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Learners Preschool Farm Pack

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Instructions for Little Learners Farm Pack

These instructions are for use with the Toddler and Preschool Printable Packs created by Erika

@ www.prayspecies.com exclusively for Enchanted Home Schooling Mom.

What is it? – The images presented on this page are used throughout the printable. Making

sure your child understands what each of the images represents will help him/her complete the

rest of the activities.

Big or Small? – This page is designed to help your child identify size differences. Once your

youngster has mastered big versus small, try introducing the concept of medium sized.

Simple Puzzles – Having your child recognize how an image fits together is an early

component of problem solving and pattern recognition. Once he or she has mastered putting

together two halves of an image, try offering three slices of familiar images. If your child is

having difficulty completing these two piece puzzles, try showing them an example of how the

image should look.

Matching – This page provides the opportunity for your child to start learning relationships

between items. Since many toddlers and preschoolers lack the coordination to draw lines from

one object to another, either have them practice that skill or simply point to the item that

matches. If you are feeling more ambitious, you can print these images and have them

physically put the two that belong together next to each other or in a pile.

Where do I belong? – This exercise is meant to help your child recognize context clues. The

cut out images can simply be placed into the appropriate scenario or if your child enjoys using

glue that is also an excellent way to complete this page.

Letter Match – Before children have the fine motor control to form letters, shapes, and

numbers, they are able to recognize them. This activity allows children to express their

recognition and understanding of letters, shapes, and/or numbers without rushing them to try

tracing or writing before they are ready.

Bingo – Children can identify the object based on the clue you provide in a number of ways.

You can provide a token or small piece of paper to cover the selected item. They may choose to

mark the appropriate image in a number of ways including, but not limited to making an X,

circling, scribbling on top of the image, or using a Dot A Dot Art sponge tip applicator.




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Same vs Different – This exercise is aimed at helping your child recognize patterns and

relationships between images. There are only three images in each line with two being the same

and one being different. Once your child has mastered finding one different image among three

images, increase the number of images to four or more. If your child is struggling to look at just

one line at a time, try cutting the lines out in strips or cover the lines you are not currently

reviewing with a paper or a book.

Let’s Count – Many young children are able to memorize how to count to ten or higher. Fewer

are able to conceptualize how many that number actually represents. This page is focused on

helping children start to understand how many is meant by two or three.

Category – This page is meant to be an active exercise allowing children to group objects into

one of two categories. It is also used to introduce new concepts. Once your child is able to

group images into two categories consider offering three categories, such as animal, plant, and

mineral.

What Comes Next? – Many young children thrive on routine, because it offers them a chance

to more fully understand their world. This activity aims to help children recognize common

patterns of occurrence in everyday life helping them to anticipate and understand order.

Fill the dots – Many toddlers and preschoolers love to color, but many lack the fine motor

coordination to color within the lines. This page provides young children the opportunity to

complete an image without putting too much focus on the final product. A Dot A Dot Art sponge

tip applicator (our favorite), small circle stickers, or glue and small pom poms are all excellent

ways to complete this page.

Memory – This is one of the first games that many young children are able to play. The

traditional method of play is to place all the cards facedown in rows and take turns flipping two

cards at a time. If the two cards match, then the player keeps the cards and takes another turn.

If the two cards do not match, the cards are turned facedown and it is the next player’s turn.

When you first start playing with this game with toddlers or preschoolers, try starting with fewer

cards and keeping the cards image side up. Then introduce more cards and turn them over to

play the memory game in the traditional manner.






Let’s Sign – The benefits of sign language are tremendous for young children and can assist

with language development, comprehension, and retention. Enjoy practicing these signs with

your children. If you need a simple online example of these signs try Signing Time’s Baby Sign

Language Dictionary.

Spanish – Learning just a few words in a foreign language can be fun and increase children’s

acceptance of learning a new language. My favorite resource for audio examples of how to

pronounce Spanish phrases and words is http://www.spanishdict.com/.

Crown Craft – This craft is meant to be used in concert with the scavenger hunt. As items

from the scavenger hunt are found they are to be attached to this crown. It helps keep

youngsters involved when they can “wear” their findings as opposed to just checking them off a

list. This page should be printed on cardstock and may need to be printed more than once

depending on the circumference of your child’s head. Tape, a stapler, glue, etc. can be used to

attach the sections of the crown.

Scavenger Hunt – Once an item is found it can be “glued” or “taped” onto the craft crown.

