Farm Animals

Activities:

All activities are aligned with VA approved standards and can be used with students in grades Pre-K through High School. 

• Math Strands Addressed:

  • Number/Number Sense

  • Measurement/Geometry

  • Probability/Statistics

• Old McDonald Had a Farm (song extension activity) Original song with additional option to focus on turn taking, instrument identification, instrument selection, etc.  Includes song lyrics and farm animal photos.

Extension Options:

• • • Use “Sound Touch” app in conjunction with song for real life photos and animal sounds

    • Allow student to choose the animal from field of 2, 3, or 4 (choice making)

    • Teacher names the animal during the song and student selects the correct image from a field of 2, 3, or 4 (animal identification).

    • Each student gets small animal - sing song and wait for them to make noise of their animal (animal noise recognition)

    • My Friend ___________ has a band

1. Allow student to choose the instrument (choice making)

2. Teacher names instrument during the song and student selects the correct instrument from a field of 2, 3, or 4 (instrument identification)

Accommodation Options: 

• • • • Dice with animal pictures to roll for selection

      • GoTalk - Level 1 (animals) Level 2 (sounds) Level 3 (instruments)

• Roll a Farm (Magnet game) Build a farm using the dice (either with number and corresponding chart, or animals directly on the dice). Keep a tally of how many animals are on the farm. Review 1 to 1 counting to double check your tally.

• Five Little DucksSing song using small plastic ducks to act at the story. Encourage students to count using one to one correspondence before starting each verse. Includes ducks, song sheet and GoTalk overlay.

• Magnet Sheets Beginning Sound MatchMatch Upper Case to Lower Case

• Animals on the Farm Color Activity Complete book about colors of farm animals as a class or independently. ("Animals on the Farm" - little reader)

• Down on Grandpa’s Farm Sentence Builder Sing song and/or watch video as a class. Use word/picture cards to build you own verses to the song. Sing the new verses as you point to each word. Do some verses accurately, and some verses silly. GoTalk overlay for colors. Down on Grandpa’s Farm YouTube Video

• Farm Animal Picture Puzzles Put the animals back together or get silly and build your own version of a new animal. Have older students use their new animal as a writing prompt. What is your animal called? Where does it live? What does it eat?  Teach students a strategy of how to put the pieces together. For example, first sort by frame color, then match the frame edges.

• Preposition Barn On, In, Out, Behind, Under, Above, Next, In, Over, Near, Far. Use prepositions to give students directions of where to place their animal - ie “Put the cow behind the fence” “Put the chicken in the barn”.  Choice cards available to get you started.

• Writing Activity Blank board book with story starter pictures to velcro  

Suggested Additional Resources you can borrow from the T-TAC ODU Library

• • • High Roller Dice - Use a switch to roll the dice. (material # 200111)

VDOE Resources: 

• Virginia's Early Learning & Development Standards ELDS 

• Introductory and Implementation Guidance Webinar on ELDS