In the Barnyard
Farming by Gail Gibbons
Spot Goes to the Farm (video)
The Milk Makers by Gail Gibbons
* Make a class book by using the predicable sentence, "A ________ lives on a farm." Allow each student to illustrate their own sentence.
Take Me Out to the Barnyard by Judy Hall
(tune: Take Me Out to the Ballgame)
Take me out to the barnyard.
Take me out there right now.
Show me the cows, pigs and horses, too.
I hear an oink and a neigh and a moo.
There are chickens laying their eggs.
If they don't it's a shame.
Oh, it's one, two, three eggs today
And I'm glad I came.
The Rain Puddle by Adelaide Holl
* Sing "Old McDonald." Ask your students to name animals that they would find on a farm.
Stories to Compare and Contrast:
(tune: Wheels on the Bus)
The cows in the barn go moo, moo, moo,
Moo, moo, moo-moo, moo, moo.
The cows in the barn go moo, moo, moo
All around the farm.
Other verses:
* The pigs in the pen go oink, oink, oink
* The hens in the coop go cluck, cluck, cluck
* The rooster on the fence goes cook-a-doodle-do
* The ducks in the pond go quack, quack, quack
* The lambs on the hill go baa, baa, baa
(Ask the children to think of other animals for other verses.)
The Giving Farm by Vicki Witcher
Hens give eggs.
Pigs give ham.
Cows give milk.
Strawberries give jam.
Bees give honey.
Goats give cheese.
Farms give food,
I'd like some, please.
Barnyard Banter by Denise Fleming
Five Cows All Black and White(tune: Five Green Speckled Frogs)
Five cows all black and white
Chew their cud from day to night
So they could give milk sweet and pure
Squirt! Squirt!
One left the barn on day.
So she could find more hay
Then there were four cows all black and white.
Moo! Moo!
Barnyard Dance! by Sandra Boynton
-uck: duck, buck, cluck, luck, puck, pluck, struck, truck, stuck, tuck
-ow: cow, plow, now, how, wow
-ig: pig, wig, big, jig
-ig: pig, big, dig, fig, jig, rig, wig, twig
Nancy Shaw mini-unit
