On the Farm

Content Objectives

Children will:

• Learn about the concept of farms.
• Access prior knowledge and build background about different kinds of plants and animals on a farm.
• Explore and apply the concept of the different ways people use different kinds of plants and animals from a farm.

Language Objectives

Children will:

• Demonstrate an understanding of the concept of farms.
• Orally use words that describe ways that we can learn about different kinds of plants and animals on a farm.
• Extend oral vocabulary by speaking about where different foods come from on a farm.
• Use key concept words [corn, vegetables, cows, milking, planting, harvesting].

Other

Explain

• Use the slideshow to review the key concept words.
• Explain that children are going to learn about:
• What a farm is.
• What plants grow on a farm.
• What animals live on a farm.
• How we use plants and animals from a farm.

Model

• After the host introduces the slideshow, point to the photo on screen. Ask children: What do you see in this photo? (field, soil, farmer, tractor). What is the farmer in the photo doing? (riding a tractor).
• Ask children: What is your favorite food that might come from a farm? (answers will vary).
• Say: There are many animals that live on a farm. Some animals that might live on a farm are chickens, cows, pigs, and horses. What do these animals need to be happy and healthy? (food, water, shelter).

Guided Practice

• Guide children through the next three slides, showing them the different foods from a farm. Always have the children tell if they like that food.

Apply

• Have children play the games that follow. Have them discuss with their partner the different topics that appear during the Talk About It feature.
• After the first game, ask children to talk about what foods from a farm they have seen in a supermarket and help the children learn more about the farm products they are interested in. After the second game, have them discuss other foods that come from cows, chickens, or a farming field.

Close

• Ask children: If you had a farm, what plants would you grow and what animals would you take care of? Explain.
• Summarize that we get many foods from a farm. We drink milk from cows that live on a farm. We eat eggs from chickens that live on a farm. We eat fruits and vegetables that grow on a farm. Encourage children to think about what it's like to work on a farm.