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Click the red barn

to learn more about

babies on the farm!

Farm BabiesPigs Cows

Chickens

Horses

Sheep

Turkeys

DogsCats

Ducks

Standards

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Movie

This Little Piggy• Mother pigs are

called Sows, and father pigs are called boars.

• Baby pigs are called piglets.

• Sows can have 10 piglets at a time!

• Pigs use their snouts to smell.

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Giddy-up Horse• Father horses are

called stallions.• Mother horses are

called mares.• Foals are baby horses.

Baby boy horses are called colts, and baby girl horses are called fillies.

• Horses like to eat grass, hay, and oats.

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Baa Baa Black Sheep

• Ewes are mother sheep.• They have 1 or 2 babies, called

lambs.• Sheep are very soft and their wool

makes a lot of things like warm blankets.

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3 Little Kittens• Male cats are called Toms, and

female cats are called mollys or queens.

• Baby cats are called kittens.• Cats are useful on the farm because

they catch mice and are fun to play with.

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Cock-a-doodle-doo• Female chickens are called hens.• Male chickens are called Roosters.• Baby chickens are called chicks.

They are hatched from eggs.

HomeClick to hear what baby

chicks sound like!

Click to hear what a rooster

sounds like!

Give a Dog a Bone• Baby dogs are called

puppies.• They are born with

their eyes closed.• Dogs can smell and

hear really well.• Sheep dogs help keep

all the sheep together and they help move them to different places.

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5 Little Ducks Went out to Play• Male ducks are called

drakes, but females are just called ducks.

• Babies are called ducklings.

• Ducks love to be in water and they have webbed feet to help them swim.

• Geese are part of the duck family.

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Wobble-Gobble Turkeys• Boy turkeys are called

Toms. • Girl turkeys are called

Hens.• Baby turkeys are

hatched from eggs, and are called poults.

• Feathers cover their bodies to keep them warm.

• Turkeys make a sound called a gobble.

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The Cow Jumped Over the Moon

• A calf is a baby cow.• All Dairy cows are girls and they give

us milk.• Milk is stored in the cow’s udder.

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Assignment• Now that you know all

about farm animals and their babies, go on a trip with your family and take pictures of all the animals!– Have your parents help you– Take a picture of 5 of the

animals you learned about– Bring your pictures to class!

(We will put all your pictures into a book!) HomeMo

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Standards• Kindergarten: Standard 3

– Objective 2: Observe and describe animals in the local environment.• Observe, describe, draw, and compare familiar

animals.• Describe how young animals are different from

adult animals.• Describe how animals care for their young.• Observe and imitate the sounds and movement

with songs, dances, and storytelling.• Distinguish between real and make-believe

animal behaviors.

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Other Websites

Citations• (2011, Jun 21). Retrieved from Pics4Learning

website: http://pics4learning.com/index.php• (2010). Retrieved from Free Photo Bank website:

http://www.freephotobank.org/main.php• Burkewood, K. (2008). Retrieved from Alphabet

Road- "F" Is For Farm- "Farm Animals" website: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSX-Oi9OSqw

• (2011, Jun 21). Retrieved from K-12 Educator Resources- UEN website: http://www.uen.org/k12educator/

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Other Websites

Click the black box to watch a movie about

farm animals!

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Kids Farm Kids

National

Geographic

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