Chef Combo®

Five Dairy Cows

Farm

Nutrition Activities

Grade Level: Pre-k / K
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Synopsis:
Students make finger puppets and participate in a finger play.

Activity Objectives:
Students will be able to:

• Color, cut and assemble one "dairy cow" and "dairy product" finger puppet.
• Listen and observe the teacher do a "Five Dairy Cows Finger Play," then participate, using finger puppets they made.

Material and Advance Prep:

• Prepare a full set of Finger Puppets for yourself using the patterns (color, cut and glue or tape tabs). One hand will have five dairy cows. The other will have cheese, pudding, cottage cheese/butter/whipping cream, yogurt and ice cream.
• Crayons or markers for students to use.
• Duplicate enough copies of the finger puppets so each student has one cow and one dairy food puppet. Make sure different students have different foods.
• Review the "Five Dairy Cows" PDF finger play.
• Optional: Food Matters Family Newsletter (1 per student).

What to Do:

1. Place all of the cow finger puppets on one hand and five different dairy food puppet on the other hand.
2. Tell the students they're going to meet five special friends, and these friends want boys and girls to grow up to be strong and healthy.
3. Do the "Five Dairy Cows" finger play.
4. Give each child two finger puppet patterns - one cow and one dairy food - to color and cut. Help children identify their dairy product puppet. When they are done, help children assemble the finger puppets.
5. Repeat the finger play. This time, have students "pop up" their finger puppets at the appropriate time as you read the play.
6. Collect the finger puppets to use with the activity, A Dairy Treat Day.
7. Optional: Send home a copy of the Food Matters Family Newsletter with each child.

Reviews

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Title: great idea
Submitted by: Alana

A fun and educational way to teach children about dairy foods and nutrition. Missing link to cow puppets.

Title: Absolutely wonderful!
Submitted by: Susan from Provo

I searched high & low to find just the right addition to my unit on "taste". I got a bonus with this lesson about dairy products and nutrition. Thank you. Everything was easy to read, use and implement.

Title: innovative!
Submitted by: Anonymous

fun way to teach about the dairy product.

Title: Farming
Submitted by: Anonymous

Farming is a tought business and it's a fun job.

Title: Nutrition CLIP
Submitted by: Anonymous

I loved it!