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Down on the Farm
 Read: Big Red Barn *Shared Writing Have a discussion about what children already know about a working farm. Write on board what the children are saying.
*Introduce the letter (F for farm) to the children. Use words with alliteration with the letter F so the children can hear the sound. Freddy Farmer fertilized fields of flowers. Have the children think of words that start with the letter F, write the words that they come up with.
This is the
way we. . . Till
the ground, till the ground This
is the way we till the ground so early in the morning. This is the
way we gather the eggs Gather
the eggs, gather the eggs This
is the way we gather the eggs so early in the morning. This is the way we milk the cows This is the way we churn the butter Churn the butter, churn the butter This is the way we churn the butter so early in the morning. Work on the farm, work on the farm This is the way we work on the farm so early in the morning. The Chickens in the Coop (Tune: The Wheels on the Bus) The chickens in the coop
go cluck, cluck, cluck cluck, cluck, cluck cluck, cluck, cluck The
chickens in the coop go cluck, cluck, cluck Down on the farm. Other verses: The cows in the field... The horses in the field... The
pigs in the pen... The ducks in the pond... The sheep in the grass... To build early language and literacy skills children need to have a print
rich environment. Children benefit from a curriculum that helps build on their prior experiences.
Daily questions help children recall information in a simple yes no question. To make a daily question
area in your classroom you can use a pocket chart. On a sentence strip, write the daily question and make
two columns one for the yes answers and one for the no answers. In advance write each child’s
name on a sentence strip and place in a basket. The children will find their name and place it under the
appropriate answer. You can use the daily question as your sign in. Another way to set up your daily question area is with a sheet of butcher
paper. At the top write the question and under the question write yes and no. Place
a piece of yarn or ribbon under yes and no. On clothes pins write the children’s name
and place in a basket. The children will find their name and clip it to the appropriate ribbon or yarn
for their answer. · Have you been to a farm? · Do you like eggs? ·
Did you plant the seeds? ·
Do you like wheat bread or white bread? ·
Do you drink milk? *Paper
Plate Lambs set out a supply of different size paper plates and different colored construction paper circles, triangles
and long rectangles. Next have trays with buttons, cotton balls, packing peanuts, lace, rickrack and any
other kind of collage material to make a lamb with. Set out bottles of glue let the children crate their
own version of a lamb.
*Flour Sifting Get out a supply of dish pans. Put flour in the pans
with sifters, measuring cups, measuring spoons, bread pans and muffin tins. Watch the flour sifting fun
begin. *Paper Bowl Chicks set out a supply of paper bowls
and collage material. Next mix a batch of puff paint in different colors. We used yellow,
orange and brown paint. To make the puff paint you will need to squirt in about 3 cups of shaving cream
into a large mixing bowl. Then add in about 1 cup of school glue and paint of choice. Mix
the items together. Place puff paint into paint cups and have the children paint their bowls with the puff
paint. Once they are done painting their bowls allow them to place the collage material onto the bowls
creating their very own chick. Remember they will not need glue the collage material will stick into the
paint and stay.
*Seed Sorting have children fold a sheet of construction paper into fourths. Have
a mixture of different types of seeds. (pop corn kernels, pinto beans, navy beans, sun follower seeds and
Lima beans) Have the children glue the different seeds one type of seed into each square. *Seed Planting have the children wet cotton balls and place in a small zip lock bag. Next
have the children put different types of seeds into the bag. Zip the bag shut and hang in an area that
gets sunlight. The children will be able to observe the roots growing and the plant forming.
Dictate what the children say about the growing process.
*Paint with straw; make paintbrushes out of straw
by rubber banding a bundle together. Set out trays of paint and let the children create their own fall
painting. *Weighing and Measuring Vegetables, get out kitchen scales and measuring tapes.
Have the children weigh and measure the different vegetables. Let them compare all the differences.
Down On The Farm Theme Lesson Plan
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