Join the American Farm bureau Foundation for Agriculture and encourage your local schools to Read with Farmer on Friday, September 6! Honor National Read a Book Day and invite the folks who proudly grow our world’s food, fiber, and fuel to sit down with your students and read a book about agriculture. Suggested books and activities:
- Right This Very Minute – a farm-to-table book about food and farming
- Matching Game Lesson Plan – an activity to match agricultural products to their source!
- My Little Ag Me Career – a game on My American Farm to discover who you could be in agriculture?
- John Deere, That’s Who! – a picture book on the invention of the steel plow. Pair the book with the John Deere Lesson Plan!
- Ag Innovations Lesson Plan – an activity to compare the “then” and “now” of farming procedures!
- Equipment Engineer – a game on My American Farm to complete agricultural tasks with the right equipment
- First Peas to the Table – a book on a girl’s race to harvest her school garden’s peas
- Modern Pea Farmer Lesson Plan – an activity to learn more about the practices of modern farming
- How Did That Get in My Lunchbox? – a picture book on the steps involved in producing some common foods
- Pack a Lunch Lesson Plan – an activity to learn about healthy choices and balanced meals
- Load the Lunchbox – a game on My American Farm to help Farmer Luis harvest nutritious food for the kids’ lunches! (appropriate for early care!)
- Seed Soil Sun – a book on the relationships between air, water, sun, and seed (appropriate for early care!)
- Garden in a Glove Lesson Plan – an activity to teach students about seed germination
- The Soil We Grow In Lesson Plan – an activity to appreciate the complexity of the earth’s soil
- Thrive – a game on My American Farm to gather the tools and information necessary to help the farm thrive!
- The Beeman – a picture book on honeybees and the art of beekeeping (appropriate for early care!)
- Bee Vocabulary Lesson Plan – a vocabulary activity to introduce the terminology of bees
- The Buzz – a game on My American Farm to discover the insects of Pollinatorville!
