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Play is the most powerful way toddlers learn.

Every time you play, sing or read to toddlers they are learning about language.

By sharing this book and play activities with them they will have the opportunity to:

• Use books as a starting point for language experiences

• Learn about farm animals through stories and rhymes

• Become aware of parts of their body

We hope these activities will provide you with a starting point for fun play with babies.

Engaging with Language and Literacy

Turn the book corner into a Book Barn!• Provide a variety of fiction and non-fiction books about

farm animals for the children to look at.

• Toddlers love simple board books that they can “read” themselves.

• Display children’s artwork, pictures and posters of farm animals.

• Add some soft cushions and cuddly farm animal toys to make an inviting area that the children will want to read in.

Farm Animal Lift the Flap• Let the toddlers help you make a farm animal lift the

flap book for them to enjoy.

• Collect pictures of farm animals from calendars, books, cards or computer clipart.

• Stick one animal on each page.

• Cut a piece of coloured card large enough to cover the animal. Use sticky tape and stick down one side of the card to make a flap.

Hattie and the Foxby Mem Fox


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• Make up your own words to go with the book, eg,• “Who is hiding?”• “It’s cow!”• “Who is hiding?”• “It’s sheep!”

• Using simple words and repetitive phrases will give the children confidence to join in reading with you.

Enjoying Imaginative PlayFarm Animal Play

There are many ways you can incorporate farm animals into your play.

• Play dough cutters

• Puzzles

• Lotto and memory games

• Puppets

• Toy farm animals in the sand tray or block corner

• Sing songs about farms, eg, Baa, Baa, Black Sheep and Old MacDonald Had A Farm

• Providing children with these experiences will give them the opportunity to retell the story in their own way and practice new ideas and new vocabulary in a non-threatening situation.

Discovering Sensory PlayTissue Paper Collage• Draw an outline of each of the animals that are in the

book.

• Provide the toddlers with tissue paper and give them the opportunity to tear, scrunch and cut it.

• Refer to the illustrations in the book and talk to the children about what colour each animal should be.

• Working in small groups, let the children use their tissue paper to cover the animal.

• When the collages are finished display them in the room with speech bubbles and the words that the animals said in the story.

• Spend time with the children “reading” their artwork.


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Exploring Our WorldFarm Animal Hide and Seek• This game works best with a small group of children so

that everyone has the opportunity to find an animal.

• Hide some farm animals in an area of the outside environment. Take a small group of children out to find them.

• Help develop their vocabulary by giving directional clues, eg, “Look in the sandpit… behind the yellow bucket”.

Having Fun With Music and Movement

Finger plays and action rhymes:• Encourage verbal participation• Develop listening skills• Teach concepts such as numbers, sequence and

rhyme• Develop fine motor control• Broaden vocabulary• Increase attention span• Are lots of fun to share with toddlers!

You might like to try some of the following:

• Giddy Up

• This Little Piggy

• The Dingle Dangle Scarecrow

Play Animal Peek-A-Boo• Sing the song Peek-A-Boo while hiding a toy farm

animal under a small cloth.

• At the end of the song, lift the cloth and surprise the toddler with the animal.

• Encourage the children to lift up the cloth themselves.

• Talk about the animals name and make the animal sound.

• Let the toddler hold the toy while you hide the next animal.

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Other books to try:Oh Dear by Rod Campbell

Farm Babies by Rod Campbell

Farm 1 2 3 by Rod Campbell

Head To Toes : My First Body Book by Zita Newcome

Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes! And Other Action Rhymes by Zita Newcome

Baby Touch Playbook by Fiona Land

Eyes, Nose, Fingers, Toes by Judy Hindley

Barnyard Dance! by Sandra Boynton

Let’s Go Walking by Julie Vivas

Farm by Mary Novick

Does A Cow Say Boo? by Judy Hindley

Animal Hide-and-Seek by Jenny Taylor

Farm Animals by Nicola Tuxworth

Songs & Rhymes:Baa Baa Black SheepBaa baa black sheepHave you any woolYes sir yes sirThree bags fullOne for the masterOne for the dameAnd one for the little boyWho lives down the lane

Old MacDonald Had A FarmOld MacDonald had a farmE – i – e – i – oAnd on that farm he had a cowE – i – e – i – oWith a moo moo hereAnd a moo moo thereHere a mooThere a mooEverywhere a moo mooOld MacDonald had a farmE – i – e – i – o

Peek – A – Boo Hide a farm animal.

Peek – a – boo, Peek – a – booWho is hiding there?

Peek – a – boo, Peek – a – booIt’s (rooster etc) hiding there.

Show the animal as you sing the last line.

Heads Shoulders Knees and ToesHeads shoulders knees and toesKnees and toesHeads shoulders knees and toesKnees and toesEyes and ears and mouth and noseHeads shoulders knees and toesKnees and toes


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Giddy UpGiddy up giddy upGiddy up horseyGiddy up giddy upGo go goGiddy up giddy up Giddy up horseyGiddy up giddy upWhoa

This Little PiggyGently wiggle the baby’s toes while singing…

This little piggy went to market (big toe)This little piggy stayed home (second toe)This little piggy had roast beef (third toe)This little piggy had none (fourth toe)And…this little piggy cried wee, wee, wee all the way home (little toe)

As you sing “wee, wee, wee,” tickle the baby up their legs and tummy to their chin.

Hokey PokeyYou put your right hand inYou put your right hand outYou put your right hand inAnd you shake it all aboutYou do the hokey pokeyand you turn yourself aroundThat’s what it’s all about.

…left hand … right foot… left foot… head … whole self

Open, Shut ThemOpen, shut themOpen, shut themGive a little clap

Open, shut themOpen, shut themLay them in your lap

Creep them, creep themCreep them, creep themRight up to your chinOpen wide your little mouthBut do not let them in

Shake them, shake themShake them, shake themShake them just like this

Roll them, roll themRoll them, roll themBlow a little kiss

Dingle Dangle ScarecrowWhen all the cows were sleepingAnd the sun had gone to bedUp jumped the scarecrow And this is what he saidI’m a dingle, dangle scarecrowWith a flippy floppy hatI can shake my hands like thisAnd shake my feet like thatWhen all the hens were roostingAnd the moon behind the cloudUp jumped the scarecrow And shouted very loudChorus When the dogs were in the kennelsAnd the doves were in the loftUp jumped the scarecrow And whispered very softChorus

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