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Use the illustration to support
the Connect story
How Farm Animals Live
Learning values
Exploring the world of farm animals Sorting and categorising
dierent animals and their ospring Learning to notice and describe
physical characteristics Counting to ve
Recommended materials
9217 Farm Set plus hay, seeds and water
Vocabulary
Encourage the use of these words during the activity: Cows Pig
Hens Horses Sheep Field Barn Stable Trough
Grain Hay Tractor Wagon Fence and shed
Connect
Ask the children if they have ever been on a farm. Have they
seen a farmon TV or in a lm? What does a farm look like? What kinds
of animals liveon the farm? Ask if they know of any other farm
animals?
Have the children collect all the animals from the set and look
at them.Hide the animals under a blanket, and then have all the
children exceptone close their eyes. Ask the selected child to pick
up an animal withoutrevealing what it is to the other children. Ask
this child a question(e.g. does your animal have feathers? Does it
say oink? Does it give milk?Can a person ride on it? Etc.). Based
on the response, try and guesswhich animal the child has chosen.
Ask up to 3 or 4 questions if required.Encourage the children to
play the game among them.
Talk about how farm animals live. Explain that they are
sometimes out inthe elds and at other times they are kept
inside.
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Suggested model solution
Construct
Have the children create and build their own elds, where the
animals aregrouped by kind. Make sure the animals have something to
drink and eat.
Contemplate
As the children build, ask them questions about specic
animals.How many are there of each kind? Which is the largest
animal?Which is the smallest? What do they eat? Where do they stay
duringthe day and at night? And so on.
Consider how much space each kind of animal needs.
Encourage and help the children to describe how dierent farm
animalscontribute to farm life. Which animals lay eggs? Which
animals yield wool,milk, etc.?
Continue
Have the children collect the pigs and build a pigpen for
them.How many pigs are there? Do the same for the cows, the horses
andthe sheep. How many are there in total? Build a henhouse for the
chicks.
Ask the children to build a big barn where all the animals can
staytogether at night and during winter. Encourage the children to
categoriseand separate each species. Make sure that each animal has
enoughspace for food and water and plenty of room to lie down.
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