Today we’re talking about farms and barnyards! Have you ever been to a farm? Farms are a wonderful place filled with lots of different animals and crops we grow for food. Let’s read some books together about what goes on at farms!
Read together at home
Here are some books to read together! You can download and save them and keep them forever, to read again and again.
Things to do together
- Learn more with our partner Austin PBS: Play the Barnyard Match Game
- Make a list of animals that may live on a farm – can you act like each animal?
- What noise does a ______ make? (Cow, horse, chicken, pig, duck, goat, etc)
- How does a _____ walk? (Cow, horse, chicken, pig, duck, goat, etc)
- Take a virtual tour of a farm! Click on any of the tours below.
Hens
Virtual Farm Tour
Dairy Farm - Farm animal sock puppets!
Share together
At the end of the week, reflect on what you read, and what you did.
▪ Did you have fun acting like a farm animal?
▪ Did you learn anything new about farms or the animals that live on farms?
Share with BookSpring
How did this activity go for your family? Please share your photos and stories with everyone by emailing them to weeklythemes@bookspring.org, or sharing them with us on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram with #BookSpring #ReadTogether.
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