Down on the Farm

1. Down on the Farm By Molly Pine 1st grade

2. Fast Facts about Farm Animals • Adult female cows are simply called cows. Bulls are adult male cows. Their babies are called calves. • The sheep family consists of a ewe (the mother), a ram (the father) and lambs (the babies). • Baby goats are called kids, the same word your parents may use to describe you and your siblings! Mother goats are nannies. Fathers are called billy goats. • A gosling is a baby goose. An adult female goose is simply called a goose. A gander is an adult male goose. • A baby pig is called a piglet. Its mother is a sow. Male pigs are called boars.

3. Fast Facts about Farm Animals • The horse family consists of a mare (the mother), a stallion (the father) and colts (the babies). A baby horse may also be called a foal until its first birthday. • Baby ducks are ducklings. A female duck is simply called a duck. A drake is a male duck. • A chick is a baby chicken. Female chickens are called hens. A rooster is an adult male chicken.

4. Words to Find: Bull Chicken Cow Dog Goat Horse Pig Rooster Sheep Farm B U L L S R T U C C I L C S D Y C H I C K E N R N I P I T G I P O Q C V O O R H W O C T X A T A O G N O R O O S T E R I C E E P R H D U G G I P D O G W S H W R S N M L D I U P X E R E C V B S H E E P U I C F B O F A R M E W Y X I Farm Word Search

5. Go to the class library and read the book titled, Cluck O’Clock by Kes Gray. Get a practice clock and practice the times found throughout the book! Learning Time on the Farm

6. Use this Venn diagram to compare farm life with your home life. Write the things that are different on each side, and the things that are the same in the center.

7. Go to the website below and play a matching game! Are those animals going to the zoo or to the farm? Can you figure it out? http://www.manteno.k12.il.us/webquest/elementary/Science/OldMcHebertsFarm/Kathy's%20Web%20Page.htm Do each activity listed on Old MacHebert’s Farm Website! Zoo Animals or Farm Animals

8. Try this activity at home with the help of your parents! Ingredients and Materials: Heavy Whipping Cream Baby Food Jar Salt Directions: Pour the heavy whipping cream and a small amount of salt into a baby food jar. Shake the jar until the liquid turns into a solid. Try your butter on toast or crackers! Homemade Butter on the Farm

9. Write a short story about living on a farm. Describe what you would see, smell, and hear. Illustrate using crayons, colored pencils, or markers. Extra credit for pop-up pictures! Life on a Farm

10. Square Dancing • Get with your group members and make up a square dance to teach to the rest of the class! • You may use any of the music from the classroom country section!

11. Gardening on the Farm • Go to the website below and learn how to make your own garden! • http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/firstgarden/index.html • Go to “Show Me the Basics” • Go to “Gardening FUNdamentals” • Go to “Planning My Garden” • Decide what kind of garden you would like to make! • We will be voting on the type of garden to plant and will be gardening outside the school during our science time for the rest of the school year!

12. Take Me Out to the Barnyard(Take Me Out to the Ballgame)by Judy Hall Take me out to the barnyard. Take me out there right now. Show me the cows, pigs and horses, too. I hear an oink and a neigh and a moo. There are chickens laying their eggs. If they don't lay it's a shame. Oh, it's one, two, three eggs today, And I'm glad I came. Farm Sounds(tune:  Wheels on the Bus)By John Saltsman The cows in the barn go moo, moo, moo, Moo, moo, moo -- moo, moo, moo. The cows in the barn go moo, moo, moo, All around the farm. Other verses: ... pigs in the pen go oink, oink, oink ... hens in the coop go cluck, cluck, cluck ... rooster on the fence goes cock-a-doodle-do ... ducks in the pond go quack, quack, quack Fun Farm Songs to Memorize!