June is Dairy Month! Celebrate with these fun, hands-on
activities.
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.
Elementary
Activities
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!
Resources
on the Web
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.
Cabot
of Vermont: Tools for Schools - Check out this
series of educational programs that will inspire kids
of all ages to learn about agriculture, nutrition
and physical activity.
