Educational Farm Theme Activities for Toddlers, Preschoolers
Learn all about farms with this delightful week-long, educational farm theme. These Farm Activities will make practiceing a variety of skills fun while learning about life on the farm. Pick your favorite farm activities for kids including farm math, farm literacy printables, farm science projects, farm social studies ideas, and farm crafts to have a marvelous week learning with your kids! This life on the farm theme filled with barnyard animals is perfect for preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, and 3rd grade students.
Educational farm activities
Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O! It’s time to learn about life on the farm with this super cute farm theme for preschoolers, ,kindergartners, grade 1, grade 2, and grade 3 students.
We have so many fun ideas for farm science experiments, farm animal math, farm alphabet, free farm printables and more. So whether you are looking for a social studies activities for preschoolers about farm animals, or your child is fascinated by barns, tractors, harvesting crops, or all the cute animals like horses, cows, pigs, chickens, goats, and sheep – these creative ideas are sure to make learning fun and keep your children engaged!
Make sure to check out all our weekly themes and preschool themes that are perfect for elementary age kids.
Farm animals activities for preschoolers
There are so many fun farm literacy activities for kids of all ages! Get the kids reading, writing and working on literacy skills with all these fun, free printables to learn alphabet letters, farm writing prompts, farm sight words, and so much more Farm Language Arts Activities to add to your farm weekly theme!
- Farm Worksheets for Preschoolers
These farm worksheets preschool are so stinkin cute! Plus they are free! They include lots of alphabet, counting, colors, shapes, and more skills! - Free Farm Writing Prompts
Color the cute pictures and write on the ruled lines of these fun creative writing prompts. - Farm Tracing Mats
These adorable free printables are a great way to practice letter tracing with early learners - Farm Sight Words Reader
Grab this free printable sight word reading pages to color and read sight words while having fun with a farm theme! - Farm ABC Order Cut and Paste Worksheets
This free printable is a fun way to get kids to practice letter order, and the order of months and the days of the week. - Farm Printable Sight Word Games
Sneak in some fun reading practice with these free kindergarten sight words games - Farm Cut and Paste Sentence Worksheets
Help children learn about making sentences with these free printable cut and paste sentence worksheets. - Farm Letter Matching Clip Cards
These clip cards are a great way to teach kindergartners and preschoolers about beginning sounds in a fun, hands-on way! - Building Alphabet Letters Kids Learning Activity
Build letters with this fun Big Red Barn activity.
Farm activities for toddlers
- Farm Animal Nursery Rhymes and Songs
This is a great list of farm themed songs to sing with your kids. - Farm Theme Literacy Sensory Tray.
This is a fun hands on literacy activity for a farm unit theme. - Little Blue Truck Farm Animal Story Retelling
This is a great book themed way extend learning for preschoolers. - Farm Printable Beginner Reading Books
Color, read, and learn with these cute free printable, farm themed, beginner readers. - On the Farm Writing Prompts
Try these free printable farm writing ideas for kindergarteners. - Old McDonald Story Stones.
These farm animal story stones are great for songs or storytelling. - Farm Animal Play Dough & Letter Mats
These play dough mats are a great way to practice letter formation. - Farm Animal Sorting
Practice early literacy skills, reading, and sorting as you identify which animals live on a farm. - Farm Animal Alphabet Activity and Printable.
There are two levels of learning with this fun peek-a-boo animal activity.
Farm Math Activities
Whether you are learning your numbers, telling time, or working on addition and subtraction, these cute farm images and fun farm themed ideas will make kids excited to practice math facts!
- Farm Color By Number Sheets
Reveal the mystery picture as you complete these free farm color by number worksheets. - Roll a Number Farm Number Sense Activity
This is a great pre-k and kindergarten activity for working on number sense. - Farm-Themed Preschool Counting Mats
Preschoolers can practice counting to twenty with these farm themed printables. - Counting Farm Animals Emergent Reader.
Color and count to 10 with this free printable counting farm animals reader - Counting Farm Animals Worksheets.
These free counting worksheets are fun to color, count, and practice writing numbers! - Farm Money Practice.
Learn about coins and their value with this cute farm themed activity. - Farm Do A Dot Printables Numbers.
