Tours

Come create (and eat) your own ice cream. Take the tour followed by the ice cream activity. Join the fun as you “shake, rattle and roll” to create your own homemade individual ice cream. Fun for all ages, especially those “young at heart.”

• Spring break – Monday through Friday, call to confirm dates
• Summer tours – June 1- August 26, Monday – Friday as part of the 11 am tour
• Holiday tours – the week of Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day

Groups of 10 paid participants or more may also schedule a special tour and ice cream time. Fun family reunions activity!

Join us for the most fun and educational field trip in the Central Valley! Free for all public schools, private schools and home schools associated with a school district. Organized and led by trained tour guides, safe and fully accessible. All students receive free cheese samples, a hairnet, Daisy’s Dairy “ABCs” and a souvenir pencil.  Learn about dairy with this Fact Sheet.

Students see the Cheese Theatre show and watch employees package “the Big Cheese,” 640-pound crates of cheese. Interactive exhibits use multiple senses, activities and skills to learn about the technology on today’s dairy farms, how farmers care for cows, careers in agriculture, recycling and the health benefits of dairy.

Educational tour plus actual hands-on ice cream making. Each student makes his/her own ice cream during a lesson that integrates science, math and reading while developing listening and direction following skills. A food safety theme is emphasized. Each student will enjoy his/her own personally created ice cream sample.

Educational tour plus actual hands-on cheesemaking. Student teams follow the scientific method to make cheese; measuring volume, weight, time and temperature. The lesson integrates reading, writing, critical thinking, teamwork and decision making to achieve results.  Food safety is emphasized along with nutrition concepts.

• Free for all public and private schools and homeschools (minimum student group of 10) associated with a school district, reservations required.
•  Six hands-on exhibit areas, educating movie and more
• Organized and led by trained tour guides, safe and fully accessible.
• All students receive free cheese samples, a hairnet, Daisy’s Dairy “ABCs” & souvenir pencil
• School Tour Start Times – 9:30am, 11:00 am, 12:30 pm and afternoon times available, Monday through Friday.
• School Tour Months – January through October (November and December is our Holiday Extravaganza and we do not offer schools tours then).
• Group Size – Minimum 10 and Maximum of 180 students + chaperones rotating through the program. Groups fewer than 60 students may be combined with other small groups.

Tours available after school and on weekends by reservation. Choose between the tour and ice cream activity for all ages or tour and cheesemaking activity for scouts 9 years or older.