Explore More at Home:
FARM FUN

Join Museum Educator, Ms. Mary Jane for Preschool Pals…Home Edition!

Explore More at home with Ms. Mary Jane! She’ll share some of the farm toys her kids enjoyed when they were small and also teach you a poem.

 

Since we can’t be together for Preschool Pals this week, Ms. Mary Jane decided to come to you. Enjoy The Cow who Clucked by Denise Fleming!

Here is a read-along of The Cow who Clucked in case your child wants a closer look at the pictures and words.

SCIENCE FUN

Some very unusual interactions take place when you mix a little milk, food coloring, and a drop of liquid soap! You can find everything you need this Tie-Dye Milk Experiment in your kitchen

This week’s warmer temperatures might have you thinking about ice cream! You can explore the science of freezing while you make your own sweet treat HERE!

GET OUTSIDE

It’s not too early to go on an egg hunt! Family members can take turns hiding eggs around the yard and then race to find them and fill an egg carton. Then, you can pretend to deliver the eggs to the grocery store!

WATCH + LEARN

So many animals live on a farm! You can see just a few of them on this video tour of a small animal farm!

CREATE

The pictures in The Cow who Clucked are very colorful and bright! This activity will allow you to recreate the colors in Ms. Fleming’s book without making a mess! 

Print, cut out and decorate this cow hat. When you wear it, you can pretend to be a cow who clucks!

DRAMATIC PLAY

Use the puppet printouts found HERE to put on a show for your family. You can retell the story Miss Mary Jane read or make up your own!

MOVE

Clear some space and get ready to become a farm animal as you move along with the music in the Farm Animal Yoga Song!

FINGERPLAYS

Five Spotted Cows

Five spotted cows standing in line.
The first one said, "I'm feeling fine!"(Point to self)
The second one said, "How do you do?"(Turn to third cow and hold out right hand.)
The third one said, "Moo! Moo! Moo!"(Take second cow's hand and shake it.)
The fourth one said, "I'm grazing in the grass."(Make chewing motion.)
The fifth one said, "I'm full at last!"(Pat tummy.)
So the cows stood together and said,"We're through! Let's take a bow and all say, "MOO!"

Five Cows all Black and White

(Tune: Five Green and Speckled Frogs)

Five cows all black and white,
Chewed their cud from day to night,
So they could give milk, sweet and pure.
Squirt! Squirt!
One left the barn one day, 
So she could find more hay.
Then there were 4 cows, black and white.
Moo! Moo!
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