Farm

Sponsored by Seeds of Change

Many children do not understand about nor have a connection to the source of the food they consume each day. The orchards and farms in Orange County have dwindled just as family farms in America have been consolidated into food conglomerates. Additionally, recent technologies have changed the way children play and even how families dine. Play activity has moved from playgrounds to indoors and families spend more time dining out or using prepared foods.

Our Pretend City Farm allows children to reconnect with nature and to see how food is grown, harvested and prepared for family meals. Children get a direct experience with the origin of the foods they eat. As Pretend City farmers, children can harvest crops and observe the life cycle of a chicken while watching chickens grow and hatch in the incubator. They can even pick oranges and deliver them to market!

The following are some of the activities which will support brain developing connections and California State Educational Content Standards that are addressed at the Farm.

When I sort fruits & vegetables, my brain makes learning connections to:

Activity Meets Content Standard #:

notice details, likeness, differences and to form categories; essential reading and math skills

Mathematics:
K1.0, K1.1, K1.2, K2.0
1-2.0, 1-2.1,1-1.0
2-2.1, 2-1.3, 2-2.0
3-2.0
Life Sciences:
K2a, K2b, K2c
1-2b,1-2e
2-2e

use concepts of color, size and shape

Mathematics:
K1.1, K1.2, K2.0
1-2.0, 1-2.2, 1-1.1
2-2.1
3-2.2, 3-2.5
Visual Arts:
PK1.2
1-2.2
3-2.2

understand the relationships between numbers (more, less, big, little)

Mathematics:
K1.0, K1.1, K1.3
1-1.3, 1-1.4,1-2.3, 1-1.2
2 1.1, 2-1.2

develop and evaluate events using inferences and predictions based on data ( logical reasoning)

Mathematics:
K2.0, K2.1
1-3.1, 1-2.0, 1-2.1, 1-2.1
2-1.0, 2-1.4, 2-2.0, 2-2.1, 2-2.2, 2-1.2
3-1.0, 3-1.1, 3-1.2, 3-2.3

understand patterns and how they are related (organizational skills)

Mathematics:
K2.0, K2.1
1-1.0, 1-1.1
2-1.0, 2-1.1
3-3.2

When I participate in pretend planting activities with farm crops, my brain makes learning connections to:

Activity Meets Content Standard #:

notice details, likeness, differences and to form categories; essential math skills

Mathematics:
K1.0, K1.1, K1.2, K2.0
1- 2.0, 1-2.1, 1-1.0
2- 2.1, 2-1.3, 2-2.0
3- 2.0
Life Sciences:
K2a, K2b, K2c,
1-2b,1-2e
2-2e

use the concepts of color, size and shape

Mathematics:
K1.1, K1.2, K2.0
1- 2.0, 1- 2.2, 1-1.1
2- 2.1
3- 2.2, 3-2.5
Visual Arts:
PK1.2
1-2.2
3-2.2

understand the relationships between numbers (more,less, big, little)

Mathematics:
K1.0, K1.1, K1.3
1-1.3, 1-1.4,1-2.3, 1-1.2
2-1.1, 2-1.2

develop and evaluate events using inferences and predictions based on data (logical reasoning)

Mathematics:
K2.0, K2.1
1-3.1, 1-2.0, 1- 2.1,1- 2.1
2-1.0, 2-1.4, 2-2.0, 2-2.1, 2-2.2, 2-1.2
3-1.0, 3-1.1, 3-1.2, 3-2.3

understand patterns and, how they are related (organizational skills)

Mathematics:
K2.0, K2.1
1-1.0, 1-1.1
2-1.0, 2-1.1
3-3.2

When I care for baby chickens, butterflies or silk worms on the Farm, my brain makes learning connections to:

Activity Meets Content Standard #:

notice details, likeness, differences to form categories

Mathematics:
K1.0, K1.1, K1.2, K2.0
1-2.0, 1-2.1, 1-1.0
2-2.1, 2-1.3, 2-2.0
3-2.0
Life Sciences:
K2a, K2b, K2c
1-2b,1-2e
2-2e

observe the life cycle of animals

Life Sciences:
K2a, K2b, K2c
1-2a, 1-2b, 1-2c, 1-2d, 1-2e
2-2a, 2-2b, 2.2c
3-3a, 3-3b, 3-3c, 3-3d

develop and evaluate events using inferences and predictions based on data (logical reasoning)

Mathematics:
K2.0, K2.1,
1-3.1, 1-2.0, 1- 2.1, 1-2.1
2-1.0, 2-1.4, 2-2.0, 2-2.1, 2-2.2, 2-1.2
3-1.0, 3-1.1, 3-1.2, 3-2.3

observe and understand the various patterns of crops and how they are related (organizational skills)

Mathematics:
K2.0, K2.1
1-1.0,1-1.1
2-1.0, 2-1.1
3- 3.2

practice empathy, sympathy, and caring for living organisms

Life Sciences:
K2a, K2b, K2c
1-2a, 1-2b, 1-2c,1-2d, 1-2e
2-2a, 2-2b, 2.2c
3-3a, 3-3b, 3-3c, 3-3d

Health

recognize the interrelationships of all living things

Life Sciences:
K2a, K2b, K2c
1-2a, 1-2b, 1-2c, 1-2d, 1-2e
2-2a, 2-2b, 2.2c
3-3a, 3-3b, 3-3c, 3-3d