{"id":271,"date":"2020-04-22T21:59:43","date_gmt":"2020-04-23T02:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/numbertwopencil.org\/?p=271"},"modified":"2020-04-23T16:53:21","modified_gmt":"2020-04-23T21:53:21","slug":"farm-week-baby-animals-sheep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/numbertwopencil.org\/?p=271","title":{"rendered":"Farm Week – Baby Animals (Sheep)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We explored a farm animal with horns: goats. Did you know that sheep have horns too? Goats have straight horns and sheep have rounded horns. Let\u2019s observe them. https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zu0Xa0pYjD0<\/a>
The mommy sheep is a ewe, the daddy a ram and the baby sheep is a lamb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Science<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s the weather today? According to weather folklore, March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb<\/strong>. What does that mean? March startles the winter\/spring line. April is definitely in Spring. Let\u2019s take a sheet of paper and divide it into 2 columns: one for Winter weather signs and one for Spring weather signs. Help your child come up with weather signs for Winter and Spring and write them down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If your child has a journal, write down what your child says and date the entry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Language Arts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Rhyming is so much fun! Sheep in a Jeep <\/span>by Nancy Shaw is full of rhymes. https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WhiIywoy4Eg<\/a>
After viewing the book, help your child to recall the story. Then, view the book again and help your child to repeat the rhymes!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is a rhyming worksheet called Spring Flint https:\/\/www.themailbox.com\/magazines\/language-arts-worksheet-rhyming-pictures\/spring-fling-3<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201dMary Had a Little Lamb\u201d Nursery Rhyme<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mary had a little lamb,
whose fleece was white as snow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And everywhere that Mary went,
the lamb was sure to go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It followed her to school one day
which was against the rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It made the children laugh and play,
to see a lamb at school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBaa, Baa Black Sheep\u201d Nursery Rhyme<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Baa, baa black sheep, <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Have you any wool?
Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One for the master,
And one for the dame,
One for the little boy
Who lives down the lane?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Baa, baa, black sheep,
Have you any wool?
Yes sir, yes sir,
Three bags full.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201dLittle Bo-Peep\u201d Nursery Rhyme<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Little Bo-Peep has lost her sheep,
And can’t tell where to find them;
Leave them alone, And they’ll come home,
Wagging their tails behind them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Math<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Help your child continue his\/her April calendar pattern (Info-Reptiles Week 3) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For this math concentration game<\/strong>, print this page twice https:\/\/www.themailbox.com\/magazines\/lamb-cards\/lamb-cards<\/a>
and have your child cut and color pairs of lamb with the same color. Place all the cards face down and have your child turn 2 cards over. The winner turns 2 cards of the same color. Continue the game until there is no cards face down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For this counting exercise<\/strong>, give your child a piece of green construction paper (is a meadow) and a bowl of white and yellow pom-poms. Have your child take a handful of them and dropping them on the paper. Have your child count the white ones (lambs) and the yellow ones (lions.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Art<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
  1. For this art project<\/strong>, you need (1) construction paper in 2 colors, (2) scissors, (3) white paint, (4) eyes, (5) cork.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Have your child use this pattern to cut and trace the sheep\u2019s head and feet on black construction paper.
    https:\/\/www.themailbox.com\/magazines\/lamb-patternsbr-2-pages\/lamb-head-and-legs<\/a>
    Use the cork in white paint to do the sheep\u2019s body and then glue head, feet and eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    2. For this fluffy lamb project<\/strong>, you need (1) construction paper in white and green, (2) cotton balls, (3) black and white paint, (4) paintbrush, (5) glue, and (6) scissors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Paint your child\u2019s hand black and make a handprint on the paper. When the paint is dry, turn the paper upside down and Help your child glue cotton balls on and around the palm of the handprint. Paint a small white eye on the thumb (head). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Have your child cut t green construction paper strips (grass) and glue them below the handprint.
    <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Small Motor Skills<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Counting Farm Animal Worksheet http:\/\/www.tlsbooks.com\/countingfarmanimals.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Sheep Cut and Paste Coloring Page https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zu0Xa0pYjD0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Counting Sheep Coloring Page https:\/\/twistynoodle.com\/counting-sheep-2-coloring-page\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Gross Motor Skills<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Simon Says by Patti Shukla <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OkO8DaPIyXo<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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