An Early Learning Unit

language &

listening

– ABC’s – story telling –

– books – words –

– flashcards – order –

– compare/contrast –

– videos – reading – writing -

Farm Animal Who

Am I? –

*Who Am I?

Cards printed out

Farm Animal

Tracing and

Letters –

*Activity pages

*Crayons,

markers, or pencil

Read Farm Books

about animals

and farm

happenings –

both fiction and

non-fiction

Letter Matching

with Letter Tiles –

*Activity pages

*Letter Tiles

paint, paste, create

– crafts – pictures –

– cutting – glue – gifts –

– art – crayons –

– do-a-dot – markers –

- projects – writing -

Feather

Painting –

*Paint

*Feathers

*Construction

Paper

*Paper Plates

Pig in the Mud –

*Pig Pattern

*Brown Paint

*Marbles

*Cake Pan

*Paper Plate

Cutting

Practice –

*Activity page

*Kid sized scissors

Rooster Fork Ark –

*White paper

*Black Marker

*Paint

*Paper plate

*Fork

music -n-

movement

– silly songs – rhymes –

– actions – dancing –

– Bible songs –

– holiday songs –

– exercise –

Sing ‘Old Mac

Donald’ and

practice animal

noises

Down on the

Farm Gross Motor

Movements –

*Print out of

animal action

cards

Farm Finger Plays

and Songs –

*Print out of song

lyrics

Five Little Ducks

song –

*Print out songs

lyrics and duck

figures

math skills

– 123’s – shapes – colors –

– puzzles – order –

– grouping – adding –

– counting games –

– sizes – puzzles –

Farm Animal

Following

Directions –

*Activity pages

*Coloring

materials

Farm Animal

Pattern Making –

*Printable Patten

Pieces

Build a Fence

Counting –

*Popsicle Sticks

*Marker

*Activity pages

Farm Animal

Counting Book –

*Printed Book

*Stapler

*Scissors

*Coloring

materials

hands on

– play dough –

– five senses –

– sensory bin –

– cooking –

– experiments –

Homemade

Butter –

*Heavy cream

*Salt

*Mason jar

Farm Animal

Washing Station –

*Farm Animals

*Dirt

*Soapy Water in

large container

*Toothbrush

(optional)

Making Haystack

Treats –

*Chow Mein

Noodles

*Butterscotch

Chips

*Peanut Butter

*Mixing Bowl

Farm Animal

Sorting

*All kinds of toy

animals

Language and Listening Activities:

-Farm Animal Who Am I? Cards – Print out the cards and cut

them apart. Read the clues to your child and see if they can

guess what farm animal you are describing.

- Farm Animal Tracing & Letters – Print out the pages and allow

your child to work through the activities. Encourage them to

go slow and take their time. It may be best to only do one part

of each page at a time so they don’t feel the need to rush

through.

-Read Farm Books – Look through your home library, or visit a

library, to find books about farm animals and farming. Be sure

to get fiction as well as non-fiction for you and your early

learner to explore.

-Letter Matching with Letter Tiles – Print out the activity pages

and cut the cards apart. Bring out some letter tiles from a

game such as Banana-grams or Scrabble. If your learner is

younger, only have the letters out that match up with one

animal. If your learner is older and confident in letter

recognition, you can lay a few extra letters out for them to sort

through.

Paint, Paste, and Create Activities:

-Feather Painting – Squeeze a little paint out on a

paper plate, and provide your child with feathers.

Instead of using paint brushes, they will use the feathers

to spread paint over the paper. While your child is

painting, talk about what farm animals have feathers.

-Pig in the Mud Marble Painting – Squeeze some brown paint

onto a paper plate. Place the pig picture in a pan with sides.

You can print the pig out on pink paper if

desired. Roll a marble through the brown

paint, making sure it is heavily coated. Place

the marble in the pan and have your child roll

the marble all around by tilting the pan back and forth.

