Farm Unit

Here is a quick plan of what we are going to do.  I will update it if things change.  We scored at the library with all sorts of farm and animals books.  We also have several of  our own.  Here is a simple plan of what we are going to do.

  DOWN ON THE FARM

Unit for PreK-K

 Day 1- **Complete 3 activities (from day 1) with Down on the Farm lap book from HOAC

                           **Read This is the Farmer by Nancy Tafuri  The Cow Who Clucked by Denise Fleming

                 **Start building play farm that can stay up during the unit.  We have a Fisher Price Barn to use.

 Day 2-**Complete 3 activities (from day 2) with Down on the Farm lap book from HOAC

                ** Read A Particular Cow by Mem Fox  Five Little Chicks by Nancy Tafuri

                     Farm Animals Chickens by Rachael Bell   The Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown

                **From Unit and Themes “Farm”  Start learning  “Take me out to the Barn Yard” and  “On a Farm” and “Farm Sounds”

                ** Complete “Match the Farm Products” and “Circle the Sound of Farm Animals” work sheets from enchantedlearning.com 

                **Add to farm

Day 3- ** Complete 3 activities (from day 3) with Down on the Farm lap book from HOAC

                ** Read Have you Seen My Duckling? by Nancy Tafuri  Goodnight, My Duckling by Nancy Tafuri

                              Farmer Duck by Martin Waddell     Farm Animals Sheep by Rachael Bell

                 ** Keep practicing rhymes and songs from Day 2 and start to learn “Five Little Ducks”

                 ** Make “Animals in the Barn” book from enchantedlearning.com

                 **Add to farm

 Day 4-  ** Complete 3 activities (from day 4) with Down on the Farm lap book from HOAC

                  ** Read Sumdge the Little Lost Lamb by James Herriot  Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert

                   ** Learn  “The Giving Farm” by Vicki Witcher from Units and Themes website

                   **Work in our garden put garden markers up                 

                   **Make Haystack cookies and Mud pudding

                   **Add to farm

 Day 5- ** Complete 3 activities (from day 5) with Down on the Farm lap book from HOAC

                ** Read Animals are not like us Pigs by Graham Meadows

                              The Three Little Pigs by Dara Goldman

                ** Complete the “Farm animals mini book” book from enchanted learning

 Day 6- **Start making Red Barn, Red Barn What do you see book

                         Pink pig (pink tissue paper), yellow duck (yellow constructions paper), black cow         (sponge paint), white sheep(cotton balls), red rooster (glitter) , brown horse (crayons)

                **  Start learning Nursery Rhymes such as Baa Baa Black Sheep, Little Boy Blue, Mary had a Little Lamb, etc

                **  Read  When the Rooster Crowed by Patricia Lillie

                                 Going to Sleep on the Farm by Wendy Cheyette Lewison

 Day 7-** Work on Red Barn, Red Barn book  and Nursery Rhymes

               **Read Number Farm by Stephen Holmes

               **Make “How Many Animals” from Enchanted Learning

               **Sort Farm animals and zoo animals

 Day 8- ** Work on Red Barn, Red Barn book  and Nursery Rhymes

                ** Read Cook-A-Doodle-Doo by Janet Stevens

                ** Pick 2- 3 activities from lesson plan from Homes School Share web site from this book

 Day 9- ** Work on Red Barn, Red Barn book  and Nursery Rhymes

                ** Read What a Wonderful Day to be a Cow by Carolyn Lesser

                **  Pick 2-3 activities from lesson plan from Homes School Share web site from this book

 Day 10 &11- **Finish any undone activities

                               **Read any favorite books again

                               **Complete My favorite farm animal page

                               **Put together lap books

               We started building our farm and the kids had a great time with this.  We set it up in a corner of the playroom where it will be able to stay up for awhile.  I told Joshua we didn't need any of his cars but he insisted because he said the people were coming to visit Wilbur!!