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Tot School: Farm

May 17, 2017

Tons of farm themed activities and ideas. Weekly plan includes books, literacy, math, science, art, sensory bins, and more! Perfect for tot school, preschool, or kindergarten.

This week we had a little fun down on the farm in Tot School. This was such a fun theme with lots of engaging activities to explore!

Tons of farm themed activities and ideas. Weekly plan includes books, literacy, math, science, art, sensory bins, and more! Perfect for tot school, preschool, or kindergarten.

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Here were our plans for Farm week:

Tons of farm themed activities and ideas. Weekly plan includes books, fine motor, gross motor, sensory bins, snacks and more! Perfect for tot school, preschool, or kindergarten.

And here are the details of each activity:

5 great books to read aloud for a farm theme. Perfect for tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten.


Our favorite farm books for the week were:
Farm by Mary Novick
Mrs. Wishy Washy by Joy Cowley
Who’s In the Shed? by Brenda Parkes
The Little Red Hen by Brenda Parkes
Click, Clack, Quackity, Quack by Doreen Cronin

This string a word farm activity was such a fun and easy way to get our fine motor practice in with a farm theme. Great for tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!

String a Word Farm:


I found these little wooden farm beads a few weeks back and knew that they would be PERFECT for fine motor practice during our farm theme. I added a few word cards and alphabet beads for Madelynn to practice making words. The best part? They are a great size for our 1 year old to play with too, even if she mostly puts them in her mouth still 😉

We LOVE this wishy washy play dough activity for fine motor practice. Great for a farm theme in tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!

Wishy Washy Play Dough:


I love story inspired play, so we used an old favorite Mrs. Wishy Washy as the inspiration for this play dough tray. All you need is brown “mud” play dough, blue “water” play dough, a “tin tub” bowl, and a toy cow, pig, and duck. Madelynn also requested a brush so she could give them a good scrub.

We LOVE this build a farm sensory bin. Lots of fun pieces to pretend, play and explore. Great for a farm theme in tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!


Who’s in the Barn:


For more story inspired play, I created this “Who’s in the Barn” painting activity inspired by Who’s In the Shed? To prep, I printed a page of barns with animals inside, laminated it, then painted a thin layer of tempera paint over the animals. After the paint was completely dry I gave Madelynn water and a brush so she could uncover the animals. I see lots of possibilities for this fun activity in the future!

We had so much fun with this milk the cow fine motor activity. Great for a farm theme in tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!

Milk the Cow:

I’ve been wanting to take Madelynn to a really fun kids farm in our area where you get to do a lot of hands on things like milk a real cow, but haven’t had the chance yet. So I set up our own little cow milking activity for her to try out. I mixed a tiny bit of white paint with water and poured it into a clear latex glove and closed it off with a rubber band. I drew on a few spots to make it more cow-like, then with it positioned over a cup I poked a tiny hole in the “udders” with the smallest needle I could find. We’ll see if she is brave enough to try milking a real cow when we make it to the farm soon!

This paint and stamp farm activity turned out so cute and incorporated lots of fine motor practice. Great for a farm theme in tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!

Paint & Stamp Farm Art:


This masterpiece was a 3 step project. First Madelynn drew a black line across a sheet paper with a black crayon. Then she used watercolor paints to make the sky blue and the grass green. Next she painted a barn shape cut out with red tempera paint. She insisted that the barn needed a door first though so she drew that with black crayon. After both of those pages dried we glued them together and added farm animal stamps.

Learning is more fun when it involves movement! Practice all kinds of movement and listening skills with this farmer says gross motor activity. Great for a farm theme tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!

Farmer Says:

For this themed Simon says game, I created cards with actions based on different jobs, and called out the action for her to follow (Ex: milk a cow, gallop like a horse, roll in the mud like a pig, etc.) She still not too good about listening for the “Farmer Says” vs no “Farmer Says” but this activity was great for getting some energy out for sure!

Learning is more fun when it involves movement! Practice running and washing animals with this wishy washy gross motor activity. Great for a farm theme in tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!


Mrs. Wishy Washy Relay:


This game was inspired by the Mrs. Wishy Washy story. I set out a tub of mud and placed cows, ducks, and pigs inside. Then across the yard I filled another metal tub with water and a scrub brush. Madelynn ran back and forth to wash each animal.

Learning is more fun when it involves movement! Round up all the sheep in this fun farm themed gross motor activity! Great for tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!

Round up the Sheep:

This “Round up the Sheep” game was hysterical to watch. Madelynn chased balloon “sheep” around the yard, and tried to get them all back in the pen. All I did was draw a sheep face on some white balloons and set them free in the yard and we used our outdoor play pen to hold the sheep. Also great for containing rambunctious 3 year olds and their 1 year old sisters.

Learning is more fun when it involves movement! Practice rolling a ball with this farm animal bowling gross motor activity. Great for a farm theme in tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!


Farm Animal Bowling:


To play farm animal bowling I started by placing our farm animal puppets on top of upside down red solo cups and they were the perfect fit. Then I set them up and gave Madelynn a small ball to roll. Easy set up and great for getting out some toddler wiggles.

Learning is more fun when it involves movement! Practice aiming and throwing with this farm animal ring toss gross motor activity. Great for a farm animal theme in tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!

