Good Morning, Farmers!
Have you ever wondered where milk comes from or where woolly sweaters start? Let’s take a trip to the farm! Farm animals are special because they have a job to do, and they help people every day.

The Star of the Barn: The Cow
Cows are very social animals and they make best friends! Studies show that when a cow is with its best cow friend, their heart rates go down because they are less stressed.

• Job: Cows give us milk, which we use to make cheese, yogurt, and ice cream!
• Sound: Mooooo! Did you know a cow’s moo has an accent? Just like people from different places sound different, cows in different regions have slightly different moos!

Meet the Rest of the Crew:

• The Chicken: They are the great-great-great (and many more greats) grandchildren of the T-Rex! It’s hard to believe, but chickens are the closest living relatives to the massive T-Rex.
  • Job: They lay the eggs we eat for breakfast.
• The Sheep: Sheep have rectangular pupils! This gives them a wide field of vision so they can watch for predators while they graze without having to move their heads.
  • Job: They grow a thick coat of wool, which we shear (cut off) and spin into yarn for clothes.
• The Pig: Pigs are actually one of the cleanest animals on the farm. If given enough space, they will not go to the bathroom anywhere near where they eat or sleep. They only roll in mud to stay cool since they don’t sweat!

Interactive Activity: “Who Says?”
Match the sound to the farm animal:

1. Neigh! (Horse)
2. Baa! (Sheep)
3. Oink! (Pig)
4. Cluck! (Chicken)

The Gentle Souls Who Feed Us

Wake up. The rooster is calling.

Outside, the world is soft and misty. A cow lowes gently to her calf. A hen clucks, scratching the dirt, showing her babies where to find breakfast. The barn smells like hay and warm milk and home.

Farm animals aren’t wild. They chose us, long ago—or maybe we chose each other. They gave us their trust, their milk, their wool, their eggs. In return, we gave them safety, shelter, and a gentle hand.

The Cow Who Loves Her Best Friend

Did you know cows have best friends?

Scientists studied a barn full of cows. They put some cows alone in a field, and the cows’ hearts beat fast—they were nervous. But when they put a cow in a field with her best friend—the one she always groomed, always rested beside—her heart slowed down. She was calm. She was happy.

Cows remember faces. They remember kindness. They remember the little girl who brought them an extra apple, the boy who spoke to them in a soft voice.

When a cow moos, she might be saying: Hello there. I remember you.

The Pig Who Loves Clean

People say pigs are dirty. But pigs are actually very, very clean—if you give them a chance.

A pig will never go to the bathroom where she sleeps. She picks one special spot, far from her bed, and uses only that. She’s tidier than most humans!

When she rolls in mud, it’s not because she’s messy. It’s because she has no sweat glands. The mud is her sunscreen, her air conditioning, her lotion. It keeps her cool and protects her skin.

Under all that mud? A creature as smart as a dog, as playful as a puppy, who loves belly rubs and falls asleep snoring when you scratch behind her ears.

The Sheep Who Gives Her Coat

Imagine wearing your heaviest winter sweater… all year long. That’s what it’s like to be a sheep.

Their wool grows and grows and never stops. In summer, they get so hot and uncomfortable. That’s why shearing day is the best day—when the farmer gently cuts away all that heavy wool, and the sheep runs free, light as air, bouncing with joy.

She gives us her wool not because she has to, but because we take care of her. And when winter comes again, she’ll have grown a new coat—warm and soft, waiting for spring.

A Gentle Truth

Farm animals trust us. They look at us with those big, soft eyes, and they believe we will be kind. When you eat eggs, when you wear wool socks, when you drink warm milk—remember who gave them to you. Say a little thank you in your heart. They’d like that.