The Farm

The Farm

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Farms are important to us. They provide us with food from plants and animals.

There are many different kinds of farms: dairy, food (vegetables and fruits), Christmas Tree farms, animal farms (cattle, poultry, pig, horse, fish, etc.).

We get milk and other dairy foods from the dairy farm.
~ There is a definite process of milk production from cow to store.
~ Many foods are made from milk (ice cream, cheese, yogurt, sour cream, whipping cream, cottage cheese).

There are certain animals that are typically found on a farm: horse, pig, cow, hen, rooster, sheep, ducks to name a few.

Animal babies are called by different names than their parents: cow, bull, and calf; hen, rooster, and chick; mare, stallion, and foal; exe, ram, and lamb; sow, hog, and piglet.

Other animals besides chicks are hatched from eggs.
~ There are many different kinds of eggs – some have hard shells, some have jelly-like shells, some have leathery shells.
~ Some animal babies are born live, not hatched from eggs.

Some insects can be helpful to the farmer, and some can be very harmful.

* Thanks to these great sites for the graphics on this page
~ what talent!

Text Box: Farm Graphics by
www.pccrafter.com
~ a great site!
Beware ~ you may get hooked!

Montesano is a rural town, and farms of all sizes
are all around. Even though several children
each year might live on a farm,
they always enjoy this Theme ~
and even seem to learn something new!

A highlight each year is we hatch baby chicks in class!
Former students come back each April just to see!

Farm Projects Page

Farm Animals

Farm Life

Farm Products & Nutrition

~ Farm Animals ~

Literature

Poems & Songs


The World of Farm Animals ~ Ton Van Eerbeek	Chickens Aren't the Only Ones ~ Ruth Heller	Barn Dance! ~ Bill Martin Jr.	Barnyard Banter ~ Denise Fleming

Be Patient, Little Chick ~ Claude Clement	Farm Babies ~ Debbie Tarbett	Animal Babies on the Farm ~ Vicky Weber	Who's on the Farm? ~ Dorothea Deprisco

Inside a Barn in the Country ~ Alyssa Satin Capucilli	On the Farm ~ Diane James	Mrs Wishy-Washy’s Farm ~ Joy Cowley	On the Farm Magnetic Story & Play Set ~ Top That!

The Little Red Hen ~ Lucinda McQueen	The Little Red Hen Makes a Pizza ~ Philemon Sturges	Cook-A-Doodle-Doo! ~ Janet Stevens	Who Wakes Rooster? ~ Clare Hodgson Meeker

To the Farm

Horses, donkeys, cows that moo,
Chickens, kittens, piglets too,
Fish that swim down in the pond,
Ducklings quacking all day long.
All these animals you can see
If you go to the farm with me.

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!"

Rooster

The farm is in a flurry.
The rooster caught the flu.
His cock-a-doodle-doo
Has changed to cock-a doodle-choo!

Cow

How come a cow
Never says "Ow!"
Whenever there's milking to do?
It doesn't say "Ow!"
For it pleases the cow,
So instead, the cow says "Moo!"

Literacy Activities

Class Books ~ Individual Books

Math Fun

Art ~ Crafts

More Fun

Links

Down On the Farm
Theme Unit form KinderKorner

Farm Unit Links & Resources

Kids Farm
lots of pictures and activities

All About Farm Animals
information about farm animals
and much, much more!

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~ Farm Life ~

Literature

Poems & Songs


Farming ~ Gail Gibbons	Farm Life ~ Elizabeth Spurr	Life On A Dairy Farm ~ Judy Wolfman	Living On Farms ~ Allan Fowler

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.

Literacy Activities

Class Books ~ Individual Books

Math Fun

Art ~ Crafts

More Fun

Links

4-H Virtual Farm

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~ Farm Products & Nutrition ~

Literature

Poems & Songs


The Milk Makers ~ Gail Gibbons	Milk: From Cow to Carton ~ Aliki	The Ugly Vegetables ~ Grace Lin	The Vegetables We Eat ~ Gail Gibbons

Rabbit Food ~ usanna Gretz	The Edible Pyramid: Good Eating Every Day ~ Loreen Leedy	Gregory the Terrible Eater ~ Mitchell Sharmat	I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato ~ Lauren Child