Farming

Elijah finished up his last 2 months of 1st grade doing a farm unit. It was great!! And he learned so much!!! I hope I can explain it well enough for you to understand....Each child was given the same lot of land and same amount of money. They used a grid on their farm to help calculate what animals they could have and how many. For example, a cow would need 4 squares, a pig maybe just 2, a goat 1, etc. They had to multiply if they wanted more than one of any animal. Also, what would they grow and how much? He had to a lot land for that too. They also had to a lot land for their home and a barn. He had to keep a budget to feed his animals that he bought and to buy the seed he needed for what he would grow. They kept a book that journaled what they bought, how their land was doing, how their animals were doing, what was growing, basically everything that goes into operating a farm. As they acquired things, they had to cut it out and put it on thier farm. They had to be careful of the spacing to be sure that everything had the land that it needed. He learned about each animal and how to care for it. In the picture above, Elijah is holding his completed farm. He is very proud of it and managed to fill up every bit of his land and keep a detailed journal. It was really fun reading it and studying his farm. It is now hanging on the refridgerator and Elijah is teaching his sisters all about it. In a couple weeks, after the fun of that is over, he'll go have fun destroying it with the magnifying glass. I've got a picture, I'm not planning on keeping it forever!