Night Night Farm

• A copy of Night Night Farm by Roger Priddy. If unavailable, use one of these online read-alouds:

  • Night Night Farm Book Read Aloud 

     

  • Night Night Farm by Roger Priddy (Quiet Time Book)
• Vocabulary Pages (images from Open Symbols)

• All symbols are provided in this lesson plan. For easiest use, print them out and compile them into a booklet.

   

• Farm Animal Song & Dance video
• Device to play video (phone, tablet, computer)
• Toy farm animals (cow, pig, chicken, etc.)
• Barn coloring page
• Crayons, colored pencils, or markers
• Copies of any extension activities
• Vocabulary list (Share with school staff to help reinforce words throughout the day/week)

Farm Animal Dance 

1. Gather the children and play the Farm Animal song. Do the dance with the children while emphasizing the animal names. Encourage the children to do the dance and say the animal names with you.
2. Afterward, ask them take a deep breath and sit together in a circle. 

Vocabulary Introduction 
Using the vocabulary booklet: 

1. Show a picture and ask the children to name the English word.
2. Encourage them to create an action and make the sound for each animal.
3. Choose one of the children’s representative actions/sounds and repeat it as a group.
4. Repeat for each vocabulary word, inviting participation from several children.

READ THE BOOK 

Consider how your students will most enjoy the story: Will you read the book without stopping 
or will you stop and ask questions or point things out? Will you read all the words on the page 
or briefly summarize? 

1. Read each page aloud.
2. Point to each animal and say its name clearly.
3. Emphasize vocabulary words with your voice and make corresponding animal sounds.
4. Use the children’s actions for vocabulary words to reinforce meaning.

POST-READING DISCUSSION 

1. What happened to the animals? (Answer: They all went to bed.)
2. What is one animal that lives on a farm? (Answer: cow, chicken, pig, etc.) 

POST-READING ACTIVITIES 

Animal Finding Game 

1. Invite the children to sit in a circle.
2. Choose one child to “hide” a toy animal and one to “find” it.
3. The “finder” waits outside or closes their eyes while the “hider” hides the toy.
4. When searching, the rest of the class whispers the animal’s name/sound if the “finder” is 
   far away and gets louder as they get closer.
   1. Example: For a cow toy, the class whispers “moo” or “cow” when the finder is far 
      away and says it louder and faster as they get closer. 

Farm Animal Coloring Page 

1. Children may color the page with the animals, or they can draw animals on the page with 
   only the barn to make their own “farm.”
2. Optional: Sit in a circle afterward, show each drawing, and guess who made it. Have the 
   artist name the animals. 

Closure 
Review the vocabulary words learned today using the vocabulary booklet or by having the 
children state each word. If time allows, finish the lesson with one or more of the extension 
activities appropriate for the children’s age and ability level. 

EXTENSION ACTIVITIES 

Level 1: Print the vocabulary pages or the coloring page in black-and-white and have the children color them. 

Level 2: Cut vocabulary pages so words and pictures are separate.

For younger children: Cut in puzzle-like shapes so the pieces fit together easily. 

For older children: Cut straight for a more challenging match.

Level 3: Print the flash card pages. Cut out the cards and use them to play a matching memory game. Children take turns turning over two cards at a time, trying to find pairs with the same picture. All the cards start face down, so players must remember where pictures are to make matches. The goal is to find the most matching pairs by using your memory. Encourage them to say the English word when they get a match. 

For All Levels: Encourage reinforcement throughout the day: 
• Point out pictures of animals in the room and name them. 
• Take farm animal dance breaks. 
• Integrate vocabulary into other classroom activities.