-Cutting Practice – Print out the cutting practice page and let

your little one practice their cutting skills. You may want to cut

each section into strips so your child can handle the paper

easier.

-Rooster Fork Art – Squeeze a few

colors of paint onto a paper plate.

Take a white piece of paper and

draw lines on it to create a rooster

outline as shown in the picture. Using

a fork, allow your child to scrape and

slide the fork around to look like

feathers on a rooster. You can add

embellishments such as a comb,

wattle, beak, and feet.

Music – n – Movement Activities:

-Old MacDonald Song and Animal Noises – Sing the classic

children’s song Old MacDonald with your child. Talk with your

child about the different sounds animals make.

-Down on the Farm Gross Motor Movements – Print out the

movement cards and cut them apart. Turn the cards face

down and place them on the floor. Have your child pick a

card and move like the animal pictured.

-Farm Action Songs – Sing the songs with your early learner and

teach them the actions.

-Five Little Ducks Song – Print off the song lyrics and the duck

figures. As you sing the song, have your child take away

ducklings.

Math Skills Activities:

-Farm Animal Following Directions – Print off the activity pages.

Read the commands to your child one at a time. Allow them

time to complete the task. If your child can not find/complete

a command, read them the next command. Come back to

any they missed at the end.

-Farm Animal Pattern Making – Print and cut out the animal

pattern pieces. Explain to your child what a pattern is. It may

be helpful for you to make and explain a few sets of patterns.

First start making simple “ABABAB” patterns. If your child is

ready, you can move onto more complex patterns.

-Build a Fence Counting Activity – Write the

numbers 1-10 on the bottom end of a popsicle

stick. Print out a Build a Fence Activity page.

Depending on your child’s skill level, you can

use a fence with or without numbers. Have

your child put the popsicle stick fence posts in

the correct order from 1-10. You could also

expand the activity using the blank fence

page and the numbers 11-20 or you could

make fence posts for practicing counting by twos or by tens.

-Farm Animal Counting Book – Print out the book pages, cut

them in half, and staple the left edges together. Have your

child count and color the animals. If they are able, have your

child write the correct number on the line on each page.

Hands-On Activities:

-Homemade Butter – Pour one cup of heavy whipping cream

into a pint sized mason jar. You can add about 1/8 tsp salt if

desired. Screw the cover on tight! And then SHAKE, SHAKE,

SHAKE!!! Shake for about 10 minutes. Once you have a clump

of solid butter, pour out the liquid that is remaining. Take the

clump of butter out of the jar and place it in a bowl. Using a

spoon or your hands, squeeze as much liquid out of the butter

as you can. And that’s it… you have just made butter! Enjoy!

-Farm Animal Washing Station – For this activity, you will need

farm animal toys, and some dirt, and some soapy water. Get

your farm animal toys really dirty and full of mud. Let the mud

dry for a little while so that your child will be able to scrub.

Once your animals have dried for a while (maybe an hour or

two), fill a tuperware container or a sensory bin with warm,

soapy water. Let your child put one animal at a time into the

bin and scrub the dirt off. They can use a toothbrush or wash

cloth to scrub, or even just using their fingers will work well.

-Hay Stack Treats – In a microwave safe bowl, melt 12 ounces

of butterscotch chips and ½ cups peanut butter. Once

melted, stir together, and then add in 1 ½ bags of Chow Mein

noodles. Drop spoonfuls onto wax paper. Let dry for 1-2 hours.

-Farm Animal Sort – Gather all the animal toys you have in your

home. Have your child make two piles of animals. One pile for

animals that live on farms and one pile for animals that do not

live on farms. Use as many or as few as your child can handle

based on their age and attention.

Farm Animal Who am I? Cut cards apart and read the clues to your child. Let them guess what animal you are describing.

I eat grass and hay all day

long.

I give you milk to drink.

My baby is called a calf.

I can be brown, black, or

white.

Who am I?

People like to

ride me for fun.

My baby is called a

foal.

I can sleep standing up or

laying down.

