Here is another riddle for your child. What grazes in the field, gives us milk and says Moo? Here is a little video about this incredible animal. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYFA2-4Zzhk
Among the cattle family, there is a mommy cow, a daddy bull and a baby calf. All together, they make a herd! Only cows give us milk though!
Kitchen Science
For this butter-making project, you need (1) mason jar or baby food jar, (2) heavy cream, (3) bowl, and (4) cold water in a pitcher.
Help your child to fill half the mason jar or baby food jar with heavy cream. Have your child shake the jar for 6-8 minutes. Pour out the content of the jar in the bowl and you will see the butter and buttermilk. Form a ball with butter in the bowl. Pour Cold water on the ball to remove excess buttermilk. Discard the butter milk and waster. Here is the video about butter. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3a75ObmDsYM
if your child has a journal, ask your child to make a drawing that you can date and label!
Dairy Food Science Game – For this game, you need 9 dairy food pictures cut from magazines that you glue on a piece of paper, and 9 milk jug tops (or paper squares) Both are needed for each player. Take turn saying a milk product and cover the picture with a top if you have it on your paper. The winner is the player with all pictures covered. Here are the rules: https://www.themailbox.com/magazines/science-game-dairy-foods/dairy-month-4
Language Arts
what can two cool cows do? Here is Two Cool Cows by Toby Speed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KOzz37Y4dU After viewing the book, ask you child what the story is about and help your child recall the story. You might want to go back to the book and listen for rhymes with your child like “rickety pickety.”
This is the “Hey Diddle Diddle“ nursery rhyme:
Hey Diddle Diddle,
The cat and the fiddle,
The cow jumped over the moon.
The little dog laughed,
To see such sport,
And the dish ran away with the spoon
“This Little Cow“ Fingerplay
This little cow eats grass.
(hold up one hand, fingers erect, bend down one finger)
This little cow eats hay.
(bend down another finger)
This little cow drinks water.
(bend down another finger)
And this little cow does nothing.
(Bend down another finger)
But lie and sleep all day.
Five Spotted Cows Fingerplay (With 5 fingers)
Five spotted cows standing in line.
The first one said, “I’m feeling fine!”
The second one said, “How do you do?”
The third one said, “Moo! Moo! Moo!”
The fourth one said, “I’m grazing in the grass.”
The fifth one said, “I’m full at last!”
So the cows stood together and said,
“We’re through! Let’s take a bow and all say, “MOO!”
Milk the Cow Song (Tune of “Row, Row Your Boat”)
Milk, milk, milk the cow
While sitting on a stool
Pulling, squirting, pulling squirting
Till the buckets full.
Math
Help your child continue their pattern on their April calendar (Info in Reptiles Week 3)
Old McDonald Had a Farm Pattern Recognition – Print copies of the page and help your child color and cut. https://www.themailbox.com/magazines/math-idea-sorting-reading-a-pattern/old-macdonald-s-farm Help your child design patterns with animals. You can also use the animal cards for a memory game.
Hey Diddle Diddle Positioning Words Game – Give your child a cut-out cow and moon and use position words like over, under, on, and besides. https://www.themailbox.com/magazines/hey-diddle-diddle/12_jan10cal_ec
Ready to Milk Math Geometric Patterns Worksheet https://www.themailbox.com/magazines/math-worksheet-completing-geometric-patterns/ready-to-milk
Art
For this Cow Art Project, you need (1) paper plate or white paper bag, (2) scissors, (3) black, white, and pink construction paper, (4) black marker, and (5) glue and stapler.
Help your child to cut out a big oval for the cow’s mouth and 2 little ones for ears out of pink construction paper, 2 white ovals bigger than the pink ones, as well as 2 black ovals for horns and 4-6 pieces out of black construction paper. Draw eyes with marker and glue all pieces together on the paper plate. You might want to staple the ears too.
Small Motor Skills
The Cow Book https://twistynoodle.com/my-cow-book-minibook/
Bull to Trace https://www.woojr.com/letter-c-worksheets-crafts/cow-c-tracing/
Farm Animal Cut and Paste Worksheet http://www.tlsbooks.com/farmanimalcutandpaste.html
Cow coloring page https://twistynoodle.com/milking-coloring-page/
Gross Motor Skills
Do Si Do Square Dance by Patti Shukla https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xXePOakJGs