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If possible, before doing this activity, go to a farm or to a stock exploitation (henhouse or herd or dairy house) to observe the animals, how they are cared for, what they eat, what things they give us (milk, wool,..), etc. If we have the chance, it would be interesting to take pictures or to record with a video camera the different animals and the noises and sounds that can be listened in a farm. When we come back to the classroom, we will build a farm in it (you can also do the activity, although you haven't gone to a real one). We will divide the classroom in different "corners" for the different animals of our farm: cows, sheep, horses, hens, pigs, ... Children will decorate these different corners with several materials: dolls, pictures, Play dough shapes, etc. The teacher will elaborate a mural where the pupils can see the different activities the farmers have to do and when they have to carry them out. Taking into account the school timetable, the teacher will name some pupils to be responsible for taking care of the animals and for keeping the different sections. The pupils in the charge of these activities will make paper balls (as if they were seeds for the hens), they will prepare water for the animals to drink, ... After a week, the teacher will organize a class reunion to comment with his/her pupils on the different activities they have been doing, if they have liked them or not, if all of them have been responsible as they were supposed to be, ... |
