Activity Kit

Unscramble the Movie Characters’ Names!

1. Traditional foods farm Apricot aLne sFrma

2. Husband and wife farming duo oJnh dna yloMl Chester

3. The barking dog doTd

4. Loves to get dirty and wallow around Emma eth pgi

5. Early riser, “cock-a-doodle-do!” Greasy eht eosortr

6. “Mooves” around the pasture eating grass and clover Maggie eth dairy ocw

7. Eat aphids and other plant-eating pests Ladyugbs

8. Water fowl with a taste for snails Duskc

9. Night howling predators Coyetos

10. A force that describes the weather and all living things erMtoh Nature

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1. Apricot Lane Farms, 2. John and Molly Chester, 3. Todd, 4. Emma the pig, 5. Greasy the rooster, 6. Maggie the dairy cow, 7. Ladybugs, 8. Ducks, 9. Coyotes, 10. Mother Nature

Unscramble the following out-of-order names of characters from The Biggest Little Farm. Once you figure out the names, do a little research to find out more about regenerative farming.

HINT: The names may be people, places, or things.

DOUBLE HINT: Some of the characters can be found in the farm’s website gallery - www.apricotlanefarms.com .

A p r i c o t

C h e s t e r

E m m a

M a g g i e d a i r y

L a d y

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N a t u r e

G r e a s y

Decoding the Wisdom of Nature

John and Molly Chester followed their dream about creating a sustainable farm and built one of the most diverse farms of its kind.

Read about Apricot Lane Farms. You will need to unscramble some words in order to keep reading.

Emma the pig and Greasy the ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ (ortesro) are

unlikely ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ (eptrarns), but they became best

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ (efsridn). After raising her new piglets and watching

them leave, Emma was lonely. John ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ (dwnredeo)

if a rooster could lift her spirits, so he introduced Emma to Greasy. Since then,

Greasy has been by Emma’s side, but why? Every night Greasy patiently waits for

Emma to prepare her bed and then takes a safe corner next to Emma as she guards

from prowling ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ (soytoce).

John and Molly Chester make a choice to create a ____ ____ ____ ____ (ramf) with

plants, wildlife, and ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ (vlkoestic) all working

together. The Chesters had their plan, but ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ (raentu)

had hers. For eight ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ (sraye), John and Molly worked to

bring back life to the land and solve problems without clear answers. It wasn’t

easy–they overcame ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ (eiisfwrld), drought,

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ (fndigolo), pests and predators, and they saw

things that they had never seen before.

____ ____ ____ ____ (isgp), sheep, chickens, ducks, guinea hens, horses, cattle, and

even one Brown Swiss dairy cow named “Maggie” all call the farm’s wide-open

pastures “home.” Avocado and lemon orchards, a vegetable garden, pastures, and

over 100 varieties of ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ (tuifr) grow on more than 200 acres of

The Biggest Little Farm.

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Use the letters inside the circles to decode this message. Some letters have been added for you.

____ M M ____ A ____ ____ G ____ ____ A ____Y – ____ R I ____ ____ D ____ ____ ____ R L ____ ____ E

1. rooster, 2. partners, 3. friends, 4. wondered, 5. coyotes, 6. farm, 7. livestock, 8. nature, 9. years, 10. wildfires, 11. flooding, 12. Pigs, 13. fruit

“Todd”

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“Emma the pig and Greasy the rooster”

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Create Your Own Biggest Little Farm Artwork

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Here is a fun way for you to show John and the puppies how to find Apricot Lane Farms in the center of this circle. Draw the best route for them to follow to get to The Biggest Little Farm.

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Find the way to The Biggest Little Farm!