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Grades K–5 · 12 farm friends

Children's zoo

Meet the farm animals, hear what they say, learn gentle hands, and be a zookeeper for a day.

Before you pet

🧼 Wash your hands

  1. Wet your hands.
  2. Soap, and scrub for 20 seconds: sing the alphabet song.
  3. Rinse and dry.
  4. Do it after you touch animals, and before you eat.

🖐 Gentle hands

  1. Walk, do not run.
  2. Pet with a flat, soft hand on the back.
  3. Never touch faces, ears or tails.
  4. No food from home: animals have their own diets.
  5. Ask a grown-up or a keeper first.

Meet the animals

Goat

I love to climb! I nibble hay and leaves.

Pet my back, not my head or horns.

Grown-up facts →

Sheep

My woolly coat keeps me warm.

Feel my wool with a flat hand.

Grown-up facts →

Rabbit

I wiggle my nose and munch on hay.

Sit still and let me come to you.

Grown-up facts →

Chicken

I scratch for seeds and lay eggs.

Watch me; I do not like to be held.

Grown-up facts →

Duck

I splash and dabble in the pond.

Keep fingers away from my bill.

Grown-up facts →

Pony

I am a small horse with a shaggy mane.

Stand by my shoulder, never behind me.

Grown-up facts →

Alpaca

I hum softly. My fleece is soft.

Pet my neck gently.

Grown-up facts →

Guinea pig

I squeak "wheek" at snack time.

Use two hands, sitting on the floor.

Grown-up facts →

Donkey

Hee-haw! Look at my long ears.

Stroke my neck, slowly.

Grown-up facts →

Pig

I dig with my snout. I am very smart.

Let me sniff your hand first.

Grown-up facts →

Cow

I chew and chew and chew my cud.

Watch from the fence.

Grown-up facts →

Llama

I am taller than my cousin the alpaca.

Give me space; I like my personal bubble.

Grown-up facts →

The voices are our own server voices (Piper), not recordings of animals.

Be a zookeeper

Food
Water
Clean home
Brushed

Coloring page

Pick a color, then tap a part of the goat. Use the pencil to draw. Print it when you are done!

Watch and look

Live cams

Live cameras at zoos, sanctuaries and wild places. Tap to watch here, or open the provider page; all zoo cams.

Sheep Barn Cam at Farm Sanctuary powered by EXPLORE.org
Explore Farm Life · local time at the camera
Best viewing: Live now; most cams run around the clock. Animals are most active in early morning and late afternoon local time.
Live Goats Barn - 24/7/365- Connecticut
Syman Says Farms LIVE · local time at the camera
Best viewing: Live now; most cams run around the clock. Animals are most active in early morning and late afternoon local time.

Short films

Swipe, then tap to play. Captions are switched on where the maker provides them. Each film plays from its maker's channel.

Baby goats join the herd at the Oregon ZooOregon Zoo ↗
Adorable Baby Goats Frolic And PlayOregon Zoo ↗
Baby goats at Point Defiance Zoo & AquariumPoint Defiance Zoo & Aquarium ↗
Baby Goats visit playgroundZoo Atlanta ↗
Baby Goats at Taronga Zoo Sydney!Taronga Zoo Sydney ↗

Picture gallery

Tap a picture to enlarge it. Every picture is public domain or openly licensed, credited below, and kept on our own server.

H. Zell · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
Prosthetic Head · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Jakub Hałun · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Alexander Klink · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0
Dietmar Rabich · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dietmar Rabich · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dietmar Rabich · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dietmar Rabich · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Gzen92 · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Diego Delso · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
For classes

Lessons: The Nest: Watch one birdPreviewThe Nest: My Animal Field BookPreviewThe Domesticated Animal: Open the drawerPreview

Drawer: Zoo: Children's zoo

Quiz: Children's zoo quiz · 5 questions

Next door: Lamby: the K–2 gallery walk · Lamby: sheep and wool · Lamby: camels, llamas and alpacas

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