Bring the excitement of the farm and the buzz of the market into your classroom with our Farm & Farmer’s Market PLAY PACK – a hands-on resource designed to inspire imaginative learning through meaningful play. Perfect for early years learners, this pack is loaded with engaging tasks, themed printables and real-world role-play opportunities.

Check out the video below for a quick overview of what’s included in this rich dramatic play experience.

This resource provides everything you need to create a vibrant classroom farm and farmer’s market. From tracking egg counts to preparing market specials, students will take on roles as farmers, gardeners, shopkeepers and customers. Whether they’re tending animals or organising the veggie stand, your students will develop essential social, literacy and numeracy skills through purposeful play.

Designed to integrate seamlessly into cross-curricular learning, the Farm & Farmer’s Market PLAY PACK includes opportunities for writing, counting, graphing, sorting, oral language, and collaboration. With editable options and display pieces included, this pack is as practical as it is fun!

Key Learning Outcomes

• ✅ Develop oral language and social skills through collaborative play
• ✅ Practise early literacy with writing templates and vocabulary cards
• ✅ Explore numeracy through counting, ordering, pricing and tracking
• ✅ Strengthen fine motor skills through hands-on interaction with props and templates

What’s Included

1. Posters to set the scene
2. Bunting to decorate the space
3. Labels for stations, produce, and supplies
4. Word Wall Cards and a Vocabulary Desk Mat
5. Role Play Necklaces for farmers, sellers, and buyers
6. Animal and Crop Report Templates
7. How Many Eggs Tracker
8. Seed Packets for planting and sorting activities
9. Farm Chores Checklist for task management
10. Farmer’s Market Price List and Today’s Special Cards
11. Shopping List Templates and Receipt Templates

Materials Needed

• Printed and laminated components from the play pack
• Scissors, crayons, pencils and glue
• Classroom props such as plastic produce, baskets, clipboards, or egg cartons
• Optional: costume items like hats or aprons for role play

How to Use

1. Set up a dramatic play corner using the posters, bunting and labels
2. Assign student roles using the Role Play Necklaces
3. Introduce play-based tasks such as collecting eggs, writing crop reports, or taking customer orders
4. Use templates during writing rotations to consolidate literacy skills
5. Encourage students to take turns managing the farm and operating the market

Ideas for Classroom Use

• 💡 Use as a week-long thematic unit with daily tasks
• 💡 Include in your rotation stations for independent or guided groups
• 💡 Set up a class produce shop and use real-world maths problems to price items
• 💡 Pair with books about farming or food systems to enhance literacy links

Top Teacher Tips

• 💛 Laminate the most-used components for durability and reuse
• 💛 Create a class mural or vegetable patch with your students using the pack’s resources
• 💛 Use real seed packets, cartons or trays to make the experience even more authentic

See the farm come to life below.

Check out our vegetable garden below.

Check out some farm inspiration below.

Check out our chicken coop below.

Farm & Farmer’s Market PLAY PACK is a classroom favourite for building foundational skills through role play, exploration and creativity – all while having a whole lot of farmyard fun!