Grab your bingo daubers and practice counting and tracing numbers 1-10 with these farm do a dot printables numbers - Farm-Themed Number Sense Activity Pages
These worksheets are a great way for preschoolers to practice identifying numbers and practice counting.
farm theme activities
- Free Farm Animals Dot to Dot Worksheets
What better way to practice counting than to complete these super cute dot to dot worksheets. - Farm Animal Dominoes Game
Print and play with these fun farm animal dominoes. - Telling Time from Sunrise to Sunset STEM worksheets
Have fun discovering when the sun rises and sets and when the rooster crows! - Farm Themed Number Counting Mats
These fun printable mats work on ten frames and counting together with manipulatives and playdough. - Farm Themed Count and Add Activity
This is a fun hands on math activity with lots of farm animal fun. - Farm Animal Addition and Subtraction Worksheets
These worksheets are good for kids just learning to add and subtract numbers. - Farm Animal Sort
This is a great hands on math activity that will preschoolers love. - Ruler Game- Measuring in Farm Units
Try this great farm themed measurement activity. - Farm Theme Preschool Counting Mats
Get out the playdough and practice counting to twenty with these free printable counting mats.
Farm Crafts
The kids will be busy creating and crafting with all these fun farm animal crafts. There is something on this list for ages and interests, with lots of learning while you do these art and craft activities.
- Free Farm Coloring Pages
These super cute farm coloring pages will help kids learn about all the amazing things you will see on the farm! - How to Make a Simple Cow Craft
Kids will enjoy transforming an ordinary styrofoam cup into a cute little cow. - G is for Goat Craft
Turn the letter G into a super cute and easy to make goat craft. - C is For Cow Farm Unit.
There are lots of simple, cute farm projects in this C is for Cow weekly theme - Paper Plate Horse Craft
Grab a paper plate and make this cute horse craft. - Farm Animal Windsock Craft
These farm animal windsocks are perfect for practicing cutting and gluing skills and turn out so adorable! - Cute Paper Cow Craft
This is a simple and fun craft to make an cute cow! - Toddler Farm Painting Activity
Toddlers, preschoolers and bigger kids will have a blast painting with farm animals. - Free Printable Farm Animal Finger Puppets
These finger puppets are a great match for all of your favorite farm songs and stories. - Mosaic Farm Art Activity
This is a great craft for working on fine motor skills. - Big Red Barn Art Activity
This craft is a great match to the book The Big Red Barn. - Chick Handprint Card Craft
These little hand print chickens are adorable! - Old MacDonald Peg Farm Animals
This simple farm animal craft makes fun puppets or note holders! - Farm Animal Craft
Make a farm yard full of animals with this fun craft idea and template. - Paint Splat Sheep Craft.
Make some cute sheep with this fun art technique. - Toilet Paper Roll Pig Craft
Collect some cardboard tubes and make these cute little piggies! - Stamped Sheep Craft
You’ll never guess what is used to make this cute sheep craft. - Kid-made Corn Crafts.
Make one of these simple corn crafts while learning about how corn is grown on the farm. - Farm Animal Stick Puppets Craft
There are so many fun stories, songs, and nursery rhymes you can act out with this fun puppet craft. - Mixed Media Farm Truck Craft.
The kids will love making this fun farm truck craft and learning what foods come from a farm. - Cardboard Scarecrow Craft
Every farm needs a scarecrow and everyone will love making this cute scarecrow craft. - Simple Farm Craft with Stickers.
The kids will love this fun sticker craft.
Looking for more? No worries! We’ve got over 60 EPIC Farm Activities for Kids
Farm Science Activities
There is a lot of farm science for you and your child to discover with this fun weekly theme! You can explore science of growing crops, learn about farm animal life cycles, nocturnal animals, sequencing, making butter, and so much more!
- Farm Animals and their Babies Printables Puzzles
These fun puzzles teach the names of the animals and the names of their babies. Did you know a baby goat was called a Kid!? - Farm Sequencing Cards
Learn how items go from the field to the store to your table with this fun, free printable farm sequencing cards activity - Farm Sequencing Worksheets.
These free sequencing worksheets are a great extension to the farm sequencing cards for older elementary students. - Farm Animals and Their Homes Flipbook
Explore where farm animals live with this super cute, free printable flip book! - Seasons on the Farm Printable
Another science activity that ties in well with a farm theme is learning about seasons and this free printable book to color, read, and learn is such a great way to learn about them. - Making Butter Science Experiment
Learn how butter is made from cow’s milk with this easy making butter science experiment - Make a homemade balance scale and weigh chickens!
This is a super fun farm themed STEM activity. - Learn to Code with Rosie’s Walk.
Check out this cool learn to code, hen walking algorithm printable. - Hatching Chicks with Kids
Learn about hatching chicks at home and some matching learning activities.
