- farm
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MA Standards:
English Language Arts/Speaking and Listening/SL.PK.MA.1a Observe and use appropriate ways of interacting in a group (e.g., taking turns in talking, listening to peers, waiting to speak until another person is finished talking, asking questions and waiting for an answer, gaining the floor in appropriate ways).
Head Start Outcomes:
Social Emotional Development/Self-Regulation Follows simple rules, routines, and directions.
Logic and Reasoning/Reasoning and Problem Solving Classifies, compares, and contrasts objects, events, and experiences.
Language Development/Receptive Language Attends to language during conversations, songs, stories, or other learning experiences.
PreK Learning Guidelines:
English Language Arts/Language 1 Observe and use appropriate ways of interacting in a group (taking turns in talking; listening to peers; waiting until someone is finished; asking questions and waiting for an answer; gaining the floor in appropriate ways).
English Language Arts/Reading and Literature 12 Listen to, recite, sing, and dramatize a variety of age-appropriate literature.
Sing Together: “Old MacDonald Grew Some Plants”
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ELA Focus Skills: Listening and Speaking, Vocabulary
Remind children that in the book Chicks and Salsa, the animals were on a farm. Ask children to say the word farm. Say, Farmer Nuthatcher grew many plants on his farm, such as tomatoes, onions, and chilies.
- Have children make a connection to the <plant> farm they visited during Unit 7. Ask questions such as, How is Mr. and Mrs. Nuthatcher’s farm the same as the one we visited? How is it different?
- Tell children you are going to teach them a song about another farmer who had a farm.
Sing “Old MacDonald Grew Some Plants” for children. Then sing it again and invite them to sing along. Encourage them to suggest other plants for additional verses.
Old MacDonald Grew Some Plants
(based on “Old MacDonald Had a Farm”)
Old MacDonald had a farm,
E-I-E-I-O!
And on this farm he grew some plants,
E-I-E-I-O!
Lettuce on the ground,
And tomatoes on the vine.
Here some lettuce, there tomatoes,
Everywhere good food to eat.
Old MacDonald had a farm,
E-I-E-I-O!
(Add verses by substituting vegetables/fruit, for example, pumpkins on the vine/apples on the tree; potatoes underground/peppers on the vine.)