Spring is here to stay and the farm is bustling with activity. The farmer is planting different varieties of crops and taking care of all animals: old and new. Here is a fun song to sing: “Old McDonald had a farm”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5U7VqUs_2s
Little Blue Truck’s Springtime by Alice Schertle is a flip book. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXQ1ot9SNEI
Science
For this experiment, you need (1) shallow dish, (2) milk, (3) food coloring, and (4) Q-tips.
Pour the milk in the dish and drop some food coloring drops in the milk. Give your child the Q-tip to your child and ask to twirl the Q-tip in the milk. What happens?
If your child has a journal, ask her/him to make a drawing that you can date and label.
Language Arts
Mrs. Wishy Washy’s Farm by Joy Cowley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cizS3vyV8ks After reading the book, please sequence the story with your child: what happens first, next and at the end.
if your child has some toy farm animals, have him/her wash them in a little tub.
Here is a farm song: “The animals on the farm”. (Tune of “The wheels on the bus”)
The ducks on the farm say, “Quack, quack, quack. Quack, quack, quack. Quack, quack, quack.” The duck on the farm say, “Quack, quack, quack” all around the farm.
The mice on the farm say, “Squeak, squeak, squeak…….
The chicken on the farm say, “Cluck, cluck, cluck……..
The pigs on the farm say, “Oink, oink, oink…..
The goats on the farm say, “Meh, meh, meh…..
The sheep on the farm say, “Baa, baa, baa…..
The horses on the farm say, “Neigh, neigh, neigh…..
The cows on the farm say, “Moo, moo, moo…..
The roosters on the farm say, “Cock-a-doodle-do……..
You can also create a Farm Story with a paper bag and toy farm animals: https://www.themailbox.com/magazines/literacy-activity-creating-an-oral-story/farm-story
Here is another excellent book Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tY00dvAvutA
Math
Continue your child’s pattern for the month. The link is in Reptiles Week (3).
For this Old McDonald Farm – Math sorting, reading a pattern Activity, you need (1) https://www.themailbox.com/magazines/math-idea-sorting-reading-a-pattern/old-macdonald-s-farm, (2) scissors, and (3) crayons.
You can also use these cards (1) or toy farm animals (2) in memory games. With cards, print animals twice to have pairs. (1) Cut cards and put them face down. Have your child turn over 2 cards and try to have a matching pair. (2) choose 5 toy farm animals and cover them with a blanket. Take one out without your child seeing it, uncover all toy animals and ask your child to name which one is missing.
Art
For this art project, you need (1) glue, (2) scissors, (3) stapler, (4) red and white construction paper, and (5) black marker.
Cut the barn out of red and white construction paper. Then, cut the window and the door in the red construction paper and use the marker to draw an X on both. Help your child to staple both papers together. Have your child color, cut and glue the animals inside.
Small Motor Skills
Here is a Farm coloring page https://www.themailbox.com/magazines/barn-pattern/barn-7
Create a book: At Home on the Farm https://www.themailbox.com/magazines/science-booklet-farm-animals/at-home-on-the-farm
Farm animal Patterns – Directional words https://www.themailbox.com/magazines/math-idea-directional-words/farm-animal-patterns-2
Gross Motor Skills
Let’s move with Jack Hartmann “All around the farm”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykmFyHJq6FY