Farm Theme Preschool
- Corn Life Cycle & Sequencing Cards
Learn about the history and growing cycle of corn. - Nocturnal Animal Game
Learn about nocturnal animals with this free printable farm animals game - Practical Engineering Challenge with Apples
Try this engineering challenge – can you stop the apple slices from going brown? - FREE Hatching Baby Chicks Observation Book
Kids will studying baby chicks with this printable chicken hatching book (and life cycle) - Watermelon Life Cycle Spinner
This activity is a fun way to learn how watermelons grow - Apple Life Cycle Worksheets
This printable worksheet set helps kids practice a variety of skills while learning about the life cycle of an apple - Pumpkin Life Cycle Worksheet
This free printable is perfect for fall as kids learn about the life cycle of a pumpkin. - Sunflower Life Cycle Worksheets
Kids will have fun practicing letters, counting, subtracting, graphing, telling time, and so much more with this free Sunflower printable set. - FREE Life Cycle of a Plant Worksheets
Learn about the life cycle of plants with this growing plants activity with this free printable - Life Cycle of a Chicken Plus Egg Science
Learn all abut chickens with these great science activities. - Duck Feather Science.
Learn how feathers keep a duck dry with this science activity.
social studies activities for preschoolers about farm animals
A farm learning unit is a great way to teach kids about their community and the wider world. And don’t forget to take a field trip to a local farm!
- Simple Farm Sensory Play
The kids will love this simple sensory play set up where they can pretend to be a farmer and learn about animals. - Visiting a Historic Farm Field Trip.
Join us on a trip to a historic farm for a farm field trip from your computer! - How Maple Syrup is Made.
Learn how maple syrup is made with this fun field trip from home - Eidem Homestead Visit and Free 3-Part Farm Cards
This is another great online farm tour with bonus printables. - Peek-A-Boo Farm Animals Activity
This farm animals printable is perfect for playing a guessing game or to use while singing Old MacDonald. - Montessori On the Farm Printables and Activities
The kids will love pretending to milk a cow with this fun activity, plus lots of other farm themed activities.
Farm Activities for Preschoolers
- While At the Farm – Children’s Song
Learn this fun new farm song with the kids. - Edible Farmyard Small World Play!
Even the littlest learners can have fun with this farm themed imaginative play. - Pretend Garden Farm Play
Make this fun garden so the kids can pretend to be a veggie or flower farmer. - Muddy Truck Edible Sensory Bin with Little Blue Truck
This is another farm activity that is perfect for preschoolers! - Sensory Farm Yard Small World
This simple small world set up will be a hit with kids of all ages. - Washing Farm Animals.
Your little farmers will love this simple sensory activity. - Gross Motor Farm Game.
Get the kids moving like farm animals.
Farm Printables
Looking for more FREE farm printables to help kids learn a variety of skills? You will love these free farm worksheets and resources to make learning FUN!
- Farm Cutting Practice Worksheets
Practice using scissors with these clever free Farm Cutting Practice pages - Farm Scissor Practice
Follow the tractor on these simple farm cutting practice strips. - Farm Worksheets
Practice a variety of skills with Free Farm Worksheets Pack. - Farm Hidden Pictures Printable
Grab this farm hidden pictures printable for a fun visual discrimination activity. - I Spy Far Animals
These farm themed I Spy printables are a hit with kids of all ages! - Farm Worksheets Pack
This is a huge pack of farm worksheets that are perfect for prek, k, and 1st grade students that covers a variety of disciplines - Farm Animals Printable Pack.
Kids will love practicing math and literacy skills with adorable barnyard animals with these free farm animals worksheet pack - Printable Down on the Farm Activities
These printables focus on colors, alphabet, and math for preschoolers. - Montessori Farm Activities
Work on literacy, math and science skills with these lovely Montessori inspired printables. - Farm Animal Puzzles
Make these simple farm animals puzzles with this free printable. - Farm Animal Activities for Children
This printables pack is full of fun and education farm themed activities to print and do. - DIY Duplo Farm Animal Puzzles
Use the free printable to make these fun animal mix up puzzles. - Farm Animal Matching Game for Kids
The kids will have fun with this printable matching activity. - Farm Animal Lacing Cards
Work on fine motor skills with these farm animal lacing cards!
Whether you are planning to visit a local farm, or if your kids just love animals or growing plants, there are so many ways to learn with this great farm theme unit study.
