Make learning fun with this interactive Feed the Horse classroom activity!
This engaging resource allows children to feed the horse using picture cards of foods that horses like. Simply attach the horse to a cereal box or sturdy cardboard box and create an opening in the horse’s mouth. Students can then choose a food card and feed it to the horse.
This activity is a great way to introduce and reinforce horse and farm vocabulary, while also encouraging children to identify foods that horses can eat.
How to use:
• Print the horse on cardstock for extra durability.
• Attach the horse to a cereal box or piece of sturdy cardboard.
• Cut out the opening in the horse’s mouth.
• Prepare the food picture cards.
• Students choose a food card and feed the horse by placing it through the mouth opening.
Learning benefits
This hands-on activity helps develop fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, vocabulary, listening skills, decision-making and turn-taking. It also gives young ESL learners a fun reason to practise simple language such as:
“The horse eats a carrot.”
“Feed the horse an apple.”
“I have a carrot.”
The activity can be used during a farm animals lesson, food lesson, speaking activity, vocabulary review, or as a fun classroom centre.
A particularly nice feature is that children aren’t simply completing a worksheet—they are physically interacting with the learning material, which makes the vocabulary much more memorable.

Credits & Copyright
© 2026 Sonyja Murphy. All rights reserved.
This educational resource was created by Sonyja Murphy.
Illustrations in this resource were created with the assistance of AI (ChatGPT by OpenAI) and have been edited and arranged as part of this original educational work.