July 29, 2023, By Library Staff in Summer Experience.
Farm
With bounty aplenty from field or barnyard, the farm is fun for everyone!
Early Learners
Books Read:
- Giant Pop-Out Farm
- by Chronicle Books, ISBN: 9780811876865
- The Cow Loves Cookies
- by Karma Wilson, ISBN: 9781416942061
- Cluck, Cluck, Duck
- by Rachel Saunders, ISBN: 9781684643943
Other Options:
- There’s a Cow in the Cabbage Patch
- by Clare Beaton, ISBN: 9781841489612
- On the Farm
- by Jill McDonald, ISBN: 9780593378724
- Barnyard Dance
- Sandra Boynton, ISBN: 9780761166160
- Construction Site: Farming Strong All Year Long
- by Duskey Rinker, ISBN: 9781797213873
- Tractor
- by Sally Sutton, ISBN: 9781536225044
- Ten Red Apples
- by Pat Hutchins, ISBN: 9780688167977
- Wake Up, Farm!
- by Jonny Lambert, ISBN: 9781465486097
Songs & Interactives:
- Old MacDonald Had a Farm
- Five Fat Peas
- Five Little Ducks
- Egg shaker song: “I Know a Chicken” by Laurie Bernker
- Flannelboard activity: Who’s in the Barnyard?
Activities:
- Grain Silo
- cornmeal sensory tub with hand-crank grain auger, silo, and plastic tractors
- Barnyard Feed
- corn kernel sensory tub with plastic animal figures
- Animal Corrals
- STEM challenge with craft sticks, clothespins, and mini animal figures
- Farm-to-Table Sequencing Cards
- from PreschoolPlayAndLearn.com
- Annie the Milking Cow
- large cardboard cow (lovingly made by former library staff Ann Brooks) with water-filled pin-holed glove
Kids
Activity: Homemade Butter and Wet-Felted Soap
What products do we get from farms? Today we’re focusing on cream and wool.
Participants receive a small jar with cream, which upon shaking for a couple of minutes will separate and become butter. Bread is provided for tasting.
We are also wet-felting bars of soap, using dyed wool roving. By wrapping the roving around the bar of soap, dipping in hot water, and rubbing vigorously (agitating the wool fibers) the wool will become felt.
Check out these tutorial videos on the ImagineIF Libraries YouTube channel!
Learn How to Make Butter with Liza
Make Felted Soap with Sierra