North Mankato Taylor Library Storytime

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1 North Mankato Taylor Library Storytime F is for Farm Farm Stories We Shared: Bob by Tracey Pearson My Farm Friends by Wendell Minor What the Ladybug Heard by Julia Donaldson No Sleep for the Sheep by Karen Beaumont Other Farm Books You Might Like To Share: Thirsty Thursday by Phyllis Root Mrs. Wishy-Washy s Farm by Joy Cowley Funny Farm by Mark Teague Hen Hears Gossip by Megan Mc Donald Farmer Cap by Jill Kalz Wilbur s Adventure by E.B. White Chicken of the Family by Mary Amato Some Pig by E.B. White Millie Waits for the Mail by Alexander Steffensmeier Chicks and Salsa by Aaron Reynolds Chicky, Chicky Chook Chook by Cathy MacLennan Piglet and Mama by Margaret Wild Click Clack, Splish Splash by Doreen Cronin Rooster Can t Cock-a-doodle-doo by Karen Rostoker-Gruber Wise Acres by George Shannon Cluck-o-Clock by Kes Gray A Cow s Alfalfa-bet by Woody Jackson Farm Life by Elizabeth Spurr Cornfield Hide-and-Seek by Christine Widman Wake Up Big Barn by Suzanne Chitwood Pete and Polo s Farmyard Adventure by Adrian Reynolds The Rusty Trusty Tractor by Joy Cowley Farmer Brown Goes Round and Round by Teri Sloat Barnyard Banter by Denise Fleming This is the Farmer by Nancy Tafuri Farmer Duck by Martin Waddell Color Farm by Lois Ehlert The Great Pig Escape by Eileen Christelow All The Places to Love by Patricia MacLachlan The Very Best of Friends by Margaret Wild Book! Book! Book! By Deborah Bruss Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown Down on the Farm by Merrily Kutner Cow Loves Cookies by Karma Wilson ***We have many more books about farms and farm animals*** Early Literacy Activities: Preschool children love to pretend! Encourage your child to creatively move like the animals on a farm. Help children practice their listening skills with non-competitive games such as Simon Says on the farm. For Example: Simon Says moo like a cow.

2 Show your child a picture of a farm animal, have you child then make the sound that the animal makes. Repeat with different animals. Say the word farm with your child. Have them identify other words that rhyme with it, such as: harm, charm, arm, and alarm. Do the same with cow, pig, and sheep. Farm Fingerplays and Songs You May Like to Share: Barnyard Song (to the tune of "If You're Happy and You Know It") If you're a chicken and you know it, say "cluck cluck." If you're a chicken and you know it, say "cluck cluck." If you're a chicken and you know it, then you really ought to show it. If you're a chicken and you know it, say "cluck cluck." (Repeat with pig, say "oink oink," cow, say "moo moo," etc.) Farmer Here is the farmer What does he do? He feeds the cows, And he milks them too. Chickens and pigs, Horses and sheep, He puts in the barn, So they can sleep.

3 Animals on the Farm The pigs on the farm go oink...oink...oink Oink...oink...oink, oink...oink...oink The pigs on the farm go oink...oink...oink The sheep on the farm go bah...bah.. Bah Bah.. Bah.. Bah, bah.. Bah.. Bah The sheep on the farm go bah.. Bah.. Bah The cows on the farm go moo...moo.. Moo Moo.. Moo. Moo, moo.. Moo. Moo The cows on the farm go moo.. Moo. Moo The ducks on the farm go quack...quack... quack Quack.. Quack.. quack, quack.. Quack.. quack The ducks on the farm go quack.. Quack.. quack B-I-N-G-O There was a farmer had a dog, And Bingo was his name-o. B-I-N-G-O! B-I-N-G-O! B-I-N-G-O! And Bingo was his name-o! Mary Had a Little Lamb Mary had a little lamb, Little lamb, little lamb, Mary had a little lamb, Its fleece was white as snow Everywhere that Mary went, Mary went, Mary went, Everywhere that Mary went The lamb was sure to go

4 Baa, Baa Black Sheep Baa, baa, black sheep, Have you any wool? Yes sir, yes sir, Three bags full. One for my master, One for my dame, And one for the little boy Who lives down the lane. Old MacDonald Had a Farm And on his farm he had a cow, E-I-E-I-O With a "moo-moo" here and a "moo-moo" there Here a "moo" there a "moo" Everywhere a "moo-moo" And on his farm he had a pig, E-I-E-I-O With a (snort) here and a (snort) there Here a (snort) there a (snort) Everywhere a (snort-snort) With a "moo-moo" here and a "moo-moo" there Here a "moo" there a "moo" Everywhere a "moo-moo"

5 And on his farm he had a horse, E-I-E-I-O With a "neigh, neigh" here and a "neigh, neigh" there Here a "neigh" there a "neigh" Everywhere a "neigh-neigh" With a (snort) here and a (snort) there Here a (snort) there a (snort) Everywhere a (snort-snort) With a "moo-moo" here and a "moo-moo" there Here a "moo" there a "moo" Everywhere a "moo-moo" Two Mother Pigs Two mother pigs lived in a pen, (two thumbs up) Each had four babies and that made ten. (Wiggle four fingers on each hand) These four babies were black and white. (Wiggle four fingers on one hand) These four babies were black as night. (Wiggle four fingers on the other hand) All eight babies loved to play. (Wiggle eight fingers) And the rolled and they rolled in the mud all day. (Roll hands) At night, with their mother, They curled up in a heap, (Make fists, palms up) And squealed and squealed 'Til they went to sleep. (Tuck thumbs under fingers) mzimmermann@nmlibrary.org

6 The Alphabet Song a-b-c-d-e-f-g h-i-j-k-lmnop q-r-s t-u-v w-x y and z Now I know my ABCs Next time won t you sing with me. mzimmermann@nmlibrary.org

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