Our Animal Friends at Maple Hill Farm by Alice and Martin Provensen These get pulled out of the bookshelves often to be read all throughout the year! Here’s a few of our absolute favorite farm-themed children’s books. Our Favorite Children’s Books about Farms and Farm Animals It was a great opportunity to introduce Lucy to adjectives through play! Then we would give each other clues using describing words to help the other person guess which animal was hiding. We would take turns hiding a farm animal behind the barn door. Lucy (my 5 year old) and I played the game a bit differently. Using the Farm Animal Printable with Older Children We’d take turns changing the animal after each verse. And on his farm he had a _.” When we came to the part where you name the animal, we’d open the flap and discover which one was hidden inside and then add it to our song. Together we’d start singing the song, “Old MacDonald had a farm. First, one of us would hide one animal behind the door. It was also fun using the activity to sing Old MacDonald Had a Farm. Using the Printable with Old MacDonald Had a Farm Theo just loved taking turns hiding the different animals behind the door! We’d take turns hiding an animal and playing peek-a-boo to discover what it was. After we were done exploring the animals and barn, I cut out a little peek-a-boo flap from red construction paper, placed it over the black window on the printable, and taped it down only along the bottom edge (allowing it to open and close from the top). ![]() We’d talk about the animal and say it’s sound. Theo and I first took turns placing one animal inside the barn window. Once you’ve printed out both sheets, circle cut around the farm animals. To set up the activity, you’ll first need to print out one farmhouse (in color or in black & white) and one sheet of farm animals (in color or in black & white). ![]() To build on his interest, I created a simple farm animals activity that we both can do together! (This post contains affiliate links.) ![]() This farm animals printable is perfect for playing a guessing peek-a-book game or using while you sing Old MacDonald Had a Farm!ĭoes your toddler or preschooler love farm animals like mine? Theo is just enthralled with sheep, cows, horses, and pigs and loves to imitate their different sounds. Here’s a farm animals free printable for toddlers and preschoolers.
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