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Book Activities
Down on the Farm
Written by Written by Merrily Kutner Illustrated by Will
Published: 2005
From the Publisher:
Down on the farm the roosters call, the horses neigh, the chicks won't sleep, the pig snouts "oink" and the cats powwow! Merrily Kutner's lively verse and Will Hillenbrands's buoyant art will send readers zipping along the trail of one naughty little goat in a day in the life of a very busy, very noisy farmyard crew.
Read
 Explain that this is a book about a little goat’s day on the farm. Each page includes a new farm animal with a familiar rhyme. Allow the child to join in on the phrase “Down on the farm.” Also, encourage the child to figure out which animal noises you will read on each page. This book may also turn into a game, as there is a small mouse hiding in each scene. Have fun finding it!
Do
 Visit a local farm. Do you hear the same noises? Are there other animals on the farm? What do they sound like?
Think about the noises you hear in your home and community. What does it sound like when you wake up? How about when you are eating or brushing your teeth? What noises do you hear in the car or on a bus? Listen for patterns.
View
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Arthur Arthur's Family Vacation/ Grandpa Dave's Old Country Farm (Show 115)
Arthur discovers that there are fun things to do, even when it rains on a family vacation./ Arthur and D.W. go to visit their grandfather who lives on a farm. But the visit doesn't turn out as expected, because Grandpa Dave isn't your usual kind of grandfather. Related Activities: Rainy Days / The Fix-It Crew
CaillouThe Starry Night (Show 112)
When Rexy and Teddy are left out over night, Rexy spies a huge towering monster. He tries everything to keep himself and Teddy safe, including not letting Teddy look. It takes Gilbert to point out that what Rexy sees is not the eyeball of a huge towering monster, it's the moon. Rexy is dumbfounded and Teddy just a tad annoyed.
After Dark (Show 122)
On a mystical magical night, Rexy decides to hunt the "Spookindoodle," something he has made up. But the dark night and the disappearance of Gilbert and Teddy and mostly Rexy's own imagination scare him into believing there really is a "spookindoodle." It isn't until Rexy finds Gilbert and Teddy hunting for fairies that he realizes the "spookindoodle" still only exists in his mind. When he asks if fairies really exist they answer that nobody knows for sure.
Curious George
Keep Out Cows/Curious George and the Missing Piece (Show 24)
George loves Leslie the cow, but do she and her friends have to keep eating all those beautiful wildflowers that he wants to show The Man with the Yellow Hat? George works against time and the cows' appetites to come up with a wall strong enough to save the flowers. / When George discovers a bone buried in the ground, he's convinced it's got to be part of a dinosaur skeleton. Educational Objectives: To illustrate that the strength of a structure depends on the material it is made of and how it is designed. / To help develop an understanding that the shape of a bone is related to its function, and the size of a bone is related to the size of the animal from which it came. Related Activity: Let's Build
Between the Lions
Click, Clack, Moo/The Little Red Hen (Show 506)
Farm animals have a lot to teach Lionel and Leona about the power of writing, and the value of helping. Key Words: cows, hen Consonant: c, h
Reading Rainbow
Germs Make Me Sick
The feature book explains what germs are, how bacteria and viruses affect the human body, and how the body fights against them. Using a microscope LeVar discovers what germs really look like and talks to lab scientists about germs, and habits that can keep us healthy. A visit to an organic farm illustrates how micro-organisms are important to growing food.
The Milk Makers
It's fresh and cold, foamy and white, and one of nature's most nutritious foods-milk! Everyone learns about this delicious liquid as this book explains the process of how cows produce milk and how it is processed before being delivered to stores. LeVar visits California's dairy country where he receives a lesson on milking a cow by hand, as well as an introduction to the modern way of milking and feeding 600 cows. Viewers get a factory tour and see how cheese is made.
June 29, 1999
While her third grade classmates are sprouting seeds in paper cups, Holly has a more ambitious, innovative science project in mind. LeVar investigates UFOs Viewers follow a boy and his father who discover strange artifacts, visit a farmer who grows huge pumpkins, and hear a first hand account of a UFO report.
Giving Thanks
This prayer of the Iroquois Indians celebrates the precious and rare gift of the natural world - and the resources of the earth. On a fall day, LeVar stops to express appreciation for the gifts of the earth. We connect to the earth with a visit to a family who grows and harvests cranberries, then on to a pueblo where native artists use clay from the earth to make pottery, and finally to a group of children who are planting trees in their neighborhood. Children sing "Come You Dreamers," a song about taking care of the earth. (Show 129)
Farm Websites
Farm Animals
Learn about some of the animals that live on the farm at this site from Kids Farm.
All About Farm Animals
This site for children and teachers has information about farm animals, farm animal printouts, animal sounds, and farm phonic activities.
Farm Animal Teaching Ideas
This site from Alphabet Soup features a collection of farm animal teaching ideas submitted by teachers. You can even submit an idea of your own.
Farm Animal Crafts
This site from DLTK has lots of farm animal craft ideas and coloring sheets.
Kid's Stuff
You can print out farm coloring book and activity pages at this site from the North Carolina Department of Agriculture.
Kids Farm
This site from the National Zoo has information about farm animals.
Other Titles
And the Cow Said Moo! by Mildred Phillips; Illustrated Sonja Lamut (2000)
One sunny morning a very young cow set out across the barnyard and demands, in a bossy way, that all the other farm animals say Moo.
Barnyard Banter by Denise Fleming (1997)
All the farm animals are where they should be, clucking and mucking, mewing and cooing, except for the missing goose.
Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown (1994)
Rhymed text and illustrations introduce the many different animals that live in the big red barn.
Buzz Said the Bee by Wendy Cheyette Lewison and Hans Wilhelm
As one animal sits on another in an accumulating progression, the reader learns the sounds each animal makes.
The Cow That Went Oink by Bernard Most (2003)
A cow that oinks and a pig that moos are ridiculed by the other barnyard animals until each teaches the other a new sound. --
Farm Life by Elizabeth Spurr; Illustrated by Steve Bjorkman (2003)
Rhymed descriptions of life on a farm introduce basic colors and the numbers one to ten.
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