DOWN ON THE FARM - THEME UNIT - Lessons, printables, and much more!

DOWN ON THE TEACHING FARM!!!

Welcome To Teaching is a Work Of Heart's Down on the Farm Unit/Theme!

If you will be teaching about the farm or doing a thematic topic on this, then you are in the
right place. So sit down on that pile of hay over there and make yourself at home on the farm. Below you will find poems, songs, lessons, great links, printables and much more
for you farm theme. O, watch where you step while exploring this unit, you may step over a good idea - don't miss a thing!

I always start units off with great books. Here are some of my favorite
farm books. Add a bushel of hay to your reading
corner along with some of there farm books Click on a book to learn more!

Starting the Unit
I like to start units with a KWL chart. The students list what they know about the farm under K. They raise their hands, tell me something they know and I write it on the chart. Next they tell me some things they would like to know. I list those under the W. As we work on our farm theme we fill in things we learned under the the L.

We also discuss farm words. I have these words on cardstock with a picture that matches the word.


puppy	cow	wool	pig
hay	farm	foal	cat
sty	bull	barn	cheese
rabbit	ham	eggs	stable
turkey	milk	pasture	coop
kitten	tractor	donkey	hen
horse	duck	chicken	rooster
milk	farmer	goat	sheep
lamb	piglet	calf	chick

Find pictures of farm animals. During circle time hold up a picture and ask the class to tell you the sound they hear at the start, middle, or end of the word. For example:

Teacher holds up a pig and says what sound do you hear in the middle of this word and a student says /i/.

Teacher holds up a picture of a chicken and ask what sound the students hear at the start of the word and the students say /ch/

Teacher holds up a dog and asks what the students hear at the the end of this word and the students say /g/.

Have each student bring in their favorite fruit or veggie that is either brown, orange, green, or yellow. Graph the colors of food brought in.

The student love it when I bring in my bread machine. This makes for a great math lesson. Make the bread with the class and then have each student make their own butter to place on the bread.

I found the little chant below on www.kinderkorner.com
The students enjoy singing this when they get to the shaking part of the lesson>
I print this on chart paper.

Place some heavy cream (whipping cream) in a baby food jar. Fill each jar half way with the cream. Insert a clean marble into the jar.. Have the students shake the jar. Next, mix in a pinch of salt and a few drops of yellow food coloring. Spread the butter on the bread for your students to taste. Allow the students to take home their butter to share with their family. After the class finishes this activity, have each student write about how to make butter.

A fun follow-up activity for this poem is creating edible mud with your class.
For this activity, you will need per student:

You may want to previously open the pudding cups and place the remaining ingredients inside a ziploc bag for the students. This helps the process run more smoothly, and they will be excited enough as it is!

1.Open ziploc bag and remove gummy worms.
2."Bury" the gummy worms in the pudding cup.
3. Reseal the ziploc and use fists to pound the Oreos into "dirt".
4. Sprinkle Oreo crumbs on top.
5.Pick up "shovels" (spoons) and dig in!

Below are a few Ideas From Our CDROM # 3.
To Learn More About the CD - CLICK HERE!

You can do word building as a class activity or use it for centers. Each sheet includes the
letters for the students to cut apart. They are asked to make a certain number of words. They then complete various activities using the words they made. I have my students place their word sheets in their center folder. They enjoy taking home their letters to see if an adult can guess what word can be made with all the letters.

- The two sheets for this center activity can be found on CDROM 3. CLICK HERE!

Find graphics of farm animals to print. Write the name of the animal under the animal. Display these as a word bank. Your students will be able to use these words for their farm projects.

-CDROM 3 has farm animal vocab cards. Each card has a picture to match the word. CLICK HERE!

Each student creates an easy to read book by filling in blanks, illustrating, and coloring farm picture.

The words in the book are as follows:
Title: A Day at the Farm (student colors a barn)
Page 1: On the farm I see _____ cow standing in the grass. The cow says "moo!" (student fills in the word one, colors the cow, and illustrates grass)
Page 2: On the farm I see _____ farmers smiling at me. The farmers say, "Hello!" (student fills in the word two and color the boy and girl farmers.)
Page 3: On the farm I see ______ sheep getting read to eat. The sheep say, "Bah!" (student fills in the word three and colors the sheep)
Page 4: On the farm I see _________ pigs looking for mud. I pigs say, "OINK!" (student fills in the word 4 and colors the pigs)
Page 5: Student draws a farm picture.
Page 6: I see _______ chickens getting ready to lay eggs. The chicken say, "Cluck!"
(student fills in the word five, colors, and draws some eggs)
Page 7: Here are some farm words I have learned. (The student colors the farm picture and writes some farm words in the space.)

Have your students write about what the see, hear, smell, and taste in the barnyard.

FARM PHONICS POSTERS - each of the four color posters includes an animal and a word family.
2.)sheep
3.)hen
4.)pig
5.) duck

FARM ANIMAL RHYMES - student writes words that rhyme with the given farm animal. (k-1)

Great Farm Videos - Pick one
to share with you class while you study farm.
Click on a video to learn more!

