Bell Barn Educational Program Resources
Get the most out of Bell Barn’s programs with resources for teachers.
Kindergarten Resources
Educational focus: Plants
Kids' Games, Animals, Photos, Stories: National Geographic’s amazing interactive website about animals from around the world.
Farm Animals Beginning Readers Books: A wealth of farm-themed activity books that can be printed and coloured.
Bétail/Livestock Book: French version of the livestock printable book.
SparkleBox | Where does wool come from?: Posters that show the sequence of where wool comes from and the original process of making woollen yarn.
SparkleBox | Farm Animals: Vocabulary flashcards, animal photographs, classroom signs, theme banners and more.
Down On The Farm - Theme Unit - Lessons, printables, and much more!: Amazing amount of farm-related themed picture books, resources and links to free printables.
Grade 1
Educational focus: Plants
Plants & Teaching Resources: Vocabulary flashcards, the life cycle of plants posters, photographs, colouring sheets, activity ideas and more.
Jack and the Beanstalk: Supporting resources for Jack and the Beanstalk—visual aids for retelling the story, sequencing story pictures and prompts, alliteration speech bubble activity sheets and more.
Jack and the Beanstalk Lesson Plan Printable Activities, Coloring Pages for Preschool: BBC online animated retelling of the fairytale plus other relevant links to support science.
Plants - EnchantedLearning.com: A wide range of seed, plant and flower-themed printable books, activity ideas, quizzes and colouring sheets.
Flowers at EnchantedLearning.com: Art and crafts ideas for flowers, activity sheets and a sheet of the names of flowers in French.
Grade 2
Educational focus: Our Local Community, Then and Now
Welcome to Indian Head, Saskatchewan - Beautiful Historic Indian Head: Official link to the Town of Indian Head, Saskatchewan that contains information about the town and its amenities, schools, town activities, photographs of the town, and street map.
Playground Map: This is a lesson idea that will help develop mapping skills and a sense of direction.
Grade 3
Educational focus: Structures and Materials
Crafts: Houses and Other Dwellings: Links for instructions to construct a barn, silo, tipi, house and other dwellings.
House Making Crafts for Kids: Craft construction ideas and many useful links.
Grade 4
Educational focus: The Development of Communication
YouTube - Alexander Graham Bell Museum, Nova Scotia, Canada: Short video of the Alexander Graham Bell Museum, Baddeck, Nova Scotia.
Historical Timeline of Canadian Telecommunications Achievements PDF
Mr. Collinson's Grade 4 Science - Light and Sound: Twenty-four lessons, student worksheets and answers that support a topic of sound and light.
Learn about the Ear | ScienceWithMe.com: Student-friendly site which is free to join and can be used both in school and at home to research information.
CanTeach: Science: Physical Science - Make a Sound Viewer: Clear instructions to demonstrate vibrations of sound.
Hearing and Sound | Asset | wonderville: Student activity hearing test to determine the direction of a sound.
Grade 5
Educational focus: History Through Photographs and Objects
Walk Through Time - BBC Education History - Age 7-9: Homework activity to promote discovering about the past through oral history.
Archaeology for Kids: All your students have ever wanted to know about archeology and more!
Maps from the Atlas of Saskatchewan: 1969 and 1999 Celebrating the Millennium Editions: This web page provides historical maps and information showing cultural settlements in early Saskatchewan.
Grade 6
Educational focus: Location and Grid
Brief summaries of early explorers of Canada, including maps of their explorations - an Enchanted Learning web page.
Canada Map Puzzle: Drag and click activities, correctly placing the provinces and capitals.