farm

Poems/Songs

Farm Chant

A-B-CDE
Down on the farm’s where I want to be.
F-G-HIJ
Milkin’ the cows and bringing in the hay.
K-L-MNO
Where the plants from seedlings grow.
P-Q-RST
Ridin’ a horse ‘cross the fields so free.
U-V-WXY
But it’s time to say good-bye.
Z-Z-ZZZ
Down on the farm’s where I want to be.

Going to the Farm
(tune of Going to Kentucky)

I’m going to the farm.
I’m going to the farm.
To see a farmer
With _______in his arms.
So shake it baby, shake it.
Shake it all you can.
Shake it like a milkshake
And drink it if you can.
So rumble to the bottom,
Rumble to the top.
Turn around and turn around
Until I holler
STOP!

Farm Counting Poem

One, two,
Cows moo.
Three, four,
Sheep snore.
Five, six,
Pig tricks.
Seven, eight,
Horse gate.
Nine, ten,
A big fat hen.

Baa, Baa, Black Sheep Farm Poem

by Jackie Reinach

Baa, baa, black sheep, have you any wool?
Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full.
One for your sweater and one for your rug,
One for your blanket to keep you warm and snug.

Cluck, cluck, red hen, have you any eggs?
Yes sir, yes sir, as many as your legs.
One for your breakfast and one for your lunch,
Come back tomorrow, I'll have another bunch.

Moo, moo, brown cow, have you milk for me?
Yes sir, yes sir, as tasty as can be.
Churn it into butter, make it into cheese,
Freeze it into ice cream, or drink it if you please.

Buzz, buzz, busy bee, is your honey sweet?
Yes sir, yes sir, sweet enough to eat.
Honey on your muffin, honey on your cake,
Honey by the spoonful, as much as I can make.

Baa, baa, black sheep, have you any wool?
Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full.

Farm Alphabet
(Source unknown)

A is for the apples that grow on trees.
B is for the barn where animals live.
C is for the cow that gives milk.
D is for the dog that guards the sheep.
E is for the eggs we eat for breakfast.
F is for the farmer who works on the farm
G is for the garden where food is grown.
H is for the horses and the hay they eat.
I is for the ice cream that is made from milk.
J is for the jelly that we eat on toast.
K is for the kids which are baby goats.
L is for the lambs that supply us with fleece.
M is for the milk that we like to drink.
N is for the nest in which eggs are laid.
O is for the overalls that some farmers wear.
P is for the pigs that cool off in the mud.
Q is for the quilts that keep us warm.
R is for the rooster who crows in the morning.
S is for the silo where silage is kept.
T is for the turkey we eat at Thanksgiving.
U is for the udder that you find on a cow.
V is for the vines where pumpkins grow.
W is for the wool that we get from sheep.
X is for X-mas-tree farms where we buy Christmas trees.
Y is for the yarn that is made from fleece.
Z is for the zinnia, a flower that's nice.

Old MacDonald

BINGO

Mary Had a Little Lamb

The Farmer in the Dell

Square dancing

Duck, Duck, Goose

Student Books

I Live on a Farm mini book
http://www.dltk-teach.com/minibooks/farm/index.htm

Farm Animals book
http://www.readinga-z.com/newfiles/preview.html

Down on the Farm book
Jean Warren

My Baby Animal Book
April Monthly Book, The Education Center (TEC248)

Animals on the Farm book
(booklet mounted on a barn background)
September Monthly Book, The Education Center (TEC202)

This student made booklet is from The Education Center's September book at the Kindergarten Level. Each page has a picture of an animal and the text, "I see the ______." Students can rotate the wheel shown above to match the animal on each page.

At Home on the Farm booklet
Teacher’s Helper, Feb/Mar 1999

Barnyard Babble booklet
I Can Make It, I Can Read It, Summer, The Education Center (TEC3511)

Make a farm animal book as an innovation on Brown Bear.
Example: Brown cow, brown cow, what do you see?
I see a yellow duck quacking at me.

Other Literacy Activities

After reading the Rigby book, "Mrs. Wishy Washy", allow the children to "wash" animal crackers in a cup of mud (chocolate pudding or frosting.)

These are old farm character masks made by Carson-Dellosa. I hide the mask from the student who is to wear it and have them close their eyes so they don't know what farm animal mask they are wearing. Their classmates give them one clue at a time until they guess what animal they are. (Example: You have 4 feet. You are pink. You like to roll in the mud. You say, "Oink".)

Our Show and Tell assignment was to bring a farm product or item to share.

"Barnyard Banter" sequencing activities, rhyming
Teacher's Helper, April/May/June 1997

"Friends" comprehension and activity pages
Teacher’s Helper, Feb/Mar 1999

"Down on the Farm" unit
September Monthly Reproducibles, Kindergarten,
The Education Center (TEC955)

"Farm Animals" unit
Once Upon a Theme, Fall Semester, The Education Center (TEC871)

"The Farm", Early Years Thematic Notes
Frank Schaeffer

Math

Make a class graph of our favorite farm animal.

Students were given individual baskets of farm animal manipulatives to graph.

Use farm animal manipulatives (or animal crackers) with a farm math mat for sorting animals by size, color or type. Practice counting out sets of animals to put inside the corral. Farm workmat and animal manipulatives can be found in the book Math Mats and More from The Education Center.

Glue farm animal pictures or Ellison cutouts on paper to create a pattern. Animal stamps could also be used.

Choose 2 or 3 farm animals and have students wear costume cards or headbands of farm animals. Have them pattern themselves into AB or ABC patterns. Then have them make the animal’s sound to make sound patterns.

Using Counters—Kindergarten, Frank Schaeffer (FS-1069)

Old MacDonald’s Farm-sets of 8, 9, 10

Snacks and Art

Dip animal crackers in chocolate pudding "mud" after reading
Mrs. Wishy Washy

Make Pigs in a Blanket (after reading The Three Little Pigs).
Recipe can be found in Book Cooks, pp. 72-73.

Make Chicken Feed (after reading Rosie’s Walk).
Recipe can be found in Book Cooks.

Make butter.

Scramble eggs.

The children glued a green grass foreground on to the blue construction paper background. They glued on a barn (from a barn tablet). Then they cut and colored animals for their picture.