Farm Week - Day 2

This little piggy went to market.

This little piggy stayed at home.

This little piggy had roast beef,

This little piggy had none.

And this little piggy cried "Wee! Wee! Wee!" all the way home.

Yep, that's right! Today we are learning about PIGS!

First, we made a cute little piggy out of a Toilet Paper Roll! You can find the printable template at http://www.dltk-kids.com/animals/mpig2.htm

Materials:

• Toilet Paper Roll
• Printer
• Scissors
• Glue
• Paper
• Something to color with (optional)

Instructions:

Print out the template of choice here (Color or B&W)

Color and cut out the template pieces

Glue the large rectangular piece on first to cover the tube

Glue on the head, arms, and chest

Fold the feet tabs and glue to the inside, bottom of the TP roll

Fold the tail in half and glue so it looks colored on each side the fold tab and glue

Glue the corn cob into one of the hands

Millie's finished TP Roll Piggy:

Next we made a pig-themed lunch, Mini Pigs in a Blanket and Pigs in the Mud! Silly me forgot to take many pictures, probably because I was too busy eating (Mmmm... crescent rolls!)

Mini Pigs in a Blanket:

• Lil Smokie Sausages
• Crescent Rolls

Cut each crescent roll in half, and loosely wrap around sausage. Cook according to crescent roll package instructions. Serve and Eat!

...just try not to inhale them like I did!

Pigs in the Mud:

• Instant Chocolate Pudding
• Pink Mini Marshmallows

Follow pudding box instructions to mix your pudding. (Mine said to stir in 2 cups of cold milk, beat, and chill for 5 minutes). Add your pink marshmallow "pigs" to your mud mix, and enjoy!

Millie said her favorite part was the MUD!

We finished the day off by reading The Three Little Pigs for story time!

Farm Week - Day 1

Well, I had a hard time deciding what to focus on this week, too many choices! I wanted to zoo animals, but thought that it would be kinda silly to do zoo animals without an actual trip to the zoo, and there is just NO WAY I'm going to walk around for hours at the zoo when the heat index is over 100 degrees! Maybe we'll get check it out in like... November, because it pretty much stays hot in Mississippi until then!

So anyway, we'll be learning about Farm Animals this week! And since I was craving some scrambled eggs for breakfast this morning, I think we'll start the week of with...

Chickens!

We started the day off with some yummy scrambled eggs with cheese and talked about where eggs come from. Millie helped me mix everything and had so much fun!

Next we made a Handprint Hen!

Just print out the template HERE

Trace your child's hands on a piece of white paper

Cut everything out and paste it together, or glue it to a piece of construction paper

Millie glued hers all by herself. One chicken wing looks a little crazy, but she said that's because it's waving "hi!"

"Hi!"

A few facts about chickens

http://www.kiddyhouse.com/Farm/Chicken/

Chickens live between 10 to 15 years

The male is called a rooster.

The female is called a hen.

The young are called chicks

Roosters crow “cock-a-doodle-doo”

Hens say “cluck-cluck”

Chicks say “cheep-cheep”

Chicken eat worms, insects, seeds, grains, snails, slugs, fruits, vegetables, and many other foods.

Animals like hawks, bobcats, snakes, skunks, owls, raccoons, foxes, and opposums prey on chickens.

A Hen lays an average of 300 eggs per year. The hen will sit on her eggs to keep them warm so that they will hatch into chicks. A chicken takes 21 days to hatch.

Story Time:

Barnyard Dance by Sandra Boynton

I LOVE Sandra Boynton books, and so do my kids! I've found quite a few on sale at places like Ross, TJ Maxx, and Marshalls, but I found these giant ones at Sams Club for only $7 and some change (can't remember how much exactly!) What a great deal!