Song: Old MacDonald

Expand the children's concept knowledge, using a song everyone should know.

Materials

Old MacDonald had a farm, ee, ii, ee, ii, oo.
And on his farm he had a (animal), ee, ii, ee, ii, oo.
With a (sound), (sound) here.
And a (sound), (sound) there.
Here a (sound), there a (sound),
Everywhere a (sound), (sound).
Old MacDonald had a farm, ee, ii, ee, ii, ooooo.

 
 
 

Procedures

1. Have a stack of animal pictures nearby and flash the picture after "On the farm he had a ___(animal)___," and have the children sing the name of the animal and its sound.

2. Sing the song through 3 or 4 times with the teacher suggesting animals and their sounds and the children following.

3. Then ask the children to raise their hands and take turns suggesting animals on Old MacDonald's Farm.

4. Try brainstorming and making a list on a large piece of butcher paper of all the animals you might find on a farm. Later, children or teacher could illustrate list and hang it up.



Variation

Sing Old MacDonald had a zoo and let children select zoo animals; Old MacDonald had a haunted house (monsters, ghosts, robots, fantasy animals); bat-cave; space station; toy store, etc.