Vocabulary
petting zoo
farm animals
goat
kid (baby goat)
sheep
lamb
pig
piglet
hen (mother chicken)
rooster (father chicken)
chick (baby chicken)
cow
calf
horse
colt (baby horse)
feed (noun)
feed trough
water dish
cage
pen
hay
straw
stroller
scared
take a picture
pet an animal
lick
nibble
handful
kneel
shy
baa (sheep sound, lamb sound)
oink (pig sound)
moo (cow sound)
whinny (horse sound)
quack (duck sound)
cluck (chicken sound)
peep (baby bird sound)
cheep (baby bird sound)
1. What animals do you see in the pen?
2. How many animals are there?
3. Are they adult animals, or baby animals?
4. Do these animals live in the wild, or on a farm?
5. What other kinds of animals might you see on a farm?
6. What sounds do these animals make?
7. What is on the floor of the pen?
8. Where is the animals’ water dish or feeding trough?
9. What is the mother doing with her children?
10. Is the mother standing or kneeling?
11. What is the older girl doing?
12. What does the older girl have in her hand?
13. What is the younger girl doing?
14. Do you see any children who are scared or shy?
15. Why do you think the little girl is scared?
16. What is her mother doing?
17. Why do you think the other little girl might be shy?
18. Which animal would you like to pet?
19. Which animal would lick your hand the most?
20. Which animal do you think likes to nibble feed from people’s hands?
Paragraph: A Visit to a Petting Zoo
Write a brief paragraph about what it would be like to visit a farm or petting zoo. What is it like to pet the baby animals? How would it be to feed them? Would any animal make you scared?