Old MacDonald Had a Farm Placemat Quality:
The placemats are made of durable vinyl. Use your placemat for mealtime and just wipe clean with a damp cloth. Easy clean up AND hours of fun!
Old MacDonald Had a Farm Placemat Awards:
It is not surprising that the educational placemats have won the "Dr. Toy Best Classic Toy Award" and “Parents' Choice Gold Award,”
As a parent and former teacher, I am always looking for quality educational products to make my children smarter and stimulate the learning process. We love our collection of educational placemats.
The placemats are highly durable, educational, and keep my daughters busy while I try to prepare dinner or empty the dishwasher. They love looking at Old MacDonald and his farm animals.
The whole family uses our placemats for mealtime!
Here are a few things to discuss with your children while looking at the Old MacDonald Had a Farm Placemat:
Ask them to show you which of Old MacDonald’s Farm animals is their favorite.
Ask them what color the animals are?
Ask them how many animals are on the placemat.
You can teach them the sounds the farm animals make.
You could sing the “Old MacDonald” rhyme to your children.
Here are a few activities to help you teach your children about Old MacDonald and his farm animals:
Old MacDonald Had a Farm Preschool Activity: Rhyme Time Game
Teach your children about words that rhyme. This is a very important part of learning how to read.
What word rhymes with bow? - wow
What word rhymes with here? - there
What word rhymes with ma? - baa
What word rhymes with pig? – big
What word rhymes with cat? – hat
What word rhymes with dog? - hog
What word rhymes with goat? - boat
Old MacDonald Had a Farm Preschool Activity: Say the animal’s sound
Have your child close their eyes and point to one of Old MacDonald’s animals. Ask you child what the name of the animal is and what sound the animal makes.
Old MacDonald Had a Farm Preschool Activity: Make up a story
Children love hearing stories or making up their own stories. Pretend the placemat is a