Approaches to Learning/Initiative & Curiosity grows in eagerness to learn about and discuss a growing range of t opics, ideas, and tasks. Mathematics/Patterns & Measurements begins to make comparisons between several objects based on a single attribute. Make a Venn diagram that shows the differences and similarities of the day and the night. Which was the only animal that was up in the night? Discuss with the children what they do during the day and the night. In the story the animals were out and about during the day. Literacy/Phonological Awareness shows growing awareness of beginning and ending sounds of words. Ask the children if they can recall the animal that was up during the night. See if the children can make a farm animal by saying the first letter sound and then adding the rest of the letter sounds. That makes a goat! Now I see a /sh/ pause /eep/.

Tell the children that you are going to guess farm animals. Science/Scientific Knowledge expands knowledge of and abilities to observe, describe, and discuss the natural world, materials, living things, and natural processes.

When you get to the page that talks of the sheep and the goat making noises in their throat, ask the children if they know what kind of noise they make. Show the children the weather vane and explain that it tells which way the wind is blowing. AND Approaches to Learning/Reasoning & Problem-Solving develops increasing abilities to classify, compare, and contrast objects, events, and experiences. Social & Emotional Development/Knowledge of Families & Communities begins to express and understand concepts and language of geography in the contexts of the classroom, home, and community. Write all the answers on a large piece of paper. Weather Vane (A device that sits on top of a barn and points the way the wind is blowing)Īsk the children to name all the farm animals that they can think of.Several jars of bubbles and bubble wands (bubble wands can be made by bending pipe cleaners).Large box to make a barn, or a sheet to cover the table to make a barn,.What do farm animals do all day? This book is a nice introduction to farm animals and the barn. Helping Your Child to become Creative so that they can help change the world.īook Play Everyday Teaching Preschoolers Through the Love of Books.Helping Your Preschooler Prepare for Reading.Multiple Intelligence and Children’s Learning.The Value of Play Dough in Early Childhood.The Importance of Teaching Classroom Rules.

The big red barn by margaret wise brown