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Down on the Farm
SONGS
Take Me Out to the Barnyard
(tune: Take Me Out to the Ballgame)
by Judy Hall
Take me out to the barnyard.
Take me out there right now.
Show me the cows, pigs and horses, too.
I hear an oink and a neigh and a moo.
There are chickens laying their eggs.
If they don't lay it's a shame.
Oh, it's one, two, three eggs today,
And I'm glad I came.
Farm Sounds
(tune: Wheels on the Bus)
By John Saltsman
The cows in the barn go moo, moo, moo,
Moo, moo, moo -- moo, moo, moo.
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The cows in the barn go moo, moo, moo,
All around the farm.
Other verses:
... pigs in the pen go oink, oink, oink
... hens in the coop go cluck, cluck, cluck
... rooster on the fence goes cock-a-doodle-do
... ducks in the pond go quack, quack, quack
... lambs on the hill go baa, baa, baa
... bunnies in the hutch go (silently wiggle nose with finger)
Pocket Chart Activities
Who Lives On a Farm?
You can use die cuts for the animals and for the word "farm" in this activity.
The farm is represented by a red barn. You can make individual student books
of a story, from sentence strips with the shapes glued on. This is an outstanding
activity for teaching children tracking and one-to-one correspondance.
Make the following sentence on a sentence strip, leaving a space to place an animal die cut,
and room for the red barn at the end. I make a matching set of strips and cut them apart,
so children can match text in the pocket chart, or take words to their desks for writing.
A _____ lives on a (barn diecut goes here).
I use pig, cow, lamb, horse, dog, cat, mouse,
duck, hen, rooster, rabbit, frog, and fish
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The Giving Farm
By Vicki Witcher
Hens give eggs.
Pigs give ham.
Cows give milk.
Strawberries give jam.
Bees give honey.
Goats give cheese.
Farms give food,
I'd like some, please.
Nursery Rhyme Innovations
Kids love putting their names -- and each others' -- in the pocket chart.
Write each student's name on 1 or 2 cards for these activities,
and also have both "his" and "her" cards available.
(Child's name) has lost her/his sheep
And doesn't know where to find them.
Just leave them alone
And they will come home,
Dragging their tails behind them.
(Child's name) had a little lamb,
Little lamb,
Little lamb,
(Child's name) had a little lamb,
Its fleece was white as snow.
(Child's name)(Child's name) quite contrary
How does your garden grow?
With silver bells and cockled shells
And little maids all in a row.
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Round and round the haystack
Went (Child's name) the mouse.
One step,
Two steps,
In his/her little house.
Great idea to use One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
in the pocket chart during the farm unit.
It helps the students learn to read number words,
and it even has a big fat hen in it!
And don't forget to make a pocket chart and big book innovation called
Red Barn, Red Barn, What Do You See?
using all the colors, animals, and foods from the farm!
Five Cows All Black and White
(Tune: 5 Little Speckled Frogs)
Five cows all black and white
Chewed their cud from day to night
So they could give milk sweet and pure.
Squirt! Squirt!
One left the barn one day
So she could find more hay
Then there were 4 cows all black and white.
Moo! Moo!
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Ten Clean Squeaky Pigs
Ten pigs so squeaky clean
Cleanest pigs you've ever seen!
Wanted to go outside and play
Snort! Snort!
One jumped into the mud
Landed with a great big THUD! (slap thighs)
Then there were nine clean squeaky pigs.
Oink! Oink!
5 White and Fluffy Sheep
Five white and fluffy sheep
In the pasture fast asleep
Their wool kept them cozy all night long.
Snore! Snore!
The farmed slipped away with one
And sheared the wool till he was done
Then there were 4 white fluffy sheep.
Baa! Baa!
The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs!
the wolf insists he's innocent
one of our favorite stories year after year
Of course, you'll also use the poem This Little Piggy
in your pocket chart and make a class book from it, too.
Here's an adaptation the kids love:
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Little piggy (child's name) went to market.
Little piggy (child's name) stayed home.
Little piggy (child's name) had roast beef.
Little piggy (child's name) had none.
And little piggy (child's name) went
"Wee, wee, wee!" all the way home!
Easy Farm Games
Children like to play The Farmer in the Dell
and Duck Duck Goose.
We also can relay races carrying eggs on spoons
(I use plastic eggs for less mess).
Bean bag relays and bean bag toss games are also fun ...
try tossing beanbags in a milking pail. Let your students
wear cowboy bandanas for extra pizazz!
MATH ACTIVITIES
Math Skills - Graphing Favorite Farm Animals:
Have the children show their pictures of their favorite farm animal and share
with the class whether they have seen a real one (and if so, where).
On the whiteboard, keep a tally of the classroom's farm animal favorites OR
have the children hang their pictures on the bulletin board.
Pass out the Favorite Farm Animal Graph to the children
Favorite Farm Animal Graph
Have the children use the whiteboard tally marks or visit the bulletin board to
make their own tally sheet and fill in their graphs.
Review the graphs in front of the class and have the children self assess their
work.
Ask the children if they know which is the most popular farm animal in the
class based on the results of the graphing exercise.( See printables)
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Math Skills - Estimation:
Fill a container with a given number of a farm related item (toy farm animals,
unpopped popcorn or kernels of wheat).
100 of the item is a good number
the container should be an appropriate size that the item nearly fills the
container
show the container to the children and tell them how many of the item
are inside
Fill a second, third and fourth container with the same item:
assuming you used 100 in the first container -- fill the second container
with 25
assuming you used 100 in the first container -- fill the third container
with 50
assuming you used 100 in the first container -- fill the fourth container
with 150
NOTE: all of the containers should be identical
Ask the children to estimate how many are in the second, third and fourth
containers.
Expansion: Fill different types of containers with 50 of the item. Ask the
children to estimate the item. Afterwards, discuss whether it was easier or
harder to estimate the item when the container was the same or different.
Creative Arts:
Provide the children with a blank piece of paper or with one of our collage
outlines (from simplest to most difficult):
Tomato
Crop Fields
Barn
Barnyard
Provide the children with glue, scissors and a wide variety of collage
materials.
Examples:
pieces of wool, string, ribbon and raffia
cotton balls (great clouds!)
fabric scraps
tinfoil scraps
old magazines
old wrapping paper, construction paper or wallpaper scraps
tissue paper in various colors
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felt or fun foam in various colors (you can get precut fun foam shapes
with farm animals if you like)
beans, popcorn, grains, uncooked noodles and rice
try scrunching up some of your materials or ripping it instead of cutting it.
Have the children "color" their designs by gluing on the collage materials
You can premake an example to provide inspiration for younger children
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