Down on the Farm Preschool Theme
Youtube Book/Song Links:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wX6aEbYmBEQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDt_MhIKpLM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lj_odhwo81s
Cow Print
You will need:
Paper
Black Paint
Clothes Pins
Markers
Wiggly Eyes
Scissors
Glue
Cut out a large oval (cow body) and a smaller oval (cow head). Have child draw a cow face (use wiggly eyes) on the smaller oval. Glue head and body together. Next, let them paint black spots all over the cow body. Paint 2 clothes pins black and attach to body.
Handprint Chicken
You will need:
Red construction paper
Orange paint
Scissors
Glue
Wiggly Eyes
Have child cut out a large oval of red construction paper and glue to white paper. Press child’s hand into orange paint and make 2 handprints (one on top & one on bottom of red oval). Have child glue on eye, paint on beak (or glue pre-cut beak) and draw chicken legs.
Make Homemade Butter
You will need:
Heavy Whipping Cream
Empty Baby Food Jar
Salt
Bread
Knife
Talk to your children about how butter is made. Then fill the empty jar with heavy whipping cream. Tighten lid on jar (make sure it is closed!), then allow child to shake jar. Shake for five minutes (adult may need to help). Then open jar, salt to taste and spread butter onto bread. Eat up!
Cow Milking
You will need:
Latex Glove
Milk
Yarn/String
Needle
Bowl
Show your child this video > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYFA2-4Zzhk. Then let them try to milk a cow! Fill latex glove with milk, poke a small hole at tips of glove fingers. Tie the opening of the glove closed with yarn, and hold yarn for child. Place bowl under glove and let child “milk”, squeeze the finger of the glove and milk will fill the bowl below!
Make Scarecrow Cookies
You will need:
Sugar Cookies (pre-made)
Icing
Frosted Shredded Wheat
Twizzler Pull N Peel
Chocolate Wafer Cookies
M&M’s
Sugar cookie will be the head. Cover with white icing. Crunch up shredder wheat to be straw on top of head. Chocolate wafer cookies will be hat. Twizzler pull n peel to be mouth. M&M’s for eyes.
They will look like this > http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-E4pSmNzvqAg/UHebtRCZP-I/AAAAAAAABrQ/FgZJcR_rcIY/s1600/Harvest-Scarecrow-Cookies.ashx.jpg
Sensory Box:
Straw, Shovels, Handkerchiefs, tractor toys
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