This week we set up our farm in the small world area. The children brushed the floor and made it all clean and tidy to start. They added artificial grass and blocks round it to make the fence so the animals couldnât escape onto the road. We added some wooden people to act as the farmer and the families who live and work on the farm.
Then the animals came out to play.
We had a chat about what we already know about farms.
âWhat do you know about farms?â
âThey have animals like cows and sheep, that eat grassâ
âMy horse eats carrotsâ
âFarms have vegetablesâ
âMy daddy  bought carrots from the shop I had them for dinnerâ
We explored the different vegetables, feeling and smelling them and peeled and chopped them.
âBig potato, small potatoâ
I asked the children if they knew how the vegetables get from the farm to the shop.
They seemed unsure so we watched a video called farm to fork.
After we watched the process of growing vegetables on the farm, then being transported to the shops before getting to our tables. The children used the vegetables they had peeled and chopped and âplantedâ them in the soil. They are very keen to grow their own vegetables in the garden when the weather is a little warmer so we can use them for snack.
The children used the carrots, celery, and cabbage to chop up for a lovely snack, they also added melon, blueberries and orange.
âsnack is very yummy todayâ
