Farm Story Time – Everybody

Opening Song

Book: Mrs. Wishy-Washy’s Farm by Joy Cowley, illustrated by Elizabeth Fuller

Song: “There’s a Dog in the School” – Stuart Stotts and Tom Pease: Celebrate: A Song Resource

Big Book: Hattie and the Fox by Mem Fox, illustrated by Patricia Mullins
Hattie and the Fox book cover

Puppet Song: “Old MacDonald Had a Farm”
Verses: goat, duck, cow, donkey, pig, cat, turkey

Book/Movement: Is Everyone Ready for Fun? by Jan Thomas
Is Everyone Ready for Fun? book cover

Flannel: “Bingo”
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!

Repeat, replacing each letter with a clap, one by one, until all the letters are gone.

Puppet Song: “Down on Grandpa’s Farm” – Raffi: One Light, One Sun
Verses: brown cow (bounce), red hen (hop), white sheep (trot), black dog (run), brown horse (gallop)

Book: I Spy on the Farm by Edward Gibbs

Closing Rhyme

Farm Story Time – Toddler

Opening Song

Book: Tractor by Sally Sutton, illustrated by Brian Lovelock

Song: “The Wheels on the Bus”
The wheels on the bus go round and round,
Round and round,
Round and round.
The wheels on the bus go round and round
All through the town!

Additional verses:
Horn/beep-beep-beep
Wipers/swish-swish-swish
Doors/open and shut
Babies/up & down
Parents/I love you

Song: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”

Book: Hurry! Hurry! by Eve Bunting, illustrated by Jeff Mack

Song: “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes”
Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes,
Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes,
Eyes and ears and mouth and nose,
Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes.

Puppet Song: “Old MacDonald Had a Farm”

Book: Clip-Clop! by Nicola Smee
Clip-Clop book cover

Scarf Song: “We Wave Our Scarves Together”
We wave our scarves together,
We wave our scarves together,
We wave our scarves together
Because it’s fun to do.

Wave them up high,
Wave them down low,
Wave them in the middle
Because it’s fun to do.
(Credit: Jbrary)

Scarf Rhyme: “Popcorn Kernels”
Popcorn kernels (wave scarves overhead)
In the pot. (make their scarves ‘disappear’ by bunching them up in their fists)
Shake them, shake them, shake them (shake fists)
‘Til they POP! (toss scarves up into the air)

Scarf Rhyme: “Jack in the Box”
Jack in the box
Sits so still.
Will he come out?
Yes, he will!
(Credit: Jbrary)

Song: “Icky Sticky Bubble Gum” – David Landau: Kids and Kitties

Closing Rhyme