Bring the barnyard into the classroom with this 48-page unit all about baby sheep, cows, pigs, goats, chickens and ducks. Features complete written description and basic line art of each barnyard baby, including how they are raised, what their parents are called and which products they produce that we use everyday. Related listening and movement exercises are outlined. Contains plenty of reproducibles on perforated pages for easy removal. These include: Barnyard Baby Picture Cards, Flannel Board Patterns, Barnyard Baby Stick Puppets, and Barnyard Lotto, all with accompanying activities. Other reproducibles illustrate a topic, such as Watch the Duckling Grow, From the Farm to My House, Piglets in the Pig Sty, and Kids in the Meadow. There are three days" worth of learning activities presented for each of six favorite stories pertinent to the barnyard theme, including The Little Red Hen and Nattie Parsons" Good-luck Lamb. You"ll find fun and useful chants and rhymes, plus a colorful pull-out poster designed to enhance participation in the singing of Old MacDonald Had a Farm. Teaching suggestions provided. Step-by-step instructions guide you through every activity.