Resources for families
If you enjoy our social media and watch our Video Farm Tours, and you and your kids are interested in learning more about farming, we've put together the following list of resources, including activity pages and books for a variety of ages and grades. If you have any favourites you'd like us to add to the list, please let us know!
OUR COLOURING PAGES! These colouring pages were created based on photographs taken by Charlotte of some of the animals on the farm in 2020.
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FREE ONLINE RESOURCES:
Agriculture for Life has lots of online programs available, including science experiments, learning labs, and lesson plans. Check out "Cattle", the first publication in their farm animal series; available for free in either printed or digital format
Also from Agriculture for Life:
Ag-tivities and Crafts, for every day and for various holidays
including
:: Farm Fun colouring pages to print
:: Farm Safety Crossword Puzzle
:: Farm Career colouring pages
:: How to Draw a Cartoon Cow
:: Colouring pages for all ages
Meet Your Farmer colouring pages from the Nova Scotia Federation of Agriculture
Ontario Beef "Fun on the Farm" colouring book
“What Is a Ruminant Animal?”, from BC Agriculture in the Classroom Foundation
Colouring pages from Little Rick and Big Joe by Stephanie Kaptein:
:: Highland Cattle colouring page
:: Swine colouring page
All About Sheep activity sheet for Grades 1-3, from Ontario Sheep Farmers
All About Sheep activity sheet for Grades 4-6, from Ontario Sheep Farmers
Farm safety resources for kids including colouring pages, from the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association
Farm Doodle activity page to download and print
"Agriculture is Always in Season" colouring book/pages to print, from the Ontario Federation of Agriculture
BOOKS:
"Before We Eat: From Farm to Table" by Pat Brisson, illustrated by Mary Azarian
"The Year at Maple Hill Farm" by Alice and Martin Provensen
"Our Animal Friends at Maple Hill Farm" by Alice and Martin Provensen
"The New Baby Calf" by Edith Newlin Chase, illustrated by Barbara Reid
"Hey, Hey, Hay!: A Tale of Bales and the Machines That Make Them" by Christy Mihaly
"Sleep Tight Farm: A Farm Prepares for Winter" by Eugenie Doyle, illustrated by Becca Stadtlander
"The Girl Who Thought in Pictures: The Story of Dr. Temple Grandin" by Julia Finley Mosca, illustrated by Daniel Rieley
Books by Alberta author and gardener Sheryl Normandeau:
"Save Our Seeds: Protecting Plants for the Future"
"Not Just Dirt!: How Soil Supports Our Planet"
Let’s Read and Find Out science series:
"How a Seed Grows" by Helene Jordan
"From Seed to Pumpkin" by Wendy Pfeffer
"A Tree Is a Plant" by Clyde Robert Bulla
"Milk from Cow to Carton" by Aliki
"Wiggling Worms at Work" by Wendy Pfeffer
"What Will the Weather Be?" by Lynda Dewitt
Books by Gail Gibbons:
"From Seed to Plant"
"Farming"
"The Honey Makers"
"Chicks and Chickens"
"The Seasons of Arnold’s Apple Tree"
"The Fruits We Eat"
"The Vegetables We Eat"
Canadian "Nature All Around" series by Pamela Hickman:
"Nature All Around: Trees"
"Nature All Around: Plants"
"Nature All Around: Bugs"
"Nature All Around: Birds"
WEBSITES:
Agriculture for Life
Farm & Food Care
AgScape
OUR COLOURING PAGES! These colouring pages were created based on photographs taken by Charlotte of some of the animals on the farm in 2020.
* * *
FREE ONLINE RESOURCES:
Agriculture for Life has lots of online programs available, including science experiments, learning labs, and lesson plans. Check out "Cattle", the first publication in their farm animal series; available for free in either printed or digital format
Also from Agriculture for Life:
Ag-tivities and Crafts, for every day and for various holidays
including
:: Farm Fun colouring pages to print
:: Farm Safety Crossword Puzzle
:: Farm Career colouring pages
:: How to Draw a Cartoon Cow
:: Colouring pages for all ages
Meet Your Farmer colouring pages from the Nova Scotia Federation of Agriculture
Ontario Beef "Fun on the Farm" colouring book
“What Is a Ruminant Animal?”, from BC Agriculture in the Classroom Foundation
Colouring pages from Little Rick and Big Joe by Stephanie Kaptein:
:: Highland Cattle colouring page
:: Swine colouring page
All About Sheep activity sheet for Grades 1-3, from Ontario Sheep Farmers
All About Sheep activity sheet for Grades 4-6, from Ontario Sheep Farmers
Farm safety resources for kids including colouring pages, from the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association
Farm Doodle activity page to download and print
"Agriculture is Always in Season" colouring book/pages to print, from the Ontario Federation of Agriculture
BOOKS:
"Before We Eat: From Farm to Table" by Pat Brisson, illustrated by Mary Azarian
"The Year at Maple Hill Farm" by Alice and Martin Provensen
"Our Animal Friends at Maple Hill Farm" by Alice and Martin Provensen
"The New Baby Calf" by Edith Newlin Chase, illustrated by Barbara Reid
"Hey, Hey, Hay!: A Tale of Bales and the Machines That Make Them" by Christy Mihaly
"Sleep Tight Farm: A Farm Prepares for Winter" by Eugenie Doyle, illustrated by Becca Stadtlander
"The Girl Who Thought in Pictures: The Story of Dr. Temple Grandin" by Julia Finley Mosca, illustrated by Daniel Rieley
Books by Alberta author and gardener Sheryl Normandeau:
"Save Our Seeds: Protecting Plants for the Future"
"Not Just Dirt!: How Soil Supports Our Planet"
Let’s Read and Find Out science series:
"How a Seed Grows" by Helene Jordan
"From Seed to Pumpkin" by Wendy Pfeffer
"A Tree Is a Plant" by Clyde Robert Bulla
"Milk from Cow to Carton" by Aliki
"Wiggling Worms at Work" by Wendy Pfeffer
"What Will the Weather Be?" by Lynda Dewitt
Books by Gail Gibbons:
"From Seed to Plant"
"Farming"
"The Honey Makers"
"Chicks and Chickens"
"The Seasons of Arnold’s Apple Tree"
"The Fruits We Eat"
"The Vegetables We Eat"
Canadian "Nature All Around" series by Pamela Hickman:
"Nature All Around: Trees"
"Nature All Around: Plants"
"Nature All Around: Bugs"
"Nature All Around: Birds"
WEBSITES:
Agriculture for Life
Farm & Food Care
AgScape