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Color By Code Farm Pictures

September 15, 2022 By Deirdre

Color by code farm picture printables invites children to search for the numbers needed to bring a picture to life. The directions for this set of pages are displayed on Blockly blocks. That means this set would be a great way to introduce children to coding.

While you could have your children work on each of these pages, I would suggest choosing only one. They all focus on only a few numbers. However, you may feel that your children would enjoy or benefit from doing all of them. It will really be up to you to decide.

Building Background

Before you have your children start a color by code farm picture page, you may want to read a book about farms. Below you will find some of my favorite farm-themed books.

Getting the Color By Code Farm Picture Pages

First, you will need to download the set.

Color By Code Farm Picture Pages Download

Second, if you don’t have Acrobat Reader you will need to download it. The algorithm page is an Acrobat Reader PDF file.

Third, you must go to your download file and open the page. You may be asked if you want the file to open right after you download it. You won’t have to hunt for it in your download file if you are.

Exploring the Color By Code Farm Pictures

Crayon Selection

While you can just give children a box of crayons and have them find the colors they need, you could just give them the colors need. Some children like to choose the shade of green or blue they want to use. Others may decide to disregard the colors in the directions. They will color the sections any way they want.

You can decide how much control you want to have over their crayon selection. If your goal is to have them follow the directions, then you may need to control the crayons more.

Find, Dot and Color

Younger children doing this page as a guided activity. First, you can have them find all of a certain number. Next, you can have them place a dot of the color that matches that number in its section. Once all of the sections have dots, children can go back and color each section fully.

Creating a Color Key

The color words on the directions may be difficult for non-readers. They can go through the directions with you. When you get to a color word, they can color over it with the correct color of crayon.

More Color By Code Activity Pages

Designing Pajamas with an Algorithm

Five Little Speckled Frogs Algorithm Coloring Page

Farm STEM Challenges- Building Shape Fences

September 13, 2022 By Deirdre

Farm STEM challenges are fun to explore in the fall when children visit farms to pick apples or get pumpkins. This shape farm fence building activity really could be explored any time of year you like. Each of the challenge mats is color. If you laminate them, you should be able to use them over and over again.

Materials Needed for the Farm STEM Challenges

Building Materials

LEGO Bricks
Craft Sticks
Wooden KEVA Planks
Craft or Popsicle Sticks
Twigs
Pencils

Getting the Farm STEM Challenges Building Fences Mats

First, you will need to download the set.

Farm STEM Challenges- Building Shape Fences Download

Second, if you don’t have Acrobat Reader you will need to download it. The algorithm page is an Acrobat Reader PDF file.

Building Background

You may want to read your children a book about apples before having the work on the mini book. Below you will find a number of apple-themed books.

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More Farm Activities

Below you will find more farm activity pages to do with your children. Please take a moment to look them over.

Five Little Crows- Preschool Games, Songs, and Craft

Five Little Crows Rhyme and Craft

Measuring in Farm Units

Farm Activities and Worksheets for Kids

September 10, 2022 By Deirdre

Farm Activities and Worksheets for Kids Week will start on Monday, September 12th. It is a week filled with free worksheets and activity pages! Following Farm Week will be Woodland Week and Scarecrow Week. (This month-long series started with Apple Week.) Each week features five free worksheets and /or activities your children can do.

There is a set that focuses on each of the areas below:

STEM Shape Building
Measurement
Basic Shape
Number Recognition
Pattern Block Animal Building

A new set of farm activities and worksheets will be shared each weekday this week. They will be great fun to explore.

Please come back each day to check out the new set. The worksheets and activities from 3 Dinosaurs will also be shared daily. After you have checked out my set, please take a minute to check out hers.

Farm Worksheets and Activities

The links learning sets for each day will be placed under the day it is shared. First, the set from JDaniel4’s Mom will be listed. The second set for the day will come from 3 Dinosaurs.

Other Farm Activities and Worksheets

After exploring this week’s farm activities and worksheets, you will want to explore the activities below. They come from a previous Farm Week shared a few years ago.

Let’s Make a Homemade Scale to Weigh Chickens

Telling Time from Sunrise to Sunset

Building Background

Here is a collection of books with a farm theme that you may want to read to your students. The collection includes fiction and non-fiction books.

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Ruler Game- Measuring in Farm Units

October 2, 2014 By Deirdre

Kids really seem to enjoy using rulers, but it can be hard for them to understand how to read them the units on them. I created some ruler game set of activities using farm unit rulers. (Measuring-in-Farm-Units.) The rulers feature various things you can find on a farm. There are pumpkins, crows, scarecrows, and so much more.

The farm unit rulers measure objects in various units. The smallest number of units is one and the largest is six. Before you start measuring objects, you will want to talk about a few things how the rulers are set up and what is displayed on them.

After printing out our farm unit rulers, we gathered fall themed objects to measure. We ended up finding a cardboard tree (We made for a thankfulness project.), decorative pumpkins, artificial leaves, and a fake corn cob ( I purchase for corn painting.). You could easily gather objects from outside to measure.

Before you select a ruler game you will what to review the question below:

Before Ruler Games Questions

What makes the difference between the pictures on the pumpkin ruler and the crow ruler? ( The size of the picture.)
Will object probably be more pumpkins or more scarecrows long? Why?
How do you line up a ruler with the object you are measuring? (It depends on the ruler. Some start measuring units at their end and some start a few centimeters in. Knowing where to start measuring is important.

Ruler Games

Select An Object

In this ruler game children can select an object to measure and a farm unit ruler to measure with. You can talk about how many units it is long. Children can write down the number of units an object is on a piece of paper. Actually they can write the object’s name and the number of units or they can draw the object and the units displayed on the farm unit ruler they are using.

Compare Objects

Children can select to objects that they think are same length in this ruler game. They can they measure their length using farm unit ruler to see if they are right.

Combination of Objects

What combination of objects can be lined up equal the length of their selected farm unit ruler? My son came up with this ruler game and I think it is a great way to think about how objects of various lengths can work together. There is a lot of problem solving that goes into this ruler game.