Pre-K Farm Theme Activities and Ideas

Pre-K & Preschool theme ideas for learning about farms, farm animals, and crops.

Farm Activities for Pre-K, Preschool

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Books

Farm Books for Children

Click here for a complete list of Farm Books

Farm Large Motor Games

Horses Stop & Go

The children crawl around the carpet pretending to be horses as the teacher calls out “stop” and “go”. This can also be played with the children galloping.

Wheelbarrows

Children hold a partner’s feet as they walk on their hands like a wheelbarrow, taking turns being the wheelbarrow. Each pair of children has about 6 beanbags to carry (on the wheelbarrow’s back) one at a time to their destination.

Farm Literacy Activities

“Old MacDonald’s Farm Animals” Class Book

Each child makes one page and we put them all together to make a class book. The children decide on a farm animal they want to draw and the sound that animal makes and the children dictate the words to be written in the blanks:
“Old MacDonald had a farm.
E-I-E-I-O
And on that farm he had a ______.
E-I-E-I-O
With a ___ ___ here,
And a ___ ___ there,
Here a ___, there a ___, everywhere a ___ ___.
Old MacDonald had a farm,
E-I-E-I-O.”

Farm Class Book

Farm Poetry

Children choose a farm animal they want to draw. We glue the animal and the farm poem form onto a large sheet of paper. To make the poem, children dictate the words to be written in the blanks:
I am a [type of farm animal].
I can [movement].
I can [sound].
I feel [texture].
I smell [scent].
I am [emotion].
I am [color].
I am a [repeat first line].

Farm Poem for Preschoolers

“The Hat” Characters

After reading Jan Brett’s book The Hat, we talk about what “characters” are in a story. The second time we read the story, each child is given a character mask from the story. As we come to each character’s part in the story, the child with that character’s mask stands. After the story is read, we name each of the characters and talk about what they did in the story and what they said.
“The Hat” Character Masks
“The Hat” Clipart for Puppets

Farm Story Masks

Farm Animal Bingo

Use farm animal counters to cover the letter/number/shape on the bingo cards. We use these to play alphabet bingo, number bingo, shape bingo, or rhyming bingo.

Farm Bingo

Farm Bingo Stamping Game

Read about and print the Cow and Pig Bingo Games here.

Farm Bingo

Farm Roll & Write Game

Print and find directions here: Roll & Write Games

Farm Roll & Write Games

Story Retelling

This is an activity that goes with any theme. Choose a book that goes with the theme, and have the children retell the story.
Read the blog post here for details: story retelling

Farm Math Activities

Farm Pattern Block Mats

Read about and print here: Pattern Block Mat Printables. (Go to this page and look for the donkey and horse mats.)

Farm Pattern Block Mats

Chicken Grid Game

Read about and print here: Grid Games

Chicken Grid Game

Milk Graph

Children first mix and then taste-test three kinds of milk: vanilla, strawberry, and chocolate. Children decide on their favorite kind of milk, and put their name on the graph. We count to see which had the most/least/same.

Farm Science Activities

Making Butter

We pour whipping cream into baby food jars. Children shake the jars until a ball of butter is formed in the jar. (Liquid and solid will separate). Then we spread the butter on bread to eat.

Making Butter in Preschool

Planting Seeds

Children plant a variety of seeds in a seed sprouter. We planted 3 each of 4 different types, and later transferred them to clay pots. These were to stay in our classroom, and the children planted another seed of their choice in a clear cup that they could take home after it sprouted. We watched the growth of the plants, which encouraged lots of observation and discussion skills. The photo shows the seedlings of four types of seeds we planted: bean, corn, tomato, and watermelon. By planting four different types, children were able to observe which seeds germinate for shorter or longer periods of time. The bean and corn were the fastest to sprout, while the tomato came in third, and the watermelon took the longest to sprout.

Plant Seeds

Farm Social Studies

Farm Food

The children bring empty food packages or pictures of food from home. The children take turns showing the class what they brought. We discuss where the food comes from, and how a farm was involved in producing the food.

More

Garden Prop Box

{Dramatic Play Center}
Include: Garden gloves, Trowels, Watering can, Flower pots, Artificial plants & flowers, Bird feeder, Wind socks, Knee pads, Aprons, Straw hats, Plastic vegetables

Rhymes

Nursery rhymes that go well with a Farm Theme:

  • Little Boy Blue
  • Little Bo Peep
  • I Hop on My Horse

Look for printable posters of these rhymes on the Nursery Rhymes Page.

little boy blue
little bo peep
i hop on my horse

Songs

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