A Lesson on Farms

With only 4 boys, I actually had time to take pictures today!! I had a lot of fun teaching this lesson. Growing up among farms in Idaho, I felt completely qualified to depart my farmer knowledge upon the children today.

We started off by reading this fabulous book. We discussed what foods certain animals ate, as well as what each animal does on the farm.


The boys had fun making corrals, fences and farm houses for their animals out of Lincoln logs. I pulled out my little people barn and farm animals for pretend play. After proclaiming them to be baby toys, the boys then played with them for 30 minutes.




Everett loved hanging out with all the boys!

We then headed outside to "Plant some crops". We planted strawberries, romaine lettuce, peas and carrots. They got to pick weeds, prepare the soil, plant the crops and water them.


Seth found a carrot growing down into the soil. They all wanted to get a picture with it! They were all being very silly.





Next we went inside and practiced our coloring skills as we colored the barn red. We learned that Octagons had 8 sides.






To finish off, we played the cow jumping game and duck hunt on the Wii. Both skills that real farmers need to have :) It was a fun day!