Sleep Tight Farm Educator’s Guide

Accompanies the 2017 Book of the Year, Sleep Tight Farm.

This educator guide for K – 2 offers teachers and volunteer educators 6 lessons exploring where food comes from, winter on the farm, how farmers care for the land and animals, safe food preparation and more!

These lesson plans are great for teachers and volunteers who want to engage students with hands-on activities. Lessons support academic learning standards. 

Sleep Tight Farm Book

Winner of the 2017 Book of the Year Award!

Sleep Tight Farm introduces young readers to real life on a small farm while taking you on one family's journey as they prepare their farm for winter. You will love the beautiful illustrations as you uncover the countless ways that farmers care for animals and the land. 

Seed Soil Sun Educator’s Guide

Subject matter focused, agriculturally themed-national learning standards aligned lessons and activities which use the book, Seed. Soil. Sun. to teach reading, math, science, social science,health and nutrition to the 1st-3rd grade classroom.
Perfectly accompanies the Seed. Soil. Sun. Book and The Plant Parts We Eat poster.
Great resource for classroom visit or thematic unit related to agriculture and nutrition.

Seed Soil Sun Educator’s Bundle With Book

Book:

In this clearly written and beautifully photographed book, author Cris Peterson the miraculous process by which air and water combine with seed, soil and sun to create nearly all the food we eat.  
Target Reading Level: Ages 4-8 and Grades 1st – 3rd  
Winner of the AFBFA’s “Book of the Year” Award. 

Educator's Guide:

Subject matter focused. Agriculturally themed lesson plans meet National Learning Standards and teach reading, math, science, social science, health, and nutrition. 
Great resource for classroom visits or thematic unit related to agriculture and nutrition.

Poster: 

Full color pictures, proper names, descriptions, and classifications of vegetables. 
Great resource for classrooms and cafeterias. 

Seed Soil Sun Educator’s Bundle

Includes the Educator's Guide - subject matter focused, agriculturally themed-national learning standards aligned lessons and activities which use the book Seed. Soil. Sun. to teach reading, math, science, social science, health and nutrition to the 1st-3rd grade classroom. Includes the The Plant Parts We Eat poster with full color pictures and proper names and descriptions and classifications of vegetables. Great resource for classroom visit or thematic unit related to agriculture and nutrition

Seed Soil Sun Companion Poster - The Plant Parts We Eat

Perfectly accompanies the Seed. Soil. Sun. Educator's Guide and Book. The Plant Parts We Eat Poster is a great resource for the 1st-3rd grade classroom visit or thematic unit related to agriculture and nutrition, includes full color pictures, proper names, descriptions, and classifications of foods.

Seed Soil Sun Book

Winner of the AFBFA's "Book of the Year" Award.

In this clearly written and beautifully photographed book, author Cris Peterson writes about the miraculous process by which air and water combine with seed, soil and sun to create nearly all the food we eat.  

Maple Syrup From The Sugarhouse

Maple syrup season is here! Kelsey and her father begin harvesting sap from sugar maple trees. Family and friends join them to help in the process of turning the sap into maple syrup.

How Did That Get In My Lunchbox? Companion Poster - My Food Connection

Two sided poster introduces students to healthy food options. Side 1 tells the stories of farmers and ranchers who grow their food. Side 2 introduces healthy portion sizes.

Perfect companion to the How Did That Get In My Lunchbox? book and educator's guide.

How Did That Get In My Lunchbox? Book

In this clearly written and beautifully illustrated book, author Chris Butterworth takes a clear, engaging look at the steps involved in producing some common foods.  Healthy tips and a peek at basic food groups complete the menu.  Previous winner of the AFBFA'S "Book of the Year" Award. Accompanies the How did That Get into my Lunchbox? -Educator's Guide and the My Food Connections classroom or cafeteria poster. 

How Did That Get In My Lunchbox? Educator’s Guide

Test piloted and aligned to the National Learning Standards for Early Elementary Classrooms this educator's guide and its activities and resources accompanies the AFBFA "Book of the Year" How Did That Get In My Lunchbox?

Accompanies the How Did That Get In My Lunchbox? Book  and the My Food Connections classroom or cafeteria poster.

First Peas to the Table Educator’s Guide

This Educator’s guide for grades 2-4 is the perfect companion to "First Peas to the Table."  The educator guide includes:

Six lessons aligned to common core standards addressing science, history, math, and language arts.
Information on how to run a First Peas to the Table Contest
Information on modern pea farming to share and contrast with historical information       

First Peas to the Table

Winner of the 2016 Ag Foundation Book of the Year award!
This book is a wonderful way to introduce students to school gardens, the scientific method, and a bit of history of agriculture in the United States. 
This story follows Thomas Jefferson's Monticello garden and race to harvest their peas first and mirrors it in a school setting. 

Beef Cattle in the Story of Agriculture

This book is the perfect resource for introducing 3-5th grade students to beef cattle and its five basic stages: production, processing, distribution, marketing and consumerism. 
Includes vocabulary, fun facts, and an extra activity!

Applesauce Day

Maria and her family visit an apple orchard and pick apples. Then it's time to turn the apples into applesauce! Every year they use the special pot that has been in the family for generations to make applesauce. First they wash the apples. Then Grandma cuts them into quarters. Follow each step in the process as everyone helps to make delicious applesauce! This book is hardcover and perfect for Pre-K through K students.

John Deere That’s Who! Educator Guide

This ed guide accompanies the book “John Deere That’s Who!” and contains 6 activities. Grades K-2. All lessons are aligned to National Learning Standards, Common Core and the Pillars of Agricultural Literacy.
 

John Deere Bundle with Book

This bundle comes with 1 copy of John Deere, That’s Who!, 1 copy of the Educator guide and 1 set of 30 Ag Innovations Ag Mags.

Book:
John Deere, That’s Who! Is the winner of the 2018 Book of the  Year Award. This hard cover book explores the life of John Deere and his invention of the steel plow. The charming book is perfect for 5-8 year old readers to enjoy and learn about one of agriculture’s biggest names.

Educator Guide:
This ed guide accompanies the book “John Deere That’s Who!” and contains 6 activities. Grades K-2. All lessons are aligned to National Learning Standards, Common Core and the Pillars of Agricultural Literacy.

Ag Innovations Ag Mag:
This nonfiction text reader is best for grades 3-5. Each set comes in a classroom pack of 30 ag mags. Discover exciting improvements throughout American agricultural history and innovations leading change today in this newsprint style reader.

Goodnight Tractor

This soft cover book filled with colorful illustrations contains an adorable rhyming bedtime story that follows a little boy’s imagination as he says goodnight to his favorite things around the farm.

Time for Cranberries Book

From the cranberry bog to the Thanksgiving table, join Sam and his family as they harvest a classic American fruit. When the vines hang heavy with berries that the autumn winds have turned deep red, it's time for cranberries, and Sam is finally old enough to help with the harvest! This charming, lyrical picture book follows Sam and his family as they raise the water in the bog, pick the cranberries, and gather the fruit for processing. It's a story of modern family farming in action, showing readers where their food comes from but mostly delighting them along the way.

I Met A Rancher Today Sticker

Each sticker is on perforated paper. Giveaways at conferences, career shows, classrooms, farm fests and fairs. Kids love them!