Elmer Moreno
This lesson helped my students learn the names of animals
Subject : Science
Topic: Animals
Grade: Pre-K, K
Objectives:
Be able to identify different farm animals.
Be able to identify the sounds of animals.
Be able to produce animal sounds as precisely as they can.
Be able to match farm animal baby's to their parent(s).
Materials:
Farm animal plastic toys: the cow, dog, sheep, duck and pig out
Farm animal flashcards
Farm animal matching game (one per student)
“Old McDonald song” video clips
Activities
Introduce The Vocab
As you and your students play with the animals tell them the animal names and sounds: "This is a cat –meow, meow!".
cow/calf - moo
chicken /chick - cluck
dog/puppy bow - wow
duck/duckling - quack
goat/kid - baa
sheep/lamb - baa
pig/piglet - oink
cat/kitten - meow
goose/gosling - honk
horse/foal heee
Teach & practice the vocab
Play “Put the animal on the flashcard”
Put the flashcards on the floor. Pick up each animal toy and throw it somewhere in the classroom. Call out different students to pick up an animal and place it back on the correct flashcard.
Play “Flashcard touch”.
Keep the flashcards on the floor. Tell your students to sit around the flashcards on the floor and to put their hands up in the air. Say a flashcard (e.g. “pig”) and students have to quickly touch the correct card. Play a few rounds.
Play “The missing flashcard” game.
Tell your students to close and to cover their eyes. Turn over one of the cards. Say “Open your eyes”. The students have to shout out the missing card.
Matching Game.
Materials: Farm animal matching game (one per student)
Give each student a copy of the farm animal matching game. Ask the students to match the farm animal parents in the left column with the babies in the right column by drawing a line.
