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Hardcover | Random House Books
for Young Readers | Juvenile Nonfiction - Animals
- Reptiles & Amphibians | 978-0-375-83684-8
(0-375-83684-5) | October 2006 | $7.99 |
Professor Grover
and his friend Elmo tell readers all about farms and
about the animals, crops, machines, and special buildings
that can be found on different kinds of farms. They
even sing their own version of a familiar favorite,
renamed “Old MacGrover”! Preschoolers will learn that
the food they see in the market comes from farms.
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The
Little Red Hen
Farmers
work hard to plant, care for, and harvest our food.
Read students the classic Golden Book version of The
Little Red Hen and then have them take parts and
act it out.
Who
Am I?
Let
readers take the reins in this classic guessing game!
Each student will tell a few important things about
an animal he or she is pretending to be, finally asking,
“Who Am I?” Everyone’s a winner! Examples: I have four
legs and a long tail. You can ride me. Who am I? (A
horse!) I have a snout and a curly tail. I am messy.
Who am I? (A pig!)
Old
MacDonald
Sing
this lively classic with the students and create a flannel-board
version to invite participation, or ask students to
take parts and act the story out.
The
Farmer in the Dell
Let
everyone participate in this favorite circle game! Music,
lyrics, and game plan available from the National
Institutes of Health, Department of Health & Human
Services
Seed
Identification/Sorting
Did
you know that every kernel on a corncob is a seed? Collect
different sorts of seeds (for example: apple, pumpkin,
orange, sunflower) and dried beans (easily found at
the supermarket) for the students to identify and sort.
Sequencing
Get
out your seed catalog! Cut out pictures of seed packets,
seeds, seedlings, and growing/fully grown plants. Provide
construction paper or poster-board strips and ask students
to use their glue sticks to place the pictures in “growth
order.”
Personal
Stories
Ask
students if they have ever visited a farm. What did
they see and do there? Also ask them what animal sounds
they heard there.
Dried
Bean Mosaic Art
You’ll
need air-drying modeling clay, drinking straws, ribbon
or yarn, and a variety of beans (look for dried soup
beans in the market) for this project.
- Have
each student make a small ball of clay and flatten
it out.
- Make
a hole at the top of the disc with the drinking straw.
- Let
the students press beans into the clay, making whatever
pattern they like.
- Allow
the students’ masterpieces to dry.
- Thread
a length of ribbon or yarn through the hole to hang—or
wear—each beautiful bean mosaic!
Cock-a-Doodle
Quack Quack by Ivor Baddiel and Sophie
Jubb
Farm
Animals by Phoebe Dunn
The
Farm Book by Jan Pfloog
The
Jolly Barnyard by Annie North Bedford
The
Little Red Hen illustrated by J. P. Miller
Old
MacDonald Had a Farm illustrated by Kathi
Ember
The
Red Lemon by Bob Staake
Red
Tractor
4-H
Virtual Farm
Visit
the 4-H Virtual Farm and discover why farming is part
of your live, even if you have never lived on a farm,
never seen crops grow in a field, or never touched a
cow!
The
Story of Milk
Learn
the story of milk—from the cow on the farm to you! MooMilk.com,
a California corporation, presents this fun and educational
Web site about cows and milk with facts, contests, games,
and recipes.
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