Sheep

We have so many stories about sheep, don't we? Like, "Sheep in a Jeep" or "Amos' Sweater."  What other stories can you find with sheep in them? 

Farmers keep sheep for the wool and the meat (mutton, lamb chops.)

The sheep need to be sheared once a year, after the winter weather has finished.  This wool is cleaned, carded, and pulled into strands of yarn.  The yarn is spun, then woven.  Farmers try to get high quality wool, so they have competitions at the Fair.

When someone wants to purchase wool, they want to get a high quality with the features they need to create their knits.

Here is a lady who was working at the Farm Fair in Edmonton and she is demonstrating the art of spinning. Look for these things: the pedal to make the wheel go around, the bobbin to hold the spun yarn, the raw wool before it is spun, and the combing lap mat.  Do you see the samples on wool on the counter for her to choose from?

In some Fairy Tales, they mention a spinning wheel.  The most famous spinning wheel story is "S_________ B________."

A father is called a ram, a mother is a ewe, and the baby is a lamb. 

A group of sheep is called a flock.

When you study the pictures of the following sheep, try to figure out which sheep are the males?  What shape are their faces?   What direction do the ears go?  What type of hoofs do they have?  What food do they eat? Can you find the newly sheared sheep? Can you see if sheep have a tail?

At the Farm Fair, they showed this amazing sheep, a "Viking Sheep"!  Can you see all of its horns?

I love the Nursery Rhymes that have sheep in them.  Here are some old favourites:

Baa, Baa Black Sheep

Little Bo-Peep

Mary Had a Little Lamb

Can you think of any more?