Grade Level: Special
Education Preschool
Time Needed: 7 days
(depending on the length of your preschool sessions)
Summary: The students will identify various farm animals and the sounds that they
make. The students will use their language and fine motor skills to create art
projects to display the characteristics of the animals. They will use
technology to explore the animals. The students will use their expressive
language skills to explain their knowledge and engage in conversations about
what they have learned.
Assessment: I will
assess the students using teacher observation and checklists while they are
participating in the activities.
Technology:
View the farm animal power point that I have created, which helps to
introduce some of the farm animals and the sounds that they make.
http://lt028.k12.sd.us/farm%20animal%20pp_files/frame.htm
Book:
Read Inside a Barn in the Country by Alyssa Satrin Capucilli.
Language Lesson/Music:
Play the Barn Game and teach the students the song, taken from http://www..k1sbcss2.ca.us/sbcss/specialeducation/ecthematic/farm/language.html.
Snack:
Make Haystack Cookies, taken from http://www.sbcss.k12.ca.us/sbcss/specialeducation/ecthematic/farm/cooking.html. Ingredients needed: graham crackers, small chocolate squares,
marshmallows, and Chow Mein noodles.
Craft:
Use small paper bags to make Paper Bag Horse Puppets, from
http://www.sbcss.k12.ca.us/sbcss/specialeducation/ecthematic/farm/motor.html.
Sensory:
Use flax seed in a sensory table, taken from Horse Feed at http://daycare.about.com.
Gross Motor:
The students should pair up to practice the Wheelbarrow taken
from http://daycare.about.com.
Book/Language Lesson:
Tell the students the story of The Three Little Pigs and help the
children to act out the story.
Book:
Read The Cow That Went OINK!, by Bernard Most.
Craft:
Use white lunch bags to make Cow Puppets, taken from http://familycrafts.about.com/cs/farmanimalcrafts/index.htm.
Music/Language Lesson:
Teach the students Old MacDonald Had a Farm and assign each
student an animal puppet or toy. When
their assigned animal name is given, the student needs to stand up and provide
the animal’s sound when appropriate in the song.
Snack:
Make Cow Milk Shakes, taken from http://www.sbcss.k12.ca.us/sbcss/specialeducation/ecthematic/farm/cooking.html. Ingredients needed: milk, ice cream, chocolate or strawberry
syrup.
Gross Motor:
Take the students outside to play Animal Tag, taken from http://daycare.about.com.
Book:
Read Sheep in a Jeep by Nancy Shaw.
Language Lesson:
Play a variation of the Questions Game, these questions may be
taken from http://www.enchantedlearning.com/classroom/K1/farmanimals.shtml.
Music:
Teach the students Baa Baa Black Sheep and Mary Had a Little
Lamb
Craft:
Have the students trace their hands to make Cottony Lambs,
taken from http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/8004/farm.html.
Gross Motor:
Play Pin the Fleece on the Sheep, taken from http://mn.essortment.com/preschoollearni_rxjh.htm.
Sensory:
Use a feely box to let the students explore Feels from the Farm,
taken from http://mn.essortment.com/preschoollearni_rxjh.htm.
Technology:
Save coloring pages from http://daycare.about.com,
http://homeschooling.about.com,
or http://www.kidsfarm.com/coloringbook.htm,
and let the students experiment with painting them using Microsoft Paint. These pages may also be printed and colored
with crayons.
Book/Gross Motor: Read Rosie’s
Walk by Pat Hutchins. Set up the
room as an obstacle course so the students can act out the book, demonstrating understanding
of the positional concepts included in the book.
Sensory/Craft: Discuss and
experiment with different grains. Make a Grain Collage, taken from http://mn.essortment.com/preschoollearni_rxjh.htm.
Snack:
Make Chicken Coop Nests, taken from
http://www.sbcss.k12.ca.us/sbcss/specialeducation/ecthematic/farm/cooking.html. Ingredients needed: Chow Mein noodles, Hard Shell topping,
marshmallows (eggs).
Music:
Teach the students Take Me Out to the Barnyard and We’re on
the Way to Grandpa’s Farm by Raffi, taken from http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/8004/farm.html.
Language Lesson:
Show-and-Tell………..Have the students bring photographs from home of farm
animals. If they do not live on a farm
or do not have access to a camera they may bring in pictures from magazines,
etc. Discuss the photographs.
Book:
Tell the students the story of The Little Red Hen.
Language Lesson/Snack:
Have the students help mix up your favorite bread recipe. Bake the bread in an oven or a bread machine
and enjoy later for snack.
Dramatic Play:
Use a cardboard box to create a Chicken Costume, taken from http://familycrafts.about.com/cs/farmanimalcrafts/index.htm,
and let the students play.
Music:
Teach the students To the Farm taken from http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/8004/farm.html,
and If I Were a Farmer taken from http://daycare.about.com.
Gross Motor:
Let the students use soil and water for Digging up Worms, taken
from http://daycare.about.com.
Craft:
Have the students take off their shoes and socks to make Barefoot
Chicks, taken from http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/8004/farm.html.
Day 7
Craft:
Make Paper Plate Duck Craft, taken from http://www.enchantedlearning.com/themes/farmanimals.html.
Language Lesson:
Use pairs of farm animal flashcards to play a memory game.
Gross Motor:
Take the students outside to play Duck, Duck Goose, taken from http://mn.essortment.com/preschoollearni_rxjh.htm.
Field Trip/Technology:
Take the class on a field trip to a local
farm. Try to pick a farm that has a
variety of farm animals that we have discussed. Give the students the opportunity to milk cows, feed animals,
collect eggs, etc. The students will
need assistance to use a digital camera to take pictures of the various animals
and other students participating in farm activities.