Learning about life on a farm holds great interest for children and many opportunities for integrated learning across the curriculum. Most of today’s children are town-dwellers and have little experience with rural and farm life. Many have no idea where their food comes from beyond the attractive supermarket shelves.
This week I have uploaded some new resources which support an early childhood K-2 unit of work about farms. However, they can be used as part of a literacy program, independent of a farm unit. Sight words and phonic skills can be developed through reading in a context that is both meaningful and interesting to children.
New resources include:
On the farm Who am I? This interactive digital story is great for use on the interactive whiteboard. Children are presented with a series of clues to help them identify an animal that lives on a farm. Children select the answer from those provided. The resource includes both domestic and “wild” animals.
Continue reading: Learning about life on a farm – Readilearn
Norah, this post is great! I left a longer comment on the original site xx
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Thank you for both of your lovely supportive comments. 🙂
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So many children have never visited a farm. This is an excellent resource for home and school. Enjoyed the resources on Readilearn.
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Thank you very much for reading and commenting, in both locations, Patricia. 🙂
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Wonderful, Norah. Farm life holds so many learning opportunities for children. And, they love it. Great post.
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Thanks, Jennie. Children sure do love learning about farms, and there’s so much more than I could fit in this one post. There’ll have to be more to come. 🙂
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Good! I look forward to reading. 😀
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Thanks, Jennie. 🙂
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My pleasure! 🙂
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