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| Farm DAZE |
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Baby Chicks Materials: Yellow and orange construction paper, scissors, glue, crayons or markers. Directions: Teachers, on yellow paper, pre draw an oval shape and leave room on the paper for the child's hands to be traced. On the orange paper, pre draw legs with web feet attached, and a triangle beak. -have the children trace their two hands on the yellow paper -cut out hands, pre drawn feet, beak, and oval -glue the hands on the sides of oval for the feathers -glue the feet at the bottom and the beak towards the top -use crayons or markers for the face and to color as each child would like. Comments: For some of the children that have trouble cutting their hands out around the fingers, you could have them close their fingers when tracing. This makes it easier for young children to be successful when cutting. The children liked this activity and enjoyed it even more when we had them cut an oval out of white paper the next day and hung them up like they just hatched!! Grain Collage Use corn, wheat, hay, oats, barley, and other grains that farm animals eat to sort and/or make a collage. Pig Of Many Pinks What You Need: Glue , Construction Paper , Tissue Paper (in various shades of pink) What You Do: Give each child a pig cut out. Let them glue the different colors of tissue paper on the pig. This creates a unique looking cute pig that has a great texture! Paper Plate Pig Faces Materials: Large Paper plates Pink cupcake liners, Pink tempra , Pink construction paper scraps, Wiggly craft eyes (or make construction paper eyes) Directions: This is usually a two day project. Students paint their plates pink and let dry. On the second day, students glue on eyes, pink cupcake liners for noses and cut pink construction paper ears. A mouth can be drawn with a marker. Muddy Pigs Materials: Cut out pig pattern, paint pigs pink, Brown finger paint Directions: Use fist and brown fingerpaint to apply the "mud". Animal Rubbings Materials: Animals Rubbing Templates , Thick crayons without paper on the sides Directions: Children love this activity. It is also a great activity to stimulate language skills through casual conversation as children discuss the animals they are drawing. Fingerpaint & Feather Ducks Materials: Fingerpaint paper , Yellow finger paint , Yellow or white craft feathers, Construction paper scraps or wiggly craft eyes Directions: This is a two day project. On day one, the children finger paint using yellow finger paint. After drying, draw a simple-to-cut duck pattern on the backside of the painting. Children cut out the duck, glue on feathers and eyes to complete project. Cotton Ball Sheep Materials: A simple-to-cut sheep pattern (Hint: copy this pattern on heavy paper.) cotton balls, Glue Directions: Children practice their cutting skills by cutting out sheep. Color sheep gray if desired. When finished, glue cotton balls to body. Black Sheep Cut out sheep designs out of white construction paper. Let your child glue black yarn onto the paper, or let them use a black crayon to color the sheep. Drama Imagine That Have children imagine that they are their favorite barnyard animal. This is fun and comes complete with sound effects! Use a rubber glove and fill it with milk, prick the ends with a tiny pin. Tie the Wrist part closed and attach to a board, lay the borad between 2 chairs so that the "udder" is hanging where the children can milk it into a bucket. Games Corn Transfer Provide the children with tweezers, one bowl of corn kernels and one empty bowl. Ask the children to transfer the corn from one bowl to another with the tweezers. Egg Toss Number the sections of an egg carton with a marking pen. Choose the numbers 1 through 12, or any other numbers you wish to teach. If teaching very young children, use only a few numbers and repeat them two or three times. Pretend a Ping Pong ball is an egg. Ask the child to toss the egg into any section of the egg carton, and have the child call out the number of the section in which the egg lands. Pig Roll Have the children pretend to roll in the mud. Spread out a large blanket to represent a pigpen. Encourage kids to lie down and roll across. Rooster Crows Play the rooster crows. Remind the kids that the rooster wakes up all the farm animals each morning. Encourage everyone to pretend to be a sleeping farm animal. When you crow, everyone should get up and move like the animal they are role playing. When you crow again, everyone should go back to sleep. Farm Guessing A verbal guessing game: Using small plastic farm animals, one child holds an animal under the table and gives descriptive clues about that animal while other children try to guess which animal he is holding. Bandanna Bag Toss Make bean bags out of bandanna material - fill with popcorn instead of beans, not overly full. The children can stand behind a line of the floor and toss the bags into a rope circle on the floor Language: Johnny's Hammers Verse One: (Make hamering motion with one fists) Johnny had one hammer, one hammer, one hammer Johnny had one hammer then he had Two Verse Two: (Make hamering motion with both fists) Johnny had two hammers, two hammers, two hammers, Johnny had two hammers then he had Three. Verse Three:(Makre motion with both fists and one leg.) Johnny had three hammers, three hammers, three hammers, Johnny had three hammers then he had Four Verse Four: (Makre motion with both fists and both legs) Johnny had four hammers, four hammers, four hammers, Johnny had four hammers then he had Five Verse Five:(Makre motion with both fists and both legs and head.) Johnny had five hammers, five hammers, five hammers Johnny had five hammers, then he went to sleep (lay hands like sleeping) Noisy Nails I'll use my hammer and five nails (Hold up Five fingers.) That’’s too noisy, my neighbor yells (Yell) I’ll hammer them now before it’s night! 