In preparation for a visit to a dairy farm, I read David
Bennett’s book, One Cow Moo Moo! After
the story, one of my students asked if we would be able to milk a cow on the
fieldtrip. Just in case we were
going to have that exciting opportunity, we came to the consensus that we had
better practice!! I got to work
right away and made a large paper cow and added a water filled opaque rubber glove
for the udders!! I also had a milk
bucket filled with numbers 0 to 100.
During our Open Center time,
small groups of students could visit the Milking Cow Center. How to play, you ask? Each student randomly pulls a number
from the milk bucket and gets to milk the cow that many times. He/she must count aloud correctly. It is great practice counting aloud
with a purpose and just darn fun to tug and squeeze those udders!!!
