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Talk About It: How Do Farmers Move Heavy Things?

Writer: Mystee Ipong
Mystee Ipong
7 days ago
2 min read

Updated: Oct 11

Illustration of hay, a bucket of water, rocks and pumpkins next to a tractor that pulls heavy loads

The big idea: Wheels and machines help farmers move things that are too heavy to carry.


A farm is full of heavy things: hay bales, buckets of water, bags of feed and big pumpkins. Farmers can't carry it all in their arms, so they use helpers. A wheelbarrow rolls a heavy load on one wheel. A tractor pulls a wagon full of hay. Rolling is much easier than dragging!


Questions to ask


  • "What is something too heavy for you to carry?"

  • "How could we move it without lifting it?"

  • "What on a farm has wheels?"

  • "Which is easier: pushing a box or rolling a wagon?"


Show it in one minute


Fill a laundry basket with books and let your child try to push it across the floor. Then put the same books in a wagon, a stroller or a toy truck and roll them. Which was easier? That's why farmers love wheels.


Illustration of a full basket to push and a cart on wheels to roll

Keep it going


Go on a wheel hunt around the house or the block and count every wheel you find. Then try this week's Farm Machine Match worksheet.


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