CAMPUS EXPERIENCES
Add a Highland Cow
Make Farm Day Even Better
Want to make the experience extra memorable?
Add one of our signature Highland cows to select school and daycare experiences.
A Highland creates an additional interaction and photo opportunity and makes an incredible centerpiece for farm-themed days and special campus events.
Availability depends on weather, location, animal scheduling, and event conditions.
What We Bring
Our goal is to make hosting the Barnyard as simple as possible for your staff.
Depending on the experience selected, our team provides:
• A rotating selection of friendly farm animals
• Portable animal enclosure
• Professional Barnyard handlers
• Setup and breakdown
• Animal supervision
• Guest interaction
• Feed for interaction when appropriate
• Animal care supplies
Your staff gets to enjoy watching the kids experience it.
We'll take care of the animals.
How Much Space Do We Need?
Space requirements depend on the experience, number of students, event duration, and animals involved.
Grass is preferred for many experiences, but select setups may be possible on concrete, pavement, or indoors depending on the event and animals.
Our team will review your setup information before your event to help determine an appropriate location.
Safety & Animal Care
Creating a positive experience for both the children and our animals is extremely important to us.
Our Barnyard team supervises animal interaction throughout the experience and helps students learn how to approach and interact with the animals appropriately.
Every event is also evaluated based on weather, temperature, transportation time, event conditions, animal temperament, and appropriate rest.
Animal selections may change when necessary to protect the health and wellbeing of our animals.
For Teachers & Administrators
We know school events can involve more than choosing a date.
If your school requires vendor paperwork, insurance information, invoicing, purchase-order information, or other documentation, let us know when submitting your inquiry.
We'll work with your event contact to provide applicable booking and vendor information.
Planning for Your Entire District or Organization?
We'd love to talk.
Multi-campus relationships are one of the easiest ways to bring consistent programming to several locations while simplifying the planning process for your team.
If you're responsible for multiple schools or childcare centers, include the approximate number of locations you're interested in when contacting us.
We'll help you explore a schedule that works across your organization.
School & Daycare FAQ
What ages are your experiences appropriate for?
Our Barnyard experiences can be enjoyed by a wide range of ages.
We'll help recommend an appropriate setup based on the ages of your students and the type of event you're planning.
How many students can participate?
That depends on your event duration, setup, student ages, and experience.
For larger groups, we may recommend rotating students through the Barnyard in smaller groups to create a better experience.
How many animals do you bring?
Animal selection varies based on the experience, availability, weather, event conditions, and expected attendance.
Our mobile petting zoos typically include a rotating selection of friendly farm animals.
Can you bring a Highland cow?
Yes!
Highland cows can be incorporated into select school and childcare experiences based on availability and event conditions.
Can you set up on concrete?
Select setups may be possible on concrete or pavement.
Tell us about your available space when submitting your inquiry so we can determine what will work best.
Can you set up indoors?
Select animal experiences may be available indoors depending on the animals, building access, flooring, available space, and event conditions.
Include those details with your inquiry.
Can you provide insurance or vendor documentation?
If your school or organization has specific vendor requirements, let us know when submitting your inquiry so we can review them.
Do you work with multiple locations?
Absolutely.
We can coordinate experiences for multi-location childcare organizations, schools, and other educational groups.
Ask us about creating a multi-campus schedule.
How much does a school petting zoo cost?
Pricing depends on your location, number of students, event duration, date, experience, staffing needs, and travel requirements.
Submit your event information and we'll recommend the best options for your campus.
Do you travel?
Yes.
We provide school and daycare experiences throughout North Texas, with extended travel available for select organizations and multi-campus programs.
Serving Schools & Daycares Across North Texas
The Barnyard at 2R Ranch serves schools, preschools, daycares, childcare centers, camps, and educational organizations throughout Sherman, Denison, Pottsboro, Whitesboro, Gainesville, Gunter, Howe, Van Alstyne, Anna, Melissa, Celina, Prosper, Frisco, McKinney, Allen, Little Elm, Aubrey, Denton, and surrounding North Texas communities.
Select programs are also available throughout the greater Dallas-Fort Worth area and Southern Oklahoma.
Bring the Field Trip to You
Tell us your date, campus location, estimated number of students, ages, and what you're planning.
We'll help you determine the Barnyard experience that works best for your school.
