Sunday, November 2, 2014

What's On the Shelf - November - Farm

We had a break from themes during October and enjoyed the school holidays and a slow start back into some more structured learning.  We are all ready for a new theme for November though - Farms.

I am really excited about this theme as we have lots planned.  We kicked it off last week with a trip to Kelmscott High Farm.  It is quite an amazing school.  We got to hold and interact with chickens, rabbits, and sheep in the animal nursery.  Then we were taken to see a cow being milked and where they shear the sheep.  Outside we were able to feed the horses, goats and alpacas and then toured the veggie garden where we got to pick some oranges and lemons to bring home.  As we were leaving we were lucky enough to see them bring out a new calf and try and get it to feed off a surrogate cow!   Here a few photos from our day out.







This month, as well as our inside "school" we have new veggie gardens to plant and we are going to make a scarecrow to try and keep those pesky crows away.  Maybe we should put one in our chook pen so they will stop stealing all of our eggs!

Here is a sneak peek of what is on our shelves for out theme this month:

Firstly, our small world farm sensory table, complete with grain silo to practice scooping and pouring, pigs in mud, ducks in a pond and lots of animals to feed.






We also have a few different farms sets to play with including an Ikea farm, a Little People farm and  Mega Blocks Farm.

On our shelves we have:



Sunflower seeds to scoop and pour.



Animal magnets on a cookie sheet to sort as farm animals or not farm animals.



Our Leap Frog farm animal matching set.



Cotton reels to practice lacing



Our UNO moo game



Farm pictures of either 1 or 2 syllables and pegs to select the correct amount



Colour fun puzzles



Fruit and vegetables to sort into a three part tray with our kiddy tongs



Farm strips for cutting practice



What's in the Web?  Beginning sounds practice.



Pig Number Game.  Roll the dice, count the dots and find the matching number to cover with a magnet.



Some laminated farm tracing pages and whiteboard markers.



Another beginning sounds game.



Washing farm animals.  A spray bottle to wet them, toothbrush for scrubbing and cloth to dry.



Matching farm animal mothers and babies.  WE also have some plastic farm animals to match to the cards.



Matching the correct colour pegs to the horses.  Good for strengthening those little fingers!


And finally, some farm animal do-a-dot pictures and dot paints.


We are ready for a busy, busy month!!

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1 comment:

  1. Wow! Looks amazing. Where do you get all your stuff and how do you find time to organise it all? Wonderfully job :-)

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