All the magical creatures at the Farm are ready to play with Mom’s minivan full of neighborhood children. And the Farm friends are ready to teach —— games, exercises, sports —- all kinds of activities to get the kids up and running…and laughing with delight.
A young grasshopper who’s bursting with energy is the entertaining liaison between children’s “real life” and the magical world of Once Upon A Farm.
The villain kids love to hate—Bugsy’s main goal in life is to take over The Fitness Farm. Puffing cigars and gobbling candy bars. Bugsy’s always at work on a shady deal. He zips around in his noisy Bugmobile—a gas guzzling, fume-spouting contraption that, with the press of a switch, unfolds wings to convert into an airplane. Bugsy’s no-so-bright accomplice, Fred Worm, often tries to
The wise senior squash of the garden, Pops entertains kids his grandfatherly warmth and gentle humor. Blessed by a unique perspective brought by living through many seasons on the Farm, Pops happily answers children’s questions, teases them with riddles, quotes poetry, and always has time for a favorite story.
Pump for action in glorious green, the engaging Celery Twins are the ultimate coach and personal trainer. With irrepressible good humor, these two fun-loving “big kids at heart” know just how to get children up and out of their seats — stretching, bending, and jumping right into the middle of everything.
“Born to golf” is their slogan, and any patch of green will do. There you’ll find the eight peas busily yelling “fore”, teeing off, and tallying scores. Excellent mathematicians, they always wind up playing counting and number games that interest the youngest child and intrigue the oldest. Within just a round or two, they can turn an eighteen-hole golf course into the perfect children’s
The surest sound of Spring is “Play ball’, and nobody opens the Season like Duke. A Southpaw big hitter, Duke thrills kids with his Super Veggie Curve Balls, and his chilipepper hot slams outa the park. Can we learn to pitch and bat like you? kids eagerly ask. Sure, drawls Duke with his homegrown charm. And did I ever tell you about the time
Tennis is his game and he wants it to be yours. There was never a more earnest young tennis pro than Charlie Corn. His sunny disposition gets even the sleepiest child up early and out on the courts to volley. Charlie can’t resist popping off with his stock of delightfully corny jokes, puns, and word plays –leaving his students chuckling through until game’s end.
As sure as a tomato is red, you’ll find Tomas convincing the other Salad Kids to get mixed up in a fresh, new scheme Mellow Slim Scallion, with his street smarts, takes a moment from his music to figure out how to really get the job done. Luis Lettuce, ever ready with a book he’s readying, adds twists and possibilities to their plot. Exuberant
High-kicking their way into health, the Bananettes bring an up-temp beat to the Once Upon A Farm frolics. With chorus line unity, they playfully echo the new things being taught by the other characters. Their sweel repetition makes learning a fun definitely repeatable experience.
