Farm Activities and Centers (Freebies, too)

Farm is a theme that students (and teachers) always love because there are so many little topics to expand upon.  Kids love incorporating things such as tractors, planting veggies and fruits, farm animals, animal life cycles, and plant life cycles.  There are so many fun farm activities that I broke it up into three posts: Farm Math, Literacy, & STEM (this one), Farm Art, Sensory, & Fine Motor, and Farm Dramatic Play.  You can check out all my farm activities in my TPT shop HERE.

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Farm Activities for Science

One of the first activities we did was to plant veggie seeds during recess!  I pulled a few students at a time, and they planted veggie seeds in a clear plastic cup (shoveled dirt in the cup, sprinkled the seeds in the dirt, covered them with dirt, sprayed them with water, and one friend made the plant stick).  We brought them into the classroom to observe them grow in the classroom over the next few weeks.  I like using clear cups so we can see the roots growing under the soil.

In the science center, I brought in REAL veggies and seeds for students to touch, feel, smell, measure, and explore.  Often, kids don’t see or touch the veggies BEFORE they are cut up and cooked. Or maybe they’re a picky eater and just don’t eat many veggies.
Then, I added a few books about the life cycle of veggies and plants.  You can grab the life cycle of a plant chart freebie HERE.

Take the learning deeper and investigate where the plants and veggies grow (above or below the ground)! Examine each one to see what part of the plant they are …. seed, stem, flower, or the root! You can grab all of these printables in my All About Plants Science Unit!

Farm Activities for STEM

In the blocks center, I added farm themed STEM I Can Build posters to inspire students to build and engineer new things related to a farm.  Then, I added farm props like veggie counters, small tractors, farm books, and farm animals.

To take their engineering and math to the next level, we posted a building challenge:  Can you Build a Tall Barn?  This poster is in the farm freebie pack at the top of this post.  Students measure their farm with a string and tape it to the poster so they can compare the heights of each other’s barns.

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Farm Activities for Math

There are so many places on a farm, making it the perfect opportunity to make a MAP!  Using the farm map key, students draw a map of their own imaginary farm with paths connecting the places together.  It’s a fun way to build spatial recognition concepts and skills.

Farm Number Lines!  This game has two levels to make it easy to differentiate.  Level one has students trace the numbers, and level two has students fill in the missing numbers.

Measure veggies (or fruit) with bean rulers or connecting cubes.  Students measure each veggie and record the result on their clipboard for a fun way to explore non-standard measurement.  Read how to make your own DIY bean rulers HERE.

Farm Shape Sort & Trace! To prep, draw shapes and add small lines like fence posts. To play, students sort shape manipulatives into the correct pasture or use small tractors to drive over the fence and trace the shape. Keep reading for more farm activities.

If you live in the country, your students may go to real tractor races (aka tractor pulls) at county fairs over the summer.  I thought it would be fun to make a Tractor Race Counting Game!  Roll a die and dot the corresponding amount with dot markers.  With this game, you can use one or two dice.  If you use two dice,  there is also a board to 50 for your higher-level learners!

Corn Count & Sort Activity! Make the counting and sorting activity perfect for fall, farm or Thanksgiving with these corn counting manipulatives. If you need this activity to be tougher, give students 2 dice, and they can practice addition.

Farm Map! Have students create a map with stickers and markers. They can communicate and share their background knowledge with their peers while they work together to create a farm. This works for many other themes, too, like a town, school, bedroom, zoo, or other familiar place your students know.

Farmer Light Table! Make an apple orchard themed activity by making some apples out of tissue paper and laminating them. Then, I set out dice, tongs, and bowls of counters. Students roll a die and count out that many counters. Add in another math skill by having them sort by color, too! Make it harder by having students roll 2 dice and practice addition skills. Give students tongs to help them develop fine motor strength. Your preschool classroom will be developing color identification skills along with their other math skills.

Farm Activities for Literacy

My students went bonkers for the Click, Clack Moo book series by Doreen Cronin!  On the first day, we read Click, Clack Moo Cows that Type, Giggle, Giggle Quack on the second day, Click, Clack, Peep on the third day, and just kept going from there.

I LOVE these books because the animals and farmer WRITE letters to each other, which leads to tons of fun writing activities in the classroom! Keep reading for more farm activities.

The kids LOVED typing letters just like the cows for small groups and at the writing table.  The pattern for the typeletters is in the FREEBIE!  Just print the letters on colored paper and cut them up (both uppercase and lowercase are included).  Use for word work with older students or write names with younger students.

Another day, students wrote friendly letters to their families on farm paper just like the duck does in the book!  It’s so important for students to have real, authentic reasons to write!  (This paper is also included in the farm freebie.)

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Now that students are EXCITED to write, fill the writing center with Click, Clack, Moo type letters, friendly farm letter paper, farm word cards (in uppercase for my 3-4-year-old friends and in lowercase for my pre-k friends), markers, pencils, and more farm paper.  Your students will WANT to write after reading the Click, Clack Moo series!

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To keep the word building going, build student names with Farm Read Build Write!  Students pick a name (read each letter, too), build it with magnet letters, and write it at the bottom.  Use this game to teach first or last names.

Students pick a word (read each letter in the word), build it with magnet letters, and write it at the bottom.  Use this game for sight words or themed vocabulary words.

Practice beginning sounds with Farm Beginning Sound Puzzles.  Students identify the beginning sound and find the matching letter.  So fun!

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