Farm Animals

On Monday, we learned about fruits and vegetables that are grown on the farm.  The farmer harvests these foods and sends them by truck to the store.  Farmers raise animals on the farm as well. The animals provide food for us.

Movement: Watch this video.  Some of the animals in this video are farm animals and some are not.  After dancing like animals, see if you can pick out which animals you would find on a farm. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSA5PvcV0_k&t=97s

Story:  I've got two stories that I'd like you to read today.  The first is Down on the Farm by Merrily Kutner.  This is a book about animals and the sounds that they make.  It's fun to make the animals sounds!  What's your favorite animal sound?  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usaNJILopQI
The second book that I'd like you to read is Sheep in a Jeep by Nancy Shaw.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhiIywoy4Eg  This silly book about sheep is filled with rhyming words.  See if you can find rhyming words on each page.  Have your grown-up write them down for you.  Can you think of more words that will rhyme with those that you found in the story?

Math/Fine Motor:  Have you ever heard of counting sheep?   It is said that when you can't sleep, you should count sheep.  Not real sheep of course, but sheep that you imagine in your head.  You can play this sheep counting game.  You are going to need something that can be sheep such as cotton balls or marshmallows.  You will also need dice or a spinner, tongs, and a cup.  Put the sheep on the table.  Roll  the dice or spin the spinner.  Identify the number and count that many sheep into your cup.  You must use the tongs to pick up the sheep.  Take turns if you are playing with someone.  When your cup is full, it's time to count how many sheep are in the cup.  At preschool, we learned to count by 10's when we counted the stickers that we put on the 10 frame during Group Meeting.  You can put the sheep into groups of 10 to help you count more quickly.  How many sheep were in your cup?

Letter Learning:  The sight word for today is "is".   See if you can make some farm animal sentences using the word is.  The cow is _____.  The pig is_____.  The duck is______.  Ask your grown-up to write these sentences for you.  Circle the word "is".

Here's a few pictures.  Keep smiling everyone!