I say “neigh, neigh”.

Who am I?

I live in a coop.

I have feathers all

over my body.

I lay eggs for people to eat.

A boy is called a rooster

and they say “cock-a-

doodle-do”.

Who am I?

I like to spend time eating

grass in a pasture.

My fluffy coat is used to

make wool.

I am usually white or black.

My baby is called a lamb.

Who am I?

Farm Animal Who am I? Cut cards apart and read the clues to your child. Let them guess what animal you are describing.

My body waddles back

and forth when I walk.

I have webbed feet so I

can swim well.

I make a “quack, quack”

noise.

Who am I?

I have horns on

top of my head

and a beard on

my chin.

My baby is called a kid.

I talk to my friends by

bleating.

Who am I?

I cool off by

rolling in the

mud.

I say “oink, oink”.

I have a curly tail and a

large snout nose.

I love to eat.

Who am I?

I have long ears and a soft

fluffy tail.

I like to eat grass and

lettuce.

I hop around and wiggle

my nose.

Who am I?

Trace the trail to bring the animal into the barn.

C C Cow

Practice tracing and writing. Color the pictures.

H H Horse

P P Pig

Practice tracing and writing. Color the pictures.

D D Duck

Trace the shapes and color the animals.

Farm Yard Spelling with Letter Tiles

D U C K

C O W

H O R S E G O A T

B A R N H A Y

Farm Yard Spelling with Letter Tiles

S E E P

C A T

R E

P I G

F A R M

H E N

H

Pig Rolling in the Mud

Practice cutting along the lines.

Down on the Farm Gross Motor Animal Actions

GALLOP like

a Horse

PECK like

a Chicken

STOMP like

a Cow

BOUNCE like

a Bunny

WADDLE like

a Duck

STRUT like

a Rooster

POUNCE like

a Cat

ROLL in the mud

like a Pig

TROT like

a Goat

Ten Little Chicks

Five eggs and five eggs, (hold up ten fingers)

That makes ten.

Sitting on top is mother hen. (cover one hand with the other)

Crack, crack, crack (clap three times)

What do I see?

Ten little chicks, (hold up ten fingers)

As cute as can be!

This Little Piggy

This little piggy went to market

This little piggy stayed home.

This little piggy had roast beef,

This little piggy had none.

And this little piggy went wee, wee, wee, all the way home!

Down on the Farm Action Songs

Five Little Ducks Five little ducks went out one day, Over the hills and far away. Mother Duck said, “Quack, quack, quack, quack!” But only four little ducks came back. Four little ducks went out one day, Over the hills and far away. Mother Duck said, “Quack, quack, quack, quack!” But only three little ducks came back. Three little ducks went out one day, Over the hills and far away. Mother Duck said, “Quack, quack, quack, quack!” But only two little ducks came back.

Two little ducks went out one day, Over the hills and far away. Mother Duck said, “Quack, quack, quack, quack!” But only one little duck came back. One little duck went out one day, Over the hills and far away. Mother Duck said, “Quack, quack, quack, quack!” And all of her little ducks came back!

Cut apart this mama duck and

baby ducklings and

use them while singing ‘Five Little Ducks’

Farm Animals – Following Directions Read each statement to your child, and allow them time to follow the

direction.

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1. Color the barn red.

2. Color the bunny gray.

3. Color the cow black.

4. Color the pig pink.

5. Color the tractor red.

6. Color the duck yellow.

7. Color the chicken brown.

8. Color the sheep white.

9. Color the horse brown.

10. Color the goat gray.

11. Color the hay bale yellow.

12. Color the grass green.

13. Color the flowers orange.

Farm Animals – Following Directions Read each statement to your child, and allow them time to follow the

direction.

Farm Animal Patterns

My Farm Animal

Counting Book

I see _____ horse.

I see _____ pigs.

I see _____ cows.

I see _____ sheep.

I see _____ chicks.

Build a Fence

Build a Fence

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