Ag is Essential!

Agriculture is all around us – providing food to eat, clothes to wear and so much more! McLean County (IL) teachers can request Ag is Essential activity kits for their classroom: Click here

Reading Materials

• Ag Today – Agriculture is Everywhere!

Learning Ag-tivities:

• PK – 2nd grade
  • Barn Book “Zine” (PK-1st grade)
  • Farm to Table Coloring Page (11 x17″)
  • Farm Web
  • Farm to Cart Game
• 3rd – 5th grade
  • Barn Book “Zine” (2nd-3rd grade)
  • Plot-A-Lot
  • Ag is Everywhere Word Scramble
  • Futures Farming
• 6th – 12th Grade
  • Ag Production Regions of the U.S.
  • Crop Swap: Rotating Crops for Sustainability
  • Illinois Agricultural Commodities Income
• Find more General Agriculture lessons here!

Books to Read – set up a FREE account on openlibrary.org to read these online books for FREE! Or contact us to check out hard copies of these or similar books.

• Farming by Gail Gibbons
• How Did That Get in My Lunchbox? by Christine Butterworth

Farming Videos