Farm Animals Framework

Farm Animals
Iris O. Hamilton
Ivy-Tech Community College

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Unit Plan Framework

Theme: Farm Animals
Age Range: Preschool (4 years Old).
Unit Goal:
Children will participate in a variety of activities that focus on farm animals, the distinctive
sounds and the names of the farm animal babies .Children will gain an understanding of each
animal unique sound, the names of the babies and the name of the animals. As a culminating
activity, children will create a puppet of the animal of their choice fallow by a song old
Macdonals had a farm.

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Common Core Standards/Foundations

Met:
FA.1.29 Move to the music on own and with others.
FA.1.32 Make up songs and dances by themselves or along with others.
FA.1.64 Focus on motions and movement.
ELA.1.15 Imitate simple rhymes.
ELA.2.2 Visually engage with a book.
ELA.4.76 Use new vocabulary learned from experiences.
SE.1.33 Seek interaction and enjoy social play.
SC.1.26 Identify plants and animals as living things.
SE.3.94 Imitate, follow, and enjoy adult interactions during games (e.g., peek- a-boo, pat-a-cake,
moving to music/dancing).
SE.3.115 Express self through dramatic play.
P.1.10 Participate in a variety of gross/fine motor and sensory activities.
P.1.6 Hear and feel through their activities.
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Changes in the environment:

Circle time Read: Old Macdonald Had A Farm Little Golden Book.
Circle time Read: Baby Farm Animals by Garth-Williams Williams.
Science/sensory area: Photos of real Animals that live on a farm (Dogs, chicken, rabbits).
Music area: Old Macdonal had a farm song
Dramatic play: Use colored hand gloves, plastic eyes, mouth, etc.. to create puppets.

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Book List
Fiction: Williams, G , & Williams, W, (2011). Baby Farm Animals
(This book Introduce children to most common animals that live on a farm).
Fiction: Simon & Schuster, (2007). Fisher-price Little People Guess Who Farm.
(This book created by Fisher price and introduce children to animals on the farm, the books uses
a creative and unique approach.)
Fiction: Tiger Tales, (2004). Cock-a-doodle-doo! Barnyard Hullabaloo
(Fun children's book with farm animal theme).
Fiction: Childs Play Intl Ltd, (2009). Old Macdonald Had a Farm.
(Classic children's books, with the classic old Macdonald song theme)
Non-fiction: Wade C, (2009). Farm Animals .
(This book used picture of real farm animals to illustrate the animals. )
Non-fiction: Roger P, (2007). I Love Animals.
(Books about loving different animals and appreciated their uniqueness.)

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Circle
time

Animal
Animal
poppet
poppet
choice
choice
selection
selection

Poppet
Poppet
creation
creation

Old
Old
Macdonal
Macdonal
had
had aa
Farm
book
Farm book
and
and song
song

Organize
Organize
d
d supply
supply

Math
Math
(shapes
(shapes and
and
quantity)
quantity)

Farm
Farm
Animals
Animals

transsitio
transsitio
n
to Art
Art
n to
Area
Area

Sciences
Sciences
anatomi
anatomi
(poppet
(poppet
nose,eye,tail
nose,eye,tail

Conclusion

Story
Story
Reflection
Reflection

Open
Open end
end
question
question
(reflectio
(reflectio
n)
n)

Transsion
Transsion
to
to
Dramatic
Dramatic
play
play

Reflection
Reflection
and
and Cleanup
Cleanup

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Science
Activities
Objectives:

Children will
learn basic
Animal
anatomy
(eye,tail,,nose,
mouth, head..)

Math Activities
Objectives:
Children wil
recognize the
differences
between sizes,
and quantity.

Literacy
Objectives:
Children
will
Activities
learn trought
creativy and
exploration ,
The will enjoy a
story about
animals. and
will engage in
dramatic play

Other Activities
Children will sing
and dance to the
rhythm of "old
macdonal had a
fam." Book and
stoty reflection.

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References

http://www.doe.in.gov/sites/default/files/curriculum/indianafounda
tions-february-2012.pdf.

www.barnesandnoble.com/u/childrens-books-kids-books/379003144.