Farm Sounds
(Wheels on the bus)

The cow in barn goes moo, moo, moo,
Moo, moo, moo. Moo, moo, moo,
repeat
All around the farm.
The pig in the pen goes oink, oink, oink,...........
The hens in the coop go cluck..........
The lambs on the hill go baa,........
The ducks on the pond go quack

All Around the Barnyard

All around the barnyard
The animals are fast asleep.
Sleeping cows and horses,
Sleeping pigs and sheep.

Here comes the cocky rooster
To sound his daily alarm.
"Cock-a-doodle-doo!
Wake up sleepy farm!"

The Farmer

Sun is coming up
Farmer's out the door,
He will go to milk the cows,
And start his daily chores.
Sun is going down
Horse is in the stable,
All the fields are planted now,
Supper's on the table.

Here is the Barn

Here is the barn
(form a roof shape with your hands)
Where I like to go
(Walk in place)
It's as tall as a tree
(Point up overhead)
And cozy, you know
(Hug body with arms)
Here is the barn,
(Make a roof shape with your hands)
I'll go there with you
(Walk in place)
To pet a sweet lamb
(Pretend to pet a lamb)
And cuddle it, too!
(Pretend to hug a lamb)

"On a Farm" (Sung to "London Bridge is Falling Down")

Animals live on a farm, on a farm, on a farm.

Animals live on a farm, with the farmer.

Cows and pigs live on a farm, on a farm, on a farm.

Cows and pigs live on a farm, with the farmer.

Goats and sheep live on a farm, on a farm, on a farm.

Goats and sheep live on a farm, with the farmer.

Hens and chicks live on a farm, on a farm, on a farm.

Hens and chicks live on a farm, with the farmer.

Take Me Out to the Barnyard
(Sung to: 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.

Little People Animal Sounds Farm	Jumbo Knob Puzzle Farm	Animal Planet Farm Bucket Great fro Thematic Math Activities! An Example: Perform single digit addition and subtraction problems using farm animal manipulatives. (sorting, patterning, graphing, story problems, counting)
Animals In The Barn Floor Puzzle Great group center. I like to place a theme puzzle on a card table for students to work on.	Pictures Under Pieces Puzzle: Hide and Seek Farm	Imagination Desk Talk and Sing Color Book: Tad's Counting Day at the Farm

On The Farm - Cute ideas that include pictures from .littlegiraffes	Farm Sounds Click on the picture of the animal you want to hear.	Farm Webquest - Comes from Calico.
Farm Phonics Online Activity Say the name of the farm animal. Listen to the beginning sound of the word. Click on the correct letter of the alphabet.	Farm BBoard Ideas includes pictures	Cow Activities Awesome Ideas From the Learning Leap
Thematic Activities PreK-K activities and centers. Includes pictures	Take a Walk on a Farm A free field trip for your class!	Farm Animals Click an animal to learn all about it
Mrs. Wishy-Washy Virtual Vine Wishy Washy Unit	Tractors Unit Great Ideas From Victoria at KinderKorner	Great Farm Unit From K-Crew Site
Down on the Farm Unit KinderKorner Farm Ideas	"Old MacDonald's Farm" PowerPoint	The Little Red Hen
Rosie's Walk	Who Took the Farmer's Hat	Old Macdonald Had a Farm

Click the image above and do a search for farm. You will find great
things at bulk and at super low prices. They have great farm stickers, farm stamps, farm finger
puppets, farm manipulatives, and many more farm goodies. Check it out!

Farm Picture Graph - student answers questions about a picture graph (k-1) Free From Teaching Heart CDROM 3	Print a Red Barn - Follow the direction to make it 3D	"Barnyard Bloopers" worksheet
Print a Cow - Follow the direction to make it 3D	Pigs Fly - A Game Board to Print and Use	"Farmer Fred Says" worksheet
Farm Ideas - A Sample From Mailbox to Print	Farm Ideas 2 - A Sample From Mailbox to Print	Farm Animals worksheet
Farm Coloring Sheet - From Sunshine Online	My Farm Booklet & Farms Coloring Sheet - Free from Teacher Created Materials	Farm Mini Book
Farm Easy Reader - Tractor Posters Free From Teacher Created Materials	Cow Activities - Includes a Mini Book Free from Teacher Created Materials	Farm Animals - This reading a-z page has a farm book and worksheets to print!
From The Farm - Matching	Farm MAth Pages - Great!	Farm Products Worksheet
2 Mini Books - on Farms to Print	Farm Activity - Last two pages include printables	Moby's Mobiles: Barn Make a mobile with a cow, chicken, and a pig or use them separately.
Farm Animals Book - Download	Farm Animal Coloring	Farm Animal Name Activity Sheet
Farm Animal Spelling	Many Worksheets on The Farm to Print	Down on the Farm Coloring Book
Farm Fun Pages maze, coloring page, farm sounds, crossword, game	Flash Cards: Farm Animals, Pets and Insects (Bugs) Theme - Numbers 1 - 20 and Shapes	Farmers Keep Us growing - PDF
Printables From ABCTEACH	Farm Animal Booklet	Super Cute Farm Mini Book free from CDROM # 4 Click to learn more

A fun follow-up activity for this poem is creating edible mud with your class. For this activity, you will need per student:

A fun follow-up activity for this poem is creating edible mud with your class.
For this activity, you will need per student: