Farm Preschool Storytime Theme

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.

Old MacDonald with Finger Puppets

Print the animal finger puppets, cut and tape to fit your finger. Wear them and sing Old MacDonald had a farm

Action Rhyme and Poem

Run, Little Ducks
Run, little ducks, run like a flash, (run in place)
Jump in the water with a splash, splash, splash. (clap three times)
Paddle your feet all around, (make paddling motion)
Waddle on home when you hear this sound: Quack, Quack, Quack!

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.

Suggested Books

Barnyard Banter by Denise Fleming
Farm Morning by David McPhail
Going to Sleep on the Farm by Wendy Lewison
This is the Farmer by Nancy Tafuri
Good Morning, Chick by Mirra Ginsburg
Hattie and the Fox by Mem Fox
I Love Animals by Flora McDonnell
I Spy on the Farm by Richard Powell
Mothers Are Like That by Carol Carrick
Over on the Farm by Gwenda Turner
The Wonderful Feast by Esphyr Slobodkina
Who's in Bed by Helen Piers