Farm Word Mat

Theme Pictures

Theme table accessories:

Any farm animal soft toysPlastic farm animals toysPictures of farm equipmentPlastic tractor or bakkie car toy

Water bowls/food bowls for animalsWheat or pictures of wheatRocks from a pondStraw and grass

Shape of the week

Black Crescent

Do you know what shape this is?

Shape this is? Shape this is?

Do you know what

Sight words

Farm HouseTractor

Do you know what shape this is?

Shape this is? Shape this is?

Do you know what

WheatGates

Bales of Hay

Farmer

Cattle GridStraws and Grass

Weekly planning (4-5 year olds).

Class: Turtles and Ponies Theme: Farm Shape: Crescent Colour: Black Song / Rhyme : Baa, Baa Black Sheep

Learning Outcome s t(LO)

1. Personal, Social and emotional:

BSC 1- Show care and concern for others, for living things and the environment.

2. Communication, Language and Literacy

LFC 2-Listen to stories with increasing attention and recalls settings, events and principal characters. LFC 3-Engage in conversation by taking turns talking, listening and asking questions. R 1-Listen to and join in with stories and poems, one-to-one and also in small groups.2. Problem solving, reasoning and numeracy:

SSM 5 (g)-Can name and identify a Oval

C 2-Show interest in number problems and calculate within the first 5 numbers

C 4 - Uses fingers to make marks on paper to represent the content of a number. 4. Knowledge and understanding of the world:

DM 2-Interested in pulling, pushing and building with objects

5. Physical development (Gross motor):

MS 15-Can throw a ball through a hoop. MS 16-Can kick a large ball a)While stationary and b)With a run-up

6. Physical development (Fine motor):

UEM 6-Dynamic 3 pointed pencil grip

7. Creative development:

CMD 3-Join in and use percussion instruments such as drums; shakers and triangles

Homework sheet

Our song of the week is: “Baa, Baa Black Sheep”

Our theme for the week is: “Farm”

Shape: CrescentColour: BlackNumber: 7Letter: “Qq ”Your child will be encouraged to reach the following milestones: Show care and concern for others, for living things and the

environment.

Listen to stories with increasing attention and recalls settings, events and principal characters.

Engage in conversation by taking turns talking, listening and asking questions.

Listen to and join in with stories and poems, one-to-one and also in small groups.

Can name and identify a Oval

How interest in number problems and calculate within the first 5 numbers

Uses fingers to make marks on paper to represent the content of a number.

Interested in pulling, pushing and building with objects

Can throw a ball through a hoop. Can kick a large ball a)While stationary and b)With a run-up

Dynamic 3 pointed pencil grip

Join in and use percussion instruments such as drums; shakers and triangles

Our song of the week is: “Baa, Baa Black Sheep”

Theme discussion

Side activities

Perception Creative activity

Gross motor

Language and story

Mon Farm(See theme discussion

below)

Song (Baa, Baa Black sheep)

Bible

Weather

Days of the week

Months of the year

Puzzles

Number 7

Use wool and glue to make the number 7

Music

Use a tin with a lidFind any objects

that makes a rattling sound e.g

beans, rocks, popcorn kernels,

etc.Make a shaker

instrument.Use your shaker to

make music.

Farm Animal walks:-Cow-Pig

-Ostrich-Sheep

-Chicken-Dog

Farm syllables:

Farm: FarmFarmer: Far-merTractor: trac-tor

Barn: BarnStable: Sta-ble

Windmill: Wind-millAnimals: A-ni-mals

Think of your own farm words that you can use

LoAs R 1 CMD 3

Tue The Farmer

Bible

Weather

Days of the week

Months of the year

Sorting wool by colour

Crescent

Decorate your Crescent shape with popcorn

kernels

Painting

Use You’re A3 paper and paint the background

black

Ball Skills

Throw a ball through a hoop

Kick the ball while running

Letter Q is for Q-tipping

Use q-tips and paint and q-tip your letter Q

LoAs R 1 MS 15MS 16

Wed Farm Rules

Song (Baa, Baa Black sheep)

Bible

Weather

Days of the week

Months of the year

Sorting milk lids by colour into painted egg boxes

Science and discovery

Hopping Corn*Please see instructions

Colouring

Use your farm picture and colour it by

using pastels or crayons

Decorate your crescent moon

with tin foil.

Bean bag toss:.

Draw a crescent onto the wall. Toss your bean into the crescent on

the wall

Letter Q

Go outside and draw the letter Q inside the sand.Look for items inside the

house or outside that starts with the letter Q

LoAs R 1 UEM 6

Thurs The Labourer Finger Cut and paste Tie and untie shoe Read a story to the

Theme disc ussion:

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday FridayThe Farm The Farmer Safety rules on a

farmFarm Laborers Revision

A farm is a piece of land used to

The word farmer usually refers to a

Always turn off farm machinery if you are leaving it.

Farm laborers work on all kinds of farms in all

Corn, wheat, milk – all products that come from farms.

grow crops and/or raise animals.People who grow these plants or raise these animals are called farmers.This type of work is called farming.

Land that is used to grow plants for food, or could be used to grow plants for food is called arable land.

A life raising animals for food is called a pastoral life.Many farms are very large and in some places farms are many and

person who has a field, orchard, vineyard, or garden where food is grown.

This food is eaten or sold after it is harvested.

Farmers may also grow raw materials for industrial purposes. Some examples of raw materials that are used in this way are:

Cereals for alcoholic beverages

Hides (animal skin)for leather

Maize/corn for plastics or fuel

Wool or cotton for yarns and making cloth

Some farmers also raise animals to be used for meat, milk, eggs or other things

Leave safety equipment in place, eg. brakes and guards.

Take keys out and put them out of reach of young children.

Lock away all chemicals.

Keep guns locked away and ammunition should be kept in a different place.

Make sure water areas, eg. dams, are fenced off and the gate locked (small children like water).

Make sure wells, tanks and swimming pools are covered over or fenced.

Leave ladders locked up or lying flat on the

sections of the country.

Laborers perform routine tasks that involve the care of animals and crop cultivation.

Their specific duties vary, depending on the kind of farm for which they work.

If they work for farms that raise animals, they may be in charge of feeding these animals and keeping the pens and barns clean. They also operate machinery, such as automatic milking machines or feed conveyors.

But how many people realize that detergents, X-ray film and crayons wouldn’t be here without farmers and their crops? How about tar paper, ink and tires?

For entertainmentstrings for musical instruments and film.

Sports

Baseballs

Bats

Uniforms

Leather

Equipment

Shoes

small. ground. Apart from their daily duties, laborers also maintain and repair farm equipment. They repair fences, paint buildings, and build sheds and barns as part of routine farm maintenance.

Art:

Farm picture for Art

Crescent Moon for Art

Materials needed:

A3 Paper

Black paint and paintbrush

Crayons

Scissors

Glue

Science and discovery

YOU WILL NEED:

a clear glass container popping corn 2 1/2 – 3 cups of water 2 Tbsp. of baking soda 6 Tbsp. of white vinegar food colouring (optional)

INSTRUCTIONS:

1.  Fill your jar with water and add a couple drops of food colouring.2.  Add your baking soda and stir well until it is all dissolved.3.  Add a small handful of popping corn kernels.4.  Add the vinegar and watch the corn start to hop up and down!

Language

Q-tipping the letter Q

Materials needed:

Letter Q templateQ-tips (ear buds)Paint or food colouring

Letter Q is for Q-tipping

Mathematics:

Number 6

Crescent shape

Mathematics: