Objective

By the end of this lesson, the student will learn about dairy cows, their importance, and some fun facts about them.

Materials and Prep

• Coloring sheets of cows
• White paper and crayons
• Access to online videos or pictures of dairy cows

No prior knowledge is required for this lesson.

Activities

• Create a cow coloring sheet: Have the student color a cow picture using crayons.

Encourage the student to use different colors and be creative with their cow drawing.

• Watch a video about dairy cows: Show the student a short video about dairy cows and explain their importance.

Discuss how dairy cows provide us with milk and cheese.

• Make cow spots: Cut out small circles from white paper and let the student stick them on a black paper to create cow spots.

Explain that cows have spots on their skin just like the ones they are creating.

Talking Points

• Dairy cows are special animals that give us milk to drink.
  "Cows are like magical milk makers!"
• Cows are big and friendly animals that like to eat grass.
  "Cows love munching on yummy green grass!"
• Cows have big, gentle eyes and long tails that they use to swat flies.
  "Cows have long tails to shoo away pesky flies!"
• Did you know that cows say 'moo'? That's how they talk to each other!
  "When cows are happy, they say 'moo'!"