Farm Animals Lesson Plans

There comes a time in every child's life, where they're about to find out and learn, which farm animals graze and wander about in a farm. Nursery rhymes helped kids sing along, in order to help them learn the many kinds of animals, by imitating the sounds they made, and associating it with the animal. I remember recently listening to a recording of my 8-year-old voice, singing to a nursery rhyme that had something to do with animal sounds and their names. It wasn't the all famous 'Old McDonald, had a farm' for sure. Nonetheless, there have been many musical nursery rhymes put together, to engage children in a sing-a-long session, as they try to associate a sound to an animal.

Farm Animals Lesson Plans for Kindergarten

You'll find help on how to teach these lesson plans to toddlers in kindergarten, including how to make it both fun and informative.

Singing Along to Nursery Rhymes
Like I mentioned earlier, there are many nursery rhymes that use animals, and sounds to match the two, so that it sticks to a child's memory. Teach kids the words to the nursery rhyme by playing it aloud everyday, and singing to it, before they can learn it by heart. Let them slowly sing a long, and get with the melody and flow of the rhyme, and before you know it, you'll have a class full of toddlers singing along in gusto. This is a way for them to link an animal sound to its name, without the help of visual aid.

Putting Up Pictures and Animal Names
To help kids put two and two together, they must be able to see what the animal looks like, and slowly attune their minds to memorize which animal is called, say, a 'goat', or a 'cow'. Place big posters along with the animal's name, and have them repeat the names and look for certain attributes like spots, color of skin, horns and so on. As you go through the entire thing, repeat it again, and later on cover one side of the poster, and have them guess which animal it is. You can also do the same thing by mixing up the pictures and names, and then have them come in front of the class, and match the two. Award kids tiny golden/multi colored stars in their work books, to encourage them in class, to look forward to being given the award stickers, when homework or classwork is a job well done.

Take Them on a Field Trip
To better understand the animals they're learning about, why not take them to a farm or zoo where all of them are sheltered? You can tell them to shout out which animal it is, or have them take turns in guessing, in order to test them on what they've learned in class. Seeing something, and learning that through an actual real life visual aid, is better than having to sit in a classroom and have only pictures to convey the message. It can be a very interactive, and one on one session with the animals, and besides, it'll be fun, and a nice way to learn something outside the usual classroom experience.

Test Their Learning Abilities
After you teach them how to identify the animal along with its name, you can then have a test like session, by having them draw out any animal they'd like, and writing its name as well. You could also use it as an arts and crafts means, to help them with animal cutouts, and chart work with the animals and their respective names. It will drill this into their minds as time lapses, where they'll be able to identify all the farm animals in no time. Suggest ideas to parents, on using picture books and videos at home, to keep them constantly learning, even when at home.

These farm animals lesson plans should be imparted by using tools like visual and hearing aids, to help them saturate all that information effectively from one session to the next. Try to use as much creative methods as possible, to keep them interested and interacting constantly. You could stage plays and help them enact certain animals, and even let them dress up in cute animal wear. Experiment with these kids, since their minds are young, and will soak up all they are open to. Make it fun!