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Baby Calves On A Dairy Farm – The Animal Cost of Our Dairy Industry

June 7, 2015 by Melanie Thomas 3 Comments

cute calf

A few months back, my daughter and I visited a dairy farm.  We learned quite a bit about dairy farming, how cows are milked, and we got to see so many adorable calves.  Don't you just want to reach through the screen and pet this cutie. Seeing the calves was both a highlight and also a sad learning experience of some of the realities of dairy farming.  Being 5, my daughter obviously did not pick up on those realities during our trip, but I was able to have a factual conversation with her at ...

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Filed Under: Farm Unit, Field Trips Tagged With: cows, dairy farming

Farm Spelling Activity

April 27, 2015 by Melanie Thomas 1 Comment

A book related spelling activity for kids. Farm vocabulary based on the book "The Cow Loves Cookies". Free 11 page printable with word phonetics scavenger hunt.

As part of our farm unit this month, we read the children's book "The Cow Loves Cookies", by Karma Wilson. To go along with our reading of the book, I created a fun printable book activity that I will share with you. It's a spelling activity, a coloring worksheet, a word scramble, and a spelling scavenger hunt. It uses farm themed spelling words found in the book "The Cow Loves Cookies". Even so, this spelling activity could still be used with most farm themed children's books. This ...

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Filed Under: Book Activities, Farm Unit, Grade 1, Grade 2, Preschool, Spelling Activities, Word Scramble Tagged With: cows, farm, spelling

Milking Dairy Cows With A Robot

April 26, 2015 by Melanie Thomas 1 Comment

Milking Dairy Cows With A Robot

Technology has sure changed the way dairy cows are milked.  Modern farms are equipped with one or more robotic milking systems. This allows the cows to be milked as it desires.  When a cow wishes to be milked, it walks into the robot.  It's an area, just large enough for the cow to stand in.  You can see it in the image below.  The doors you see are the exit doors, it walks in from the other side. This is what the actual robot looks like.  It's behind the red area you see in the picture ...

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Filed Under: Animal Studies, Farm Unit, Field Trips Tagged With: cows

Visiting a Dairy Farm

April 25, 2015 by Melanie Thomas 7 Comments

A field trip to a dairy farm.

A few weeks ago, my daughter and I were invited to tour a dairy farm.  It was a very educational experience, not only for my daughter but for myself as well.  I sometimes wonder who exactly is homeschooling, my daughter or myself, because I feel I'm getting a second education with all the fun field trips and educational outings we participate in. Visiting the farm was a big adventure for my almost 5 year old.  There were so many mud puddles to stomp around in and hay bales to climb.  She ...

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Filed Under: Animal Studies, Farm Unit, Field Trips Tagged With: cows

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