| FARM UNIT |
| Books |
| Activities |
| Old MacDonald's Farm Mural Draw a farm scene including a barn, fence, pond, and mud hole and have the children paint the scene. Add animals to the mural. |
| Muddy Pigs: After reading Mrs. Wishy Washy, have the children color their pigs pink and then sponge paint over the pink with brown tempera paint. |
| Farm Animals |
| Mrs. Wishy Washy by Joy Cowley - Great story to act out! Hattie and the Fox by Mem Fox Barn Dance by Bill Martin Jr. Rosie's Walk by Pat Hutchins Once Upon Old Mcdonald's Farm by Stephen Gammell Scarecrow by Cynthia Rylant The Little Red Hen |
| Math Activities |
| Provide several animal cutouts in several colors. Have the children create a border using 2 colors. Create ab patterns, aabb patterns, etcl |
| 1. We begin our farm unit with a KWL chart or sometimes I do a web with FARM written in the center circle. We write down all the things we know about the farm. |
| 3. We read and then act our Mrs. Wishy Washy. We make muddy pigs and we also make mud pudding. (see below) |
| Recipe for mud pudding: 1 large box of instant chocolate pudding 3 cups of cold milk chocolate cookie crumbs 6 gummi worms Mix the chocolate pudding with the milk. Pour into a large jar and shake. The pudding will soon form. Spoon the pudding into 5 small bowls. Crumble 1 chocolate cookie into each bowl. Add a gummi worm on top. (Makes 6 servings) |
| 2. We make an ABC farm book. Each child illustrates a page of the book. A is for Apple B is for Barn C is for Cow and so on... |
| 4. We make a mural of Old MacDonald's Farm. (see below) |
| 1. Farm Animal Patterns 2. Graph Favorite Farm Animal |
| 5. We create farm animal patterns and graph our favorite farm animal. |