I've got a golden ticket!

My kindergarten class also went on a field trip this past week. Wednesday we went to the Golden Gobi chocolate factory. Golden Gobi is a well-known factory in Mongolia and they make awesome chocolate. The trip was actually planned the day before making it pretty short notice but I don't think anyone had a problem with that! We encouraged the kids to bring some money to buy some chocolate and I definitely brought some of my own! We took about 15, 5-year-olds and packed them all on a little bus. The kids were so excited and I have to admit, I was too. It took us about an hour to get out of the city. The factory was just on the edge of UB. The kids were getting a little restless and the infamous "are we there yet" started.
Once we finally got there, I was surprised to see a little building with a little sign. I guess I was imagining something out of Willy Wonka... sadly, there wasn't a song and dance or a funky man with a top hat and a cane. There was a nice man named Mr. Robert though! We piled in the door and headed to the office where Mr. Robert showed us a video of where chocolate comes from and how it is prepared. We also saw pictures of the things you could do with chocolate like make clothes, wigs,and  life-size race cars. Needless to say, the kids were already pretty impressed. We also tasted some pure coco shaving with no added sugar (that was interesting). The next step was putting on our gear of lab coats/capes, blue hair nets, and plastic shoes. The kids got a kick out of wearing the ensemble.

We finally were ready to head down
 to the factory. As soon as we walked down the steps, the aroma of chocolate was AMAZING!!!! I had never wanted chocolate so badly
before! The factory was a little space with about 7 machines, some refrigerators, and shelves. Mr. Robert showed us each machine and told us about pouring chocolate into molds, making chocolate bars, and making chocolate covered peanuts and raisins. The best part of the trip was when he let us taste some of the chocolates! He put down some trays of different kinds and Ms. Emily said we could have 5 each... yeah that number went down the drain really fast... At the end of the tour we had to stop by the sink as every child's hands and face had turned brown. We ended the tour by heading upstairs where the kids could buy some chocolate lollypops; and I couldn't pass down the opportunity to buy some dark chocolate and chocolate covered peanuts! The whole trip was a success and I think all of the kids, and adults, LOVED it! Now I know what you're thinking... 'you went on a field trip to a chocolate factory and then brought them back to school? They are going to be hyper from the chocolate!' Well when we got back to school we still had about 2 hours left. Luckily, it was P.E. day so we sent them to P.E. and then took them to recess. After that we sent them home :)

Nicole