Farm and Harvest Unit Weeks 1 & 2
We will now begin our first curriculum unit Farm/Harvest. Some of the concepts that we will be covering will be:
Small Groups:
- food is grown
- farming involves many different kinds of work
- seasonal changes related to planting and harvesting
- people celebrate harvest
Some key questions that we will be answering will be:
- How does food grow?
- What are everyday jobs on the farm?
- What does the farmer do at harvest time?
- Why do animals harvest?
- Why do people celebrate the harvest?
Week of October 2-6
Books for the Week:
Eddie’s Garden by Sarah Garland
Farmer Duck by Martin Waddell
Small Groups:
Math - Counting apples
Creating Textured that live on a farm
Where does it grow? We will be discussing and sorting pictures of fruits and vegetables that grow in trees or under the ground
Handwriting
Journals - In the fall I like to ___
Sponge painting pumpkins
Make straight lines on white boards
Choice Time:
Art Table: Making a farm mural
Blocks - Making farms with blocks and animals
Library Area: Harvest/ Halloween Books
Sensory Table: beans
Dramatic Play: kitchen
Rug Toy: potato heads
Songs, Word Play and Letters:
BANANAS
What Are You Wearing?
ABC Rock
10 Red Apples
Big Pumpkin
Open, Shut Them
Week of October 9-13
Books for the Week:
The Little Red Hen by Paul Galdone
Apples and Pumpkins by Anne Rockwell
Small Groups:
Memory with Farm pictures
Bingo with sounds from the Farm
Sequencing pictures