Farm Animal Ring Toss:


Farm animal ring toss (aka another way to get more play out of the same set up above!) I started by placing our farm animal puppets on top of upside down red solo cups again. Then we used paper plate rings and tried to ring each animal. This was much harder than it looks which means lots of running around to pick up the rings.

Learning is more fun when it involves movement! Practice aiming and throwing with this farm animal ring toss gross motor activity. Great for a farm animal theme in tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!


Farm Animal Ring Toss:


Cheesy Horseshoe Breadsticks – Start with a tube of refrigerated bread stick dough. Form the dough onto the pan in a horseshoe shape. Brush with butter and sprinkle with parmesan cheese. Bake according to package directions.

Muddy Animals – Start with a cup of chocolate pudding. Add farm animal crackers.

Horse Cookies – Start with a Nutter Butter cookie. Use a dot of icing to attach candy eyes to the horse’s face. Attach peanuts between the cookie layers for ears. Use red and blue icing to add the details on the horses face.

Tractor Cracker – Use to graham cracker pieces to form the tractor shape. Cover with green frosting. Add chocolate donut wheels.Use pretzel rods and Chex cereal for the details.

Duck Footprints – Cut cheese slices into circles, then cut wedges out to form webbed feet. Add to round crackers.

We LOVE this farm animal matching sensory bin. So many fun pieces to play with and explore! Great for tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!

Farm Match Sensory Bin:


In this sensory bin: Oatmeal, Melissa & Doug Farm Animal Pop Blocs, spoons, cups

We LOVE this wishy-washy sensory bin. So much fun to play with and explore! Great for a farm theme in tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!


Wishy Washy Sensory Play:


In this sensory bin: Mud, water, Fisher Price farm animals, scrub brushes, sponges

We LOVE this feed the animals sensory bin. So much fun to play with and explore! Great for a farm theme in tot school, preschool, We LOVE this feed the animals sensory bin. So much fun to play with and explore! Great for a farm theme in tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!or even kindergarten!

Feed the Animals Sensory Bin:


In this sensory bin: Popcorn kernels, paint cups, scoops, animal labels

We LOVE this little red hen sensory bin. So much fun to play with and explore! Great for a farm theme in tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!


Little Red Hen Sensory Bin:


In this sensory bin: White beans, Fisher Price hen, rubber duck, cat & dog, pig, toy baking set

We LOVE this build a farm sensory bin. Lots of fun pieces to pretend, play and explore. Great for a farm theme in tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!

Build a Farm Sensory Bin:


In this bin: Melissa & Doug farm blocks, split peas, and scoops

Tons of farm themed activities and ideas. Weekly plan includes books, literacy, math, science, art, sensory bins, and more! Perfect for tot school, preschool, or kindergarten.

Want all of this week’s Farm activities for tot school?  You can grab them here:
On my site : Farm Plans & Printables On TpT: Farm Plans & Printables

Or you can grab our entire year of themes and plans:
On my site here: Tot School Bundle On TpT here: Tot School Bundle

45 Weeks of engaging themed activities and ideas ready to go for your 2-3 year old. Weekly plans include suggested books, fine motor activities, gross motor ideas, sensory bins, snacks and more! Everything you need for a year packed full of Tot School fun and learning.

Then check out the rest of our 35+ themes on the Tot School Curriculum Main Page.

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Bright ideas for the little learners ~ Mrs. Plemons' Kindergarten is an education blog dedicated to fresh, engaging, and fun teaching ideas for toddlers, preschoolers, and the primary classroom.

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Comments

  1. Mrs.Bee says: July 25, 2017 at 1:07 am

    I love this! I am working with pre-school disabled and I have LOVED what you've put together! Such an inspiration! DO you have somewhere to get those adorable printables??

    Reply
  2. Jessica Plemons says: July 25, 2017 at 1:13 am

    Hello! Thanks so much for your kind words! I am working on compiling all of my tot school weekly plans and resources for purchase. I am working from the beginning of the year to the end so I have a few more themes to go before I get to the farm theme. You can find them all here http://bit.ly/MPKTotSchoolBundle

    Reply
  3. Sharon Mahon says: September 16, 2017 at 8:35 pm

    Hi Jessica,
    I love your farm words idea where did you get the alphabet beads shown above.
    Thanks Sharon

    Reply
  4. Sharon Mahon says: September 16, 2017 at 8:35 pm

    Hi Jessica,
    I love your idea for the farm and alphabet beads. Could you provide the link for the alphabet beads shown above? Thanks, Sharon

    Reply
  5. Jessica Plemons says: September 16, 2017 at 8:36 pm

    I just added the link, you can find them here: http://amzn.to/2jzaMR1

    Reply
  6. Rachel Ehiwuogwu says: September 16, 2017 at 8:41 pm

    great

    Reply
  7. Leah Winters says: April 20, 2018 at 8:49 pm

    Hi Sara! Love this project. I linked it to my blog https://creativehomeeducation.com/farm-theme/ which I started last year and am working on networking this summer. Would love to connect with you about cross-promotion!

    Reply
    • Leah Winters says: April 20, 2018 at 8:50 pm

      Sorry, I meant Jessica!

      Reply

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