These farm flash cards teach 18 farm animals, plants and things with a picture on the front and the word inside. Made for preschool to 1st grade, with a sorting practice page and answer key included.
From the farm to your plate
Agriculture is a big word for something preschoolers love: farms! Little learners find out that farmers grow the food we eat and raise animals that give us milk, eggs and wool. They name farm animals and their babies, learn that plants need sun, water and soil to grow, and discover that apples come from trees and carrots grow underground. The best moment is when a child connects their lunch to the farm: "My cheese came from a cow!"
Farms are full of things to see, name and grow. These moves bring the farm right into the classroom.
Hold up farm flash cards one at a time and let kids name the animal and make its sound. Then ask, "What do we get from this animal?" Pictures plus sounds plus a question make each card a mini lesson.
Why it works: pairing a picture with each word gives kids two ways to remember it, a well-tested principle of how people learn (Mayer, 2009).
Try it withFarm Flash CardsFlash CardsOpen it →Give each child a cup, soil and a bean seed. Water it together and check it every morning. Watching a sprout appear teaches more about growing food than any explanation could.
Why it works: the U.S. Department of Education's guide for teaching elementary math recommends moving from hands-on objects to drawings to numbers.
Farm songs let kids practice animal names and sounds over and over. Add a new animal every day and let kids act it out. Repeating the song all week builds vocabulary without any drilling.
Why it works: words set to a repeating melody are easier to recall than the same words spoken (Wallace, 1994).
Agriculture means farming: growing plants and raising animals for food and other things we use. Show pictures of farms, talk about where foods come from and let kids grow a simple plant.
Planting seeds, farm animal flash cards, a pretend farm stand and matching baby animals to their mothers are all great choices. Each one builds vocabulary while kids learn where food comes from.
Start with cows, pigs, chickens, horses, sheep and goats. Kids can learn each animal's sound, its baby's name and what it gives us, like milk, eggs or wool.
Talk about foods at meals: "This bread came from wheat that grew on a farm." Visit a farmers market or grow herbs on a windowsill so kids see food grow.
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