Down on the Farm

Powerpoints

Listening Center Response Sheets

Songs and Poems

I Went to Visit

I went to visit a farm one day.
I saw a ________ across the way
And what do you think I heard it say?
 ________, _________, ________.
(cow/moo-moo-moo; sheep/baa-baa-baa,etc.)
 

Down in the Barnyard
 Sung to: "Down by the Station

Down in the barnyard, early in the morning,
Feeding all the animals one by one.
 Listening to the horses,
 Pigs and cows and chickens,
 Neigh, oink, moo, cluck, having fun.

 Down on the Farm
Sung to: "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star"

Horses, pigs and cats and dog
All are found down on the farm.
Pigs say oink and horses say neigh,
See the cats and dogs just play,
Horses and pigs and cats and dogs,
All are found down on the farm.

The Animal Song
Sung to: "The Muffin Man"

Oh can you hear the donkey talk,
The donkey talk, the donkey talk?
Oh can you hear the donkey Talk?
Heehaw, heehaw, heehaw.
(Continue with additional verses about other farm animals and
   their sounds.)

Ten Clean Squeaky Pigs
Sung to: "Three Green Speckled Frogs"

(Ten) pigs, so squeaky clean
cleanest pigs you've ever seen!
Wanted to go outside to play,
(Snort, snort.)
One jumped into the mud,
landed with a great big thug!
Now there are nine clean SQUEAKY pigs (oink-oink)
        Count down.
 
 

Language Arts
Have students rewrite the "Farmer in the Dell."
                    example: My cow gives milk,
                                    My cow gives milk,
                                    It moos and moos,
                                    My cow gives milk.

 Make a class book using the structure of Brown Bear by Bill Martin.
               ex. Red hen, red hen, what do you see? I see a white sheep looking
                     at me.

Make farm animal books by choosing several animals and writing on sentence strips. Place several together and staple. Students will fill in the blanks and illustrate.
                    A cow has ___________.

Make a farm alphabet chart.

Make a color food book for students to illustrate and read.
                    ex. A potato is brown.

Have students sit in a circle on the floor. Say a word, ex. hen. Have students
 give words that rhyme.

Read Rosie's Walk and find all the position words in the book.  Have students illustrate each position Rosie finds herself in.

Compare versions of fairy tales that involve farm animals. ex. The Three LittlePigs,  The Little Red Hen, etc.

Mathematics

Read The Popcorn Book by Tomie dePaola. Give each student a cup of popcorn,
 have students estimate how many pieces of popcorn they have and then count.

 Use "money" to buy fruits and vegetables.

Give students a handful of seeds, have them sort and count.

Use farm math mats; have students use manipulatives to solve addition or
subtraction problems.

Make number word-numeral match up puzzle. Write words and numbers on
a farm animal shape and cut up to make puzzles.

Cut out piggy banks shapes, place money amounts on each shape. Have students place the correct amount of money on each shape.

Bring in a 5 pound bag of potatoes. Have students estimate how many potatoes
are in the bag.

Show students a picture of a farm scene. Have students count and graph the           number of animals in the picture.

Measure bananas, carrots, cucumbers, and celery with unifix cubes.

Sort pictures of foods according to the Food Pyramid. Then sort food that
comes from different farm animals, cow, pig, chicken, etc.

Match mother and baby farm animal babies.

Discuss life cycles of animals that live on the farm.

Sort farm animals by the way the produce their young, ex. born alive, hatch from an egg.

Read The Milk Makers. Discuss dairy farms, how milk is processed and products
that come from cows.

Read Growing Vegetable Soup; make vegetable soup.

Make Farm Animal riddle books.
          ex. Seems my flock was lost
          By Little Bo Peep.
          Some people count me
         When trying to sleep.

Observe a raw egg and find it's parts. (Download diagram)
 
 

Read a version of City Mouse/Country Mouse; discuss differences between the
city and the country. Show pictures of things found in the city and the country; sort.

Read Ox Cart Man  by Donald Hall and discuss farms of long ago and now.
 

Discuss different types of farms, dairy, cattle, crop. Discuss jobs that must be
done on different types of farms.

Read Charlie Needs a Cloak and discuss that cotton and wool come from farms.
Give students a cotton ball or Q-tip; demonstrate spinning. Provide construction
paper strips for students to practice weaving.
Make a farm breakfast for students.

 Art

Make paper plate animals.

 Make baby chicks with cotton balls. Glue in an egg carton cup.

 Paint farm animals at the easel.

Use modeling clay and make farm animals; paint.

 Make a farm mural; use paints or cutouts.

 Use stencils and make farm animals.

Make a life size scarecrow.
 
 

Read Piggy in a Puddle or Small Pig. Make chocolate pudding and spread on a
round cookie. Eat the "mud puddles.

Make butter using heavy whipping cream and a dash of salt.

Make bread.

Make "pigs in a blanket" using crescent rolls and hot dogs.

Shuck corn and boil it.

Make popcorn.

Make deviled eggs, scrambled eggs or egg salad.

Make milkshakes with milk and ice cream.
 
 

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