I love this unit. It is so much fun to talk about farm animals, their babies, what grows on a farm and of course a visit to the farm! Today was a simple introduction to the farm unit.
Language Goals
Expressive Language: spontaneous language
Receptive language: to learn new vocab.
To introduce the farm unit, I read a story called "Down on the Farm" by Merrily Kutner. This is a cute story that has a pattern. It is also a good way to introduce the animals on the farm.
We started off by discussing what is on the cover of the book. What do you see? We also looked at the back of the book because there are more animals on the back (and animal butts too. That is ALWAYS funny to little kiddos!). Then of course we read the book and acted out the animals and the sounds they make.
CIRCLE TIME
We made farm animals using a leapfrog toy. The kiddos can make a matching animal or mixed up animals! First, everyone pressed Farmer Tad at the top and we danced to banjo music the we made matching animals and listened to the songs. Then after everyone had a turn we made mixed up animals! They thought this was hilarious!!
I bought mine at Target (it belonged to my daughters. They of course have no idea I "borrowed" it for the classroom!) but here is the link to Amazon.
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