Farm and Domestic Animals for Kids: Cows, Pigs, Sheep and Goats

Eight animals that live with people: the cat and the dog at home, and the cow, the pig, the sheep, the goat, the chicken and the horse on the farm. Domestic animals are species that people have tamed and bred over thousands of years for company, work, food, milk or wool.

The words are short and familiar, perfect for early readers. Chicken, goat and horse read backwards, and cat, cow and sheep run upward.

Domestic Animals Vocabulary: 8 Words to Find

Words run across, up and down; 6 of the 8 read backwards. The longest word is Chicken, with 7 letters.

Cat: A small domestic feline, one of the most popular pets in the world.
Chicken: A farm bird kept for its eggs and meat. There are more chickens on Earth than any other bird.
Cow: An adult female of cattle, raised for milk.
Dog: A domestic animal descended from wolves and the first animal ever tamed by people.
Goat: A hardy farm animal kept for milk, meat and fibers like mohair and cashmere.
Horse: A large hoofed animal ridden by people and once used to pull carts and plows.
Pig: A farm animal with a flat snout, among the most intelligent of all domestic animals.
Sheep: A farm animal kept for wool, milk and meat. A male is a ram and a female a ewe.

How to Solve the Domestic Animals Word Search

"Chicken" is the longest word and reads backwards; it has the only K. "Cow" has the only W and "dog" the only D. Three short words run upward: cat, cow and sheep.

Farm Animal Activities for Preschool

Make each animal's sound when you find its name.
Ask children what each farm animal gives us: milk, eggs, wool or help with work.
Sort the animals into pets and farm animals: which ones can be both?