1,2,3,4,5 (Pretend to hammer.) And to my neighbor I’ll be polite! (Bow) Build a House Build a house up, build it high, Point the chimney to the sky, See the roof, See the floor, See a little yellow door. The Three Little Pigs Tell the story of the three little pigs and bring in straw, sticks and some bricks so the children can see the differences of all three materials. Math: Farm Animal / Zoo Animal Sorting Make two picture signs. One to represent a farm and one to represent a zoo. With a collection of farm and zoo toy animals, have the children name and sort the animal by the place they can be found. Music: Farm Sounds Sung to: "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...... I like Baby Animals Sung to: "London Bridge" I like baby animals, Animals, animals. I like baby animals, I'll name some for you. Kittens, puppies, chicks and foals, Chicks and foals, chicks and foals. Kittens, puppies, chicks and foals, I can name some more. Goslings, ducklings, lambs and calves, Lambs and calves, lambs and calves. Goslings, ducklings, lambs and calves, I like baby animals. Ten Little Pigs Sung to: "Five Little Ducks Went Out To Play" Ten little pigs rolled in the mud - Squishy, squashy, felt so good. The farmer took one piggy out. "Oink, Oink, oink," the pig did shout! Continue with nine, eight, seven so forth, then... No little pigs rolled in the mud. They all looked so clean and good. The farmer turned his back and then, Those pigs rolled in the mud again. To The Farm Sung to: " Twinkle, Twinkle" Chicken, kittens, piglets too, Donkeys, horses, cows that moo. Fish that swim down in the pond, Ducklings quacking all day long. All these things you can see If you go to the farm with me! Take Me Out to the Barnyard Sung to: "Take Me Out To The Ball Game" 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. If I Were a Farmer Sung to: "Did you ever see a lassie?" Oh, if I were a farmer, a farmer, a farmer Oh, if I were a farmer, what would I do? I would milk the cows each morning Each morning, each morning I would milk the cows each morning, that's what I'd do. Continue using: I would feed the baby chickens I would gather eggs for breakfast Traditional Songs to Sing Farmer in the Dell Baa Baa Black Sheep Five Little Ducks Mary had a Litttle Lamb Old MacDonald BINGO Recipes: Eat haystacks Use cereal such as shredded wheat or anything that looks like hay. Pigs In A Blanket Need: Hot dogs, Refrigerator Roll - Crescent Rolls Directions: Each child gets a quartered piece of hot dog. (Quartering the hot dog will help prevent choking.) Children also receive a triangle shaped crescent dough. Children roll their hot dog in the dough and bake in the toaster oven until done. Leave ample time to cool. Cow Milk Shakes Need: Milk, Ice Cream, Chocolate or Strawberry Syrup Directions: This project provides an opportunity for children with physical disabilities to take a major role in the cooking process. Using a single switch power adapter, physically challenged children can be in charge of the blending. It develops great self esteem as well as a super snack! Scrambled Eggs Ingredients Eggs Whole Wheat Toast Children will learn to prepare a simple breakfast. The microwave is a safe alternative to using a stove tip to make the scrambled eggs. It also gives children practical use for learning their numbers when they input them into the microwave to cook their meal. We cooked the eggs for one minute in the microwave. We paired this cooking activity with the story, "The Little Red Hen". Making Butter Small Container with Lid Heavy Cream Salt (if desired) Pour a small amount of cream into a container. Shake container for a bout 5 min. (You will probably need to take turns.) The cream should be thickening into butter. Add salt if needed. Spread on crackers, or bread. Pear Mouse Need: Canned pear halves, Raisins, Sliced Almonds, Maraschino Cherries, Red string licorice Directions: The children put these mice together using the ingredients above, then gobble them up! Chicken Coop Nest Need: Chow Mien Noodles, Hard Shell Topping, Marshmallows (eggs) Directions: Children spread their chow mien noodles at the bottom of a paper bowl. Squeeze the hard shell over your noodles and put into refrigerator until stiff. Add marshmallow (eggs) and enjoy! - Drink or eat meat, etc. from various farm animals (e.g. ham, pork, chicken, eggs, milk, etc.) Sensory: Soil Have the children examine several types of soil. These could be Sand, clay, potting soil, topsoil, etc. Have the children use a magnifying glass to look closely at the soil. Let them touch it to see how it feels. Things to touch Using the sense of touch to feel things from a farm: You can make a feely box with items from farms: ear of corn, hay, sheep wool, turkey/chicken feather, etc. Use corn, wheat, hay, oats, barley, and other grains that farm animals eat to sort and/or make a collage. Mud Ahead of time, mix water and dirt to form some thick mud. Divide the mud among several zipper-top freezer bags and close the top of each bag. Have the children practice printing numbers in the mud. Show them how to smooth the mud out so they can make a new number. Muddy Butter Play Dough 1 C. Peanut butter 1 C. Powdered Milk 1 C. Honey 1 C. Oatmeal Mix together. Play with and/or eat. |
Have you Tried?. . . c.2005-2008 |
| Idea Web Introduce and explore the following topics to expand and inspire new activity ideas. barn silo animals - pigs - ducks - dog - rabbit - cow - horse - donkey - turkey -goat - chickens - baby animals |
| Prop Box Ideas Include the following collections of objects and materials for children to create, discover, and use for imaginary play. Store collections in boxes or baskets to be accessible at any time (indoors or outdoors) for children to enhance their dramatic play. activity guide, Barn, animals, farmer's hat, over-alls, wood pieces to make fence, tractor, wagons, hay bail, (store in large box for the children to make a barn and silo),pail, straw, animal brush, empty feed bag, stuffed animals, plastic animal sets, paint a large cardboard box red for a barn, storybooks about farm animals, puppets, puzzles, farm pictures cut out of old magazines, Barnyard Bingo Game, hand puppets, stencil book, lacing shapes, farm picture cards, farm counters, milk truck, basket for vegtables,overalls, pail, straw, animal brush, empty feed bag (stuff with newspaper and seal), stuffed farm animals, plastic farm animal sets, large cardboard box painted red for barn |
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| "To know is nothing at all; to imagine is everything."
~ Anatole France ~ |