We're Going....to the Farm

Over this topic we will go on lots of adventures, starting with a bear hunt, a dinosaur hunt, a trip to the farm as well as a trip to the beach!

Hello Song

Goodbye Song

Days of the Week Song

Clean Up Song

Core Story: We're Going to the Farm

Core Song: Old MacDonald had a Farm

The Very Busy Spider

The Very Busy Spider Animation

Farmyard Background Music

Farm Song Slide

Today we’re starting a new topic. We’ve been on a bear hunt, we’ve been on a dino dig and now…….we’re going to….. the FARM!

Here is our new farm story.

We’re going to the farm

Let’s sing a song about a farm.

Old MacDonald had a Farm

What animals did you hear in the song? Pigs, Chicks, Ducks and a Cow. Today we’re going to learn about CHICKS!

Chicken & chicks book

5 little chicks lullaby

Today we are making our own mummy chicken and her chicks - using our hands. 

Can you spread your fingers wide and paint your hand yellow to make the mummy chicken? 

Let’s use our thumbs for the little chicks.

Let's count our fingers as we paint. 

1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Can you remember what animal from the farm we’re learning about?

Let's sing our farm song to help us remember….

Old MacDonald had a Farm 

Let’s find out more about chicks

Did you spot what the chicks were eating? It was corn.

We need to eat to grow big too. I've got something fun we can try eating......

The chicks had to eat to grow big. What should we do when we’re hungry? EAT! 

Today let’s practise our fine motor skills by peeling these teeny tiny eggs…and then eating them. Yummy!

Who can remember what we are learning about this week? 

The farm!

 Yesterday we learnt all about chickens and chicks but today we have a new animal to learn about. Let’s sing our Old Macdonald Had a Farm song and use our listening ears to see which animal comes next.

Old Macdonald Had a Farm

Let’s find out some information about cows by reading this book:

I See a Cow

Now let’s sing a song together but first we all need to lay down and pretend to be sleeping cows!

Dingle Dangle Scarecrow

Let’s Learn About Cows

 Today we are going to look closely at our cows and see if we can do a spot of subatising. 

Cow Subatising Cards

We are going to look at each cow card and tell the teacher how many spots the cow has. 

Instead of touch counting one by one let’s see if we can subatise and recognise the amount. 

First we will focus on numbers 1-3 and if we can do these then we will try 1-5.

Subitise song 

What animals have we found on the farm already? Chicks and cows. Let’s sing our farm song and listen for what our new animal is..

Old MacDonald had a Farm

I have our new animal hiding in this mystery bag…who would like to come and see what animal it is?

It's a DUCK!

Let's find out about Ducks….

Feeding Ducks

Let’s share a story about some ducks….

Ducks Away Story

Can you remember what happened to the ducks in our story today? Show me with the felt ducks what happened. 

How do you think the baby ducks felt when they fell off the bridge?

How do you think Mummy duck felt when she fell off the bridge?

How do you think all the ducks felt once they were all back together and swimming in the water?

Let's watch some ducks swimming - they look like they're having fun!

Ducks swimming

Let’s check out our Makaton Signs for the week: Mummy, Grandma & Baby:

Makaton Signs of the Week

Let’s take a look at this week's preparation for writing programme - Wiggle me into Squiggle. This week's action is:

Down (2)

Wriggle me into a Squiggle Song Sheet

Our 'Sound Song' this week is for the letter 'A'

Following the childrens interests.