June is Dairy Month!
Celebrate with these fun, hands-on activities.
Preschool-Kindergarten
Activities
Elementary Activities
Classroom-Cafeteria
Connections
Resources on the
Web
Preschool-Kindergarten
Activities
A
Dairy Day Treat -Taste several dairy foods
for a fun, "dairy-treat" day.
Five
Dairy Cows - Make finger puppets and participate
in a “Five Dairy Cows” finger play.
Mary
Margaret and Her Milk Blender Special - Participate
in a flannel board-type activity where students
listen to a story about a milk truck driver, Mary
Margaret.
Milk
Blender Special - Make Mary Margaret’s
Milk Blender Special from bananas, strawberries
and milk by following rebus-recipe instructions.
M-I-L-K-O
- Sing about Milk Group foods to the tune
of
B-I-N-G-O.
Milk
a Cow - Let students try their hand at milking
a classroom cow.
Milk
from Cow to You Teacher Guide - Learn how
milk gets from the farm to the table. Find classroom
activity ideas, teacher background information,
fun dairy and cow facts, blackline masters and
more.
Milk
from Cow to You Mini-Poster Handout - Full-color,
2-sided handout includes milk processing illustrations,
games, incredible cow facts, and a recipe. Use
in conjunction with the Milk from Cow to You Teacher
Guide activity.
Graphing
Favorite Dairy Foods - Poll the class and
display the results with bar graphs.
Thank
Goodness for Cows Mini-booklet Blackline Master
- This master from Sir
MIlkford and Lady Holly’s Milk Group activity
in the Little D’s Nutrition Expedition™
2nd grade program tells the story of dairy foods
from farm to table.
Moo-mory,
Miss Moo and MILK Bingo Snack Games - Teach
about healthy snacks with these cow-theme games
created by students for students.
Have
a Milk Mustache Photo Contest! - Turn students
into milk mustache stars!
Cafeteria-Classroom
Connections
Have
a How Many Cows? Promotion
Help students make the farm-to-school connection
and count the cows needed to supply them with
a month’s worth of milk.
Party
with a Cow (PDF) – Decorate the classroom
and the cafeteria with festive cow decorations
and let kids know that it’s cool to drink
milk. Find this and other ideas for partying with
a cow!
Virtual
Farm Tour - Experience life on the farm like
you've never seen it before. Video footage guides
you through each corner of the dairy.
Dairy
Farming Today - Get to know people behind
the dairy scene, find answers to dairy farm questions,
see how technology helps to protect natural resources
and learn how milk is tested for quality and safety.
