Free Pre-K 3 lesson plan · Unit 5: Animals
Pre-K 3, week 17: farm animals and sorting by kind
This week your learner will name farm animals and their sounds, sort animals from food, and talk about where animals live. Each activity takes about 5 to 10 minutes. Print the pages, or do them with things you already have at home.
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5-minute parent prep
- Find toy animals or animal pictures in a book.
- Gather a few toy animals and a few toy or real foods too big to fit in the mouth.
- Print pages 2 to 5, or skip printing and use the no-supplies swaps.
Household supplies only: Paper, crayons, toy animals or pictures, a few foods. No supplies? Every activity has a no-supplies swap.
The week at a glance
| Day | Focus | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | Talk and listen | Farm friends page, Animal sounds card |
| Tuesday | Math | Animal or food? page, Two piles card |
| Wednesday | Explore | Where do they live? page, Animal homes card |
| Thursday | Make and move | Wavy fence page, Farm moves card |
| Friday | Story and review | Song of the week, Parent notes page |
| Every day | Read, sing, play | Read a picture book together, sing the song of the week, play outside and check in on feelings with the free feelings cards. |
Printable pages
Farm friends
Say: "Who says moo? Who says oink?" Your learner points to each animal and makes its sound.
Animal or food?
Say: "Is it an animal or a food? Color the animals." Your learner colors the animals and points to the foods.
Where do they live?
Say: "The fish lives in water. Where does the bird live?" Your learner points to each animal and you talk about its home.
Wavy fence
Say: "Help the horse jump. Start at the green dot." Your learner traces each wavy line from left to right.
Activity cards
Animal sounds
- Hold up an animal.
- Your learner makes its sound.
- Swap: you make a sound and your learner finds the animal.
Easier: Use 3 animals.
Next step: Ask "Where does a cow live?"
Say this: "Moo. That's a cow."
No supplies: Make the sounds without pictures.
Language: vocabulary
Two piles
- Mix them together.
- Your learner puts animals in one pile and food in the other.
- Name each one.
Easier: Use 2 of each.
Next step: Count each pile.
Say this: "The pig is an animal. The apple is a food."
No supplies: Sort pictures in a book by pointing.
Math: sorting by kind
Animal homes
- Look at one animal.
- Ask "Where does it live? Water, a nest, a farm?"
- Your learner points or answers.
Easier: Choose between two places.
Next step: Ask "What does it eat?"
Say this: "Birds live in nests in trees."
No supplies: Talk about animals you have seen outside.
Science: animal homes
Farm moves
- Gallop like a horse.
- Waddle like a duck.
- Your learner picks the next animal.
Easier: Do one animal.
Next step: Move fast and slow.
Say this: "Gallop, gallop, horse."
No supplies: Move arms only, sitting down.
Physical: gross motor
Song of the week: On the farm
On the farm the cow says moo,
The hen says cluck, and I say too.
The pig says oink, the sheep says baa,
Farm friends singing, la la la.
Actions: Make each animal sound. Try next: Add a horse and a duck.
Parent notes for Friday
Not a test. Notice what your learner does this week, and practice the rest later. Nothing here is sent to UpOnly Learning.
- Makes 3 animal sounds
- Sorts animals from food
- Says where one animal lives
- Gallops or waddles
Want the bigger picture? See developmental milestones by age and the child development guide for ages 3 to 5.
Safety for this week
- Use objects too big to fit in your learner's mouth, and stay close during any counting or sorting with real objects.
- Water play only with an adult within arm's reach the whole time, even in a small tub.
- An adult handles anything hot or sharp, knives, and rocks or heavy objects.
- Dry beans and seeds only with an adult watching closely, and not with a learner who still puts things in their mouth.
- No scissors needed: tear paper instead. If you do use scissors, use child safety scissors with an adult right there.
- Choose crayons, markers and paint labeled for young learners (look for the AP seal).
Questions parents ask
Making animal sounds, sorting toy animals, moving like animals and looking at animal books. Talk about where animals live and what they eat. Outdoors, watch birds and bugs from a safe distance.
Start with two clear groups, like animals and food or red and blue. Your learner puts each thing in a pile, and you name the groups. Sorting is an early math skill.
That is normal at this age. Do the activity standing up, on the floor or outside, keep it to a few minutes, and try again later. Every printable has a hands-on version, and moving while learning counts.
Yes. Every week page, printable, activity card and song is free, with no daily caps, no card and no ads. A free adult account is needed only to download the PDFs, and we never ask for your student's name.
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