Children love being able to identify animals and imitate the sounds they make. Identifying animals, matching each sound with an animal picture, and imitating animal sounds build children's knowledge of the world around them. Even children who are not talking yet talking can make a cow sound: "Moooooooooooooooooooooo."
INSTRUCTIONS: Keep an assortment of stuffed animals or animal puppets in a bag or basket. Hold the basket on our lap and pull out the animals one at a time. While displaying an animal, sing a song that names it and imitates its sound. Pull out a few different animals and sing a new verse for each one. Or, read a book in which animals make sounds.
Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O,
And on his farm he had some chicks, E-I-E-I-O,
With a chick chick here and a chick chick there,
Here a chick, there a chick, everywhere a chick chick.
Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O.
Repeat with other verses: horses neigh, cows moo, pigs oink, and sheep baa.
INSTRUCTIONS: Keep an assortment of stuffed animals or animal puppets in a bag or basket. Hold the basket on our lap and pull out the animals one at a time. While displaying an animal, sing a song that names it and imitates its sound. Pull out a few different animals and sing a new verse for each one. Or, read a book in which animals make sounds.
Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O,
And on his farm he had some chicks, E-I-E-I-O,
With a chick chick here and a chick chick there,
Here a chick, there a chick, everywhere a chick chick.
Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O.
Repeat with other verses: horses neigh, cows moo, pigs oink, and sheep baa.
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