Dairy Ag Activities

June is Dairy Month!
Celebrate with these fun, hands-on activities.

Preschool-Kindergarten Activities

Elementary Activities

Classroom-Cafeteria Connections

Resources on the Web

A Dairy Day Treat -Taste several dairy foods for a fun, "dairy-treat" day.

Five Dairy Cows - Make finger puppets and participate in a “Five Dairy Cows” finger play.

Mary Margaret and Her Milk Blender Special - Participate in a flannel board-type activity where students listen to a story about a milk truck driver, Mary Margaret.

Milk Blender Special - Make Mary Margaret’s Milk Blender Special from bananas, strawberries and milk by following rebus-recipe instructions.

M-I-L-K-O - Sing about Milk Group foods to the tune of
B-I-N-G-O.

Milk a Cow - Let students try their hand at milking a classroom cow.

Milk from Cow to You Teacher Guide - Learn how milk gets from the farm to the table. Find classroom activity ideas, teacher background information, fun dairy and cow facts, blackline masters and more.

Milk from Cow to You Mini-Poster Handout - Full-color, 2-sided handout includes milk processing illustrations, games, incredible cow facts, and a recipe. Use in conjunction with the Milk from Cow to You Teacher Guide activity.

Graphing Favorite Dairy Foods - Poll the class and display the results with bar graphs.

Thank Goodness for Cows Mini-booklet Blackline Master - This master from Sir MIlkford and Lady Holly’s Milk Group activity in the Little D’s Nutrition Expedition™ 2nd grade program tells the story of dairy foods from farm to table.

Moo-mory, Miss Moo and MILK Bingo Snack Games - Teach about healthy snacks with these cow-theme games created by students for students.

Have a Milk Mustache Photo Contest! - Turn students into milk mustache stars!

Have a How Many Cows? Promotion
Help students make the farm-to-school connection and count the cows needed to supply them with a month’s worth of milk.

Party with a Cow (PDF) – Decorate the classroom and the cafeteria with festive cow decorations and let kids know that it’s cool to drink milk. Find this and other ideas for partying with a cow!

Virtual Farm Tour - Experience life on the farm like you've never seen it before. Video footage guides you through each corner of the dairy.

Dairy Farming Today - Get to know people behind the dairy scene, find answers to dairy farm questions, see how technology helps to protect natural resources and learn how milk is tested for quality and safety.

Cabot of Vermont: Tools for Schools - Check out this series of educational programs that will inspire kids of all ages to learn about agriculture, nutrition and physical activity.