Enjoy a Farm Study for Kids!
Use beautiful and educational books for a Charlotte Mason inspired nature study that connects kids with seasonal food.
Teach kids about global food and farming in 2 days a week. One day covers seasonal farm rhythm , the second day covers global food cuisine and geography.
After reading the farm books there is a ‘discuss, design, make and draw’ section.
Kids will do fun things like:
- Design a chicken coop or corn maze
- Enjoy drawing and notebooking the anatomy of animals
- Making things like butter or bread for some old fashioned skills
- Field trip suggestions like u-pick farms, farmers markets and more
- Learn about their own heritage and foods connected with their family
Students will also enjoy learning about geography and trying new recipes after reading your global cuisine food books.
This unit is a gentle introduction to the world of food and encourages notebooking and copywork after reading the books together for Charlotte Mason inspired learning.
Included in this farm study for kids:
- Beautiful teacher’s guide
- Copywork passages of different lengths to choose from
- Some early years activity pages and farm/food inspired alphabet
- Includes FREE seasonal and inspiration food and farm posters to print
- Big list of farm or food culture picture books to add
- Fun optional hands on activities and field trips
Sample of the teachers guide: Farm & Food Morning Basket sample
or Buy the unit here
You will need the following books for this unit study
- The Farm that Feeds Us – by Nancy Castaldo
- What’s On your Plate? by Whitney Stewart
- Farm Anatomy by Julia Rothman
- Food Anatomy by Julia Rothman
- Maps by by Aleksandra and Daniel Mizielinski
- Cooking Class Global Feast! by Deanna F Cook
We encourage you to select some of the many farm or diverse food and culture picture books each week.
Sample of the teachers guide: Farm & Food Morning Basket sample
or Buy the unit here
My mom used to be a part time Year One teacher. Every year during the summer term she would organise a trip to a farm. Off she and the class went, with a picnic hamper etc. Afterwards the children had to write a recount of their farm visit. They ate their picnic there.
Either as a homework task or in class the day after. Farms make great places of learning. Truly.
That’s such a wonderful story and I’m sure she inspired many students to care with those visits. Thanks for sharing!
What age range is this farm unit for?
Ages 3-12 but our 13 year old also enjoyed it, here’s the sample so you can take a further look https://naturehomeschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Farm-Food-Morning-Basket-sample.pdf
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