Farm Books for Kids
There are kits of great ways to use farm books for kids in your unit study. You could read a different book each day of the week, Monday
through Friday, or your favorite book (s) every day of the week. Kids love repetition, so don’t worry about boring them! You can easily integrate these great farm themed books for kids into your learning program. Pick from these excellent books to learn about farms with your kids:
- Jobs on a Farm
Learn about the jobs farmers do every day to keep machinery operating smoothly, animals fed, and crops harvested. - Farming
Read about life on a family farm and how he jobs change as the seasons change. - Cows Can Moo! Can You?: All About Farms
Join the Cat in the Hat as he spends a day on the farm! - Mrs. Wishy-Washy’s Farm
Find out what happen when Mrs Wishy Washy’s farm animals run away! - The Farm Book
This is a lovely read-aloud book about life on the farm. - Farm Anatomy: The Curious Parts and Pieces of Country Life This is a lovely book about all the curious parts and pieces and quirky
details of country life. - Our Animal Friends at Maple Hill Farm
Meet the animals that live at Maple Hill Farm – two dogs, five horses, a pig, some geese, lots of chickens, a few cows, a few goats, several sheep, and four special cats! - The Year At Maple Hill Farm.
Find out all the fun things that happen to the animals at at Maple Hill Farm in a year. - The Grumpy Morning
Will the grumpy animals get their breakfast in this fun rhyming story? - No Sleep for the Sheep!
How will the sheep ever get this barnyard crowd to quiet down so he can sleep?? - Machines on the Farm (Farm Facts)
Machines on the Farm invites beginning readers to ride along on a number of common farm vehicles. - Let’s Explore the Farm
This book has great pictures and information about all the things you can see and do on a farm.
farm animal activities for toddlers
Looking for more farm books? Check out these cute farm books for preschoolers
Preschool Theme Ideas
Looking for more preschool themes? You will love our ever growing themes complete with themed crafts, activities, math, literacy, and more ideas!
- Back to School Theme Preschool perfect for the first week of school
- Animal Theme for Preschoolers filled with fun Preschool Animal Activities
- Robot Preschool Theme with lots of Robot Activities for Preschoolers
- Colorful Rainbow Theme Preschool
- Get ready for a hoppin good time with this Frog Theme Preschool
- Easter Preschool Theme perfect for celebrating Easter in the spring
- Fun Pumpkin Theme Preschool for October
- Spring is here and it’s time to celebrate with a fun Picnic Theme Preschool
- Lots of fun Earth Day Activities for Preschoolers with this Earth Day Theme!
- Summer watermelon theme filled with watermelon activities for preschoolers
- Spring Theme perfect for pre-k and kindergarten age students
- Dinosaur Preschool Theme filled with HUGE fun for little learners
- Bug Theme filled with fun insect activities for preschoolers
- See all of our preschool themes!
- Cute Alphabet Coloring Pages helps build vocabulary and work on beginning sounds and phonemic awareness
- Printable Alphabet Letter for Crafts – we have a printable letter craft for every letter of the alphabet A to Z
- Letter Recognition Worksheets – find and dab the upper and lowercase letters in these super cute ABC printables!
- Simple free alphabet worksheets to color and trace letters
- How cute are these letter find pumpkin worksheets for preschool
- Practice uppercase letter tracing with these super cute animal alphabet cards A-Z
- See all of our FREE ABC Printables here!
- Work on preschool colors with these free color worksheets
- Preschool Math is fun with one of our hands-on activities and free printables!
- Learn your shapes with these fun Preschool Shapes Worksheets
- Make one of our adorable printable hat crafts like this popular turkey hat printable
- Apple Worksheets Preschool help kids practice a variety of math and literacy skills with this September theme
- Practice a variety of skills with these super cute, FREE Construction Worksheets
- Work on shape recognition with these Road Shapes mats
- These Free Printable Animal Masks Templates are so much fun! Which animal will you choose?
- Learn by topic with one of our fun, free preschool themes!
- See all of our preschool worksheets here including math, alphabet, printable crafts, playdough mats, and more!
- Celebrate the letter of the week with these adorable, Free Alphabet Hats
- We have lots of themed worksheets like these super cute Frozen preschool worksheets
- Pirate Color by Number Preschool is a fun way to work on letter recognition while strengthening hand muscles
- Color, Read and Learn your letters with this printable alphabet book pdf for each letter A to Z
- Make science FUN for kids of all ages with over 100 Food Experiments to try
- Tons of Bingo Dauber Printables to use with bingo marker, do a dot markers, or circle stickers
- Shaped Alphabet Coloring Pages
- Free Playdough Mats to work on shapes, numbers, colors, alphabet letters, and more!
- Learn about other countries around the world with our free country coloring pages
- Super cute Transportation Playdough Mats are great for building hand muscles while having fun! Plus don’t miss all our free printable playdough mats for preschoolers
- Plus check out our huge list of recommended Books for Preschoolers by topic
