Areas of Learning: Knowledge and Understanding of the World
and Creative Development.
Context: Activities following a class visit to the farm exploring animals and their young.
Learning Intentions : To find out and identify some features of living things (KUW).
To choose colours and tools for a purpose (CD).
Success Criteria: I am know/can record and listen to sounds.
I know/can choose colours and tools to record my ideas.
I know/can record and listen to sounds.
Key Vocabulary : sound, record, stop, rewind, play, drag, drop, image, word bank, paint brush, palette, spray can, mouse, click.

You will need: tape recorder, digital camera.
At the farm, the children took pictures of the animals using a simple digital camera and used a small tape recorder to record the sounds that they made.

As a class, we downloaded the images and listened to the sounds. We matched sounds and pictures on screen and then added labels using a word bank.

Activity one:
You will need: simple paint program.
The children used different tools to draw an animal that they had seen at the farm.

Activity two:
You will need: black, grey, white sugar paper and wool, scissors, glue.
The children cut around the outline of the sheep and cut lengths of wool and glued them to the paper.

Activity one:
You will need: story tapes, headphones, tape recorder.
The children listened to farm stories and rhymes in the listening corner.

Activity two:
You will need: paint, paint brushes, assortment of paper.
The children painted pictures of animals and farm equipment that they had seen at the farm.

Thinking Questions: Which button did you press to record your sound?
Which button did you press to listen to your sound?
Which button did you press to take a picture?
What happens to your pictures when you have taken them?
Which tools did you use to draw your picture on the screen?