Other alternatives include putting the items into a bag or marking them in some way. Please

note that some scavenger hunt items are easily found around the house, others may be part of

puzzles or found in picture books. Alternatively, the images from the printable scavenger hunt

can be printed and hidden.

Activity Cards – One of the most rewarding and challenging parts of raising toddlers and

preschoolers is keeping them engaged. Letting them move and wiggle is often the perfect way to

help them enjoy learning and spending time with you. Have fun with these and invent some of

your own!

Note: I have used all of these games and activities with my own toddler and sincerely, hope

you and your youngsters enjoy using them as much as I enjoyed creating them and she

enjoyed testing them!



http://www.signingtime.com/resources/dictionary/

http://www.signingtime.com/resources/dictionary/

http://www.spanishdict.com/

What is it? Identify the following images.

farmer tractor

barn silo

rooster donkey



What is it? Identify the following images.

horse rabbit

chicken cow



Big or small? Identify the larger and smaller images as instructed.

Identify the larger image.

Identify the larger image.



Big or small? Identify the larger and smaller images as instructed.

Identify the smaller image.

Identify the smaller image.



Simple Puzzles. Print and cut on the dotted lines. Place the two halves together to complete an image.



Matching. Match the item(s) on the left to the corresponding item(s) on the right.

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Where do I belong? Print and cut out the pictures surrounded by dotted lines. Place and/or glue them into the appropriate scene.



Where do I belong? Print and cut out the pictures surrounded by dotted lines. Place and/or glue them into the appropriate scene.

Empty square for child to place cut out






Letter Match. Use Scrabble tiles, alphabet letter magnets, etc. or the provided letter tiles to match the letters in the following words.

C O W

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B A R N

B A R N




L A M B

L A M B




E G G S

E G G S



Bingo. This is the classic game bingo. Give clues so your child can mark or cover the appropriate image. Suggested clues are provided. For younger children, simply name the image and have them identify it.



Bingo. This is the classic game bingo. Give clues so your child can mark or cover the appropriate image. Suggested clues are provided. For younger children, simply name the image and have them identify it.

Clues

Tractor – the farmer rides this to do work around the farm.

Silo – a tall building on the farm used to store grain.

Barn – animals live in this building on the farm.

Horse – says neigh, neigh.

Pig – says oink, oink.

Cow – says moo, moo.

Rooster – says cock-a-doodle-do.

Rabbit – often eats food out of the garden and hops.

Hen – lays eggs.



Same vs Different. Identify the image that does not belong in each line.



Let’s Count. Place the appropriate number of items into the scene as instructed.

Place 2 chickens in the grass.

Place 3 chickens in the grass.



Let’s Count. Place the appropriate number of items into the scene as instructed.



Category. Print on cardstock and/or laminate. Cut along the dotted lines. Group like or similar items together. There are 2 categories: horses and chicks.



What comes next? Cut out these images. Put them in the order they would most likely occur.



Fill in the dots. Use “dot markers” or round stickers to color the image below.



Memory. Print on cardstock, +/- laminate. Cut on dotted lines. Find matches.



Let’s Sign. Have fun practicing these words in American Sign Language with your child!

Make a fist and place your thumb by your

temple. Straighten your thumb and pinkie finger.

Rotate your hand forward and backward.

Make a fist and place the thumb by your temple. Straighten your thumb, index finger, and middle finger. Bend the index

finger and middle finger up and down.

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Let’s Sign. Have fun practicing these words in American Sign Language with your child!

Place your open hand, palm down, under your

chin. Move all your fingers, excluding your

thumb, up and down at the level of the first joint.

Extend your less dominant arm, bent at the elbow, in front of your body. Use your index and middle

fingers of your dominant hand to form scissors and

move the two fingers together and apart in a cutting motion, while

moving up the extended non-dominant arm.



Spanish. Have fun practicing these words in Spanish with your child!

la vaca

(the cow)

el caballo (the horse)

el cerdo (the pig)

la oveja (the sheep)



Crown Craft. Cut along the dotted lines to create two pieces of a crown that can be glued together.

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Scavenger Hunt. Attach the images of the found items to the crown.

eggs

flowers

barn

fence

horse

pig

rooster

cow

sheep



Activity Cards. Have fun acting out these weather related activities with your child.

Activities on the Farm

Collect eggs.

Milk a cow.

Feed the chickens.

Ride a horse.



Activity Cards. Have fun acting out these weather related activities with your child.

Animal Activities on the Farm

Moo like a cow.

Strut like a rooster.

Roll in the mud like a pig.

Hop like a rabbit.



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