Farm

It's only in the second week of my storytime session and I have hit a pretty major road bump. It's nothing that will keep me from doing storytime, of course, but I found out at the end of last week that I have a stress fracture in my foot. 

It will certainly make doing storytime a bit more challenging than usual and I have had to modify many of my storytime plans for the next few weeks to accommodate for the injury. Let's cross our fingers that it heals quickly because it's near impossible to keep up with the energy level of Toddlers while I'm hobbling around the library!

This week, our storytime is about the Farm! 

Books:

Toddler Books:

Moo, Baa, La La La - Sandra Boynton

Peek-a-Moo! - Marie Cimarusti

Barnyard Banter - Denise Fleming

I Spy on the Farm - Edward Gibbs

Preschool Books:

I Spy on the Farm - Edward Gibbs

Cock-a-Doodle-Moo! - Bernard Most

E-I-E-I-O: How Old MacDonald Got His Farm - Judy Sierra

Who Said Moo? - Harriet Ziefert

Rhymes/Fingerplays/Songs:

Five Dirty/Clean Pigs (double-sided flannel):

Five little pigs rolled in the mud, (roll hands)

Squishy, squashy felt so good, (squish "mud" with fingers)

The farmer came and took one piggy out, (turn pig over to "clean" side)

"Oink, oink, oink," that piggy did shout. 

Count down to zero dirty pigs and five clean pigs

No more piggies rolled in the mud,

They felt so nice and clean and good,

The farmer turned his back and then,

Those piggies rolled in the mud again! (turn piggies over to dirty side)

Source: Sunflower Storytime

Baa, Baa, Black Sheep:

Baa, baa, black sheep, have you any wool?

Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Three bags full.

One for the master, and one for the dame,

One for the little boy who lives down the lane.

Baa, baa, black sheep, have you any wool?

Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Three bags full.

Source: Traditional

*We repeated with a different colored sheep (blue/red/green/etc).

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. 

take the letter "B" away

There was a farmer had a dog and Bingo was his name-O.

*CLAP*-I-N-G-O, 

*CLAP*-I-N-G-O, 

*CLAP*-I-N-G-O,

And Bingo was his name-O. 

take the letter "I" away

There was a farmer had a dog and Bingo was his name-O.

*CLAP*-*CLAP*-N-G-O, 

*CLAP*-*CLAP*-N-G-O, 

*CLAP*-*CLAP*-N-G-O, 

And Bingo was his name-O. 

take the letter "N" away

There was a farmer had a dog and Bingo was his name-O.

*CLAP*-*CLAP*-*CLAP*-G-O, 

*CLAP*-*CLAP*-*CLAP*-G-O, 

*CLAP*-*CLAP*-*CLAP*-G-O, 

And Bingo was his name-O. 

take the letter "G" away

There was a farmer had a dog and Bingo was his name-O.

*CLAP*-*CLAP*-*CLAP*-*CLAP*-O, 

*CLAP*-*CLAP*-*CLAP*-*CLAP*-O, 

*CLAP*-*CLAP*-*CLAP*-*CLAP*-O, 

And Bingo was his name-O. 

take the letter "O" away

There was a farmer had a dog and Bingo was his name-O.

*CLAP*-*CLAP*-*CLAP*-*CLAP*-*CLAP*, 

*CLAP*-*CLAP*-*CLAP*-*CLAP*-*CLAP*,

*CLAP*-*CLAP*-*CLAP*-*CLAP*-*CLAP*,

And Bingo was his name-O. 

Source: Traditional

Barn Hiding Game Flannel

Little chick, little chick, come out to play!

What colored barn are you hiding behind today?

OR

Little chick, little chick, come out to play!

Are you hiding behind the blue barn today?

Source: One of my lovely Library Assistants came up with the idea for this flannel and the rhyme. We have different colored barns and we play the hiding game by hiding a little yellow chick behind one of the barns at storytime.