Farm Theme Activities for Preschool

Farm theme activities for Pre-K and Preschool. Literacy, math, printables book lists and more!

Farm Books

You can find my favorite books about the farm HERE.

Farm Literacy Activities

Moo! Alphabet Game

Both the upper and lower case versions of this game are available {black and white or color} in the Farm Literacy Packet located in the printables section below. Students will take turns drawing a card, identifying the letter, and marking it on their recording sheet. When the Moo! card is drawn all the students say “Moo!” This activity also includes two recording sheets, one for uppercase letters and one for lowercase letters.

Farm Beginning Sounds Activity

Students attach clothespins with letters to the pictures that have the corresponding beginning sounds. There is also a black and white recording sheet included with this activity. The beginning sounds activity is available in the Farm Literacy Packet located in the printables section below.

Farm Word Charts

The printable word charts are available in the Farm Literacy Packet available in the printables section below.

Farm Pocket Chart

The predictable text in this pocket chart set will help your students learn concepts of print such as left to right directionality, return sweep, one-to-one correspondence, and more. This activity is available in the Farm Literacy Packet located in the printables section below.

Farm Read and Write Around the Room

This fun read and write around the room activity is available in the Farm Literacy Packet located in the printables section below.

Farm Rhyming Activity

Students roll the picture cube and give a word that rhymes with the picture. They mark their recording sheet when they give a correct rhyme. If students need help generating a rhyme they can ask a friend. This activity is available in the Farm Literacy Packet located in the printables section below. It includes a black and white recording sheet and a printable picture cube you can cut out and assemble or you can print out the cards and attach them to a square box or use a pocket die.

Farm Syllable Activity

Students identify the pictures and the number of syllables in each word. This activity is available in the Farm Literacy Packet located in the printables section below and includes a black and white recording sheet.

Farm Emergent Reader

The predictable text in this book is designed to support your emergent readers. Use this book to reinforce concepts of print such as words are separated by spaces, left to right and top to bottom, written words match spoken words, common sight words, and more. The farm emergent reader is available in the Farm Literacy Packet located in the printables section below.

Farm Word Cards

These word cards can be used to expand vocabulary, they are available in the Farm Literacy Packet in the printables section below.

Farm Sight Word Mats

Setting: Small Group, Literacy Centers
Objectives: Sight words
Materials: Carson Dellosa Barn notepad (see resources section below), Sharpie marker, lamination film, magnetic letters
Instructions: Write a different focus sight word on each page of the barn note pad with a Sharpie marker. Laminate the note pad pages for durability. Place a basket or tub of magnetic letters in the center of the table. Students will spell the sight words out on the mats with magnetic letters.

Farm Math Activities

Farm Animal Graph

The graphing activity is available in the Farm Math Packet located in the printables section below.

Farm Animal Races

Available in the Farm Math Packet located in the printables section below, this activity will help build number sense and one to one correspondence. Students will roll a die and move their playing piece towards the barn.

Farm Patterns

The farm pattern activity can be found in the Farm Math Packet in the printables section below.

Farm Board Game

This printable board game can be found in the Farm Math Packet below.

Farm Play Dough Mats

Develop fine motor and counting skills at the same time! These printable play dough counting mats are available in the Farm Math Packet below.

Oink! Number Game

This game is available {in black and white or color} in the Farm Math Packet located in the printables section below. The Oink! Number Identification game can be played using numbers 0-10 or numbers 0-20 depending on your student’s ability levels. The playing cards are available in black and white and color for your convenience. Also included are two printable recording sheets in black and white, one for each version of the game.

Printable Farm Counting Book

This easy to assemble book helps reinforce number sense and counting. The Farm Counting Book is available in the Farm Math Packet located in the printables section below.

Farm Counting Mats

Setting: Small Group, Math Centers
Objectives: Number identification, number sense
Materials: Learning Resources farm animal counters, barn mats 1-10 (made w/farm notepad)
Instructions: Students place the correct number of farm animals on their barn mats.

Fun Farm Activities

Milk Graph
Materials: chocolate, white, or strawberry milk, crayons, butcher paper to create a graph.
Ask your students which type of milk is their favorite. Create a graph with three columns and ask them to write their name in the appropriate location. You can even use white, brown, or pink crayons to represent the different colors of milk.

Bread Graph

Materials: white and wheat bread, glue, crayons, scissors, outline of a bread slice on white and brown paper, butcher paper to create graph.
After reading The Little Red Hen ask your students what kind of bread is their favorite, white or wheat? Next, have them cut out an outline of white or wheat bread, write their name on the front, and glue to the graph in the appropriate column. Those of you who have access to a kitchen may want to bake the bread yourselves.

Folded Barn

Materials: Red construction paper, crayons, scissors.
Take a regular 9×12 sheet of red construction paper and fold the left and right side to meet in the middle. Next, take your scissors and cut the right and left sides to shape the “roof” of the barn. Have the students use their crayons to decorate the outside of the barn, then open the “doors” and let them draw the animals inside the barn. This is a great companion activity to do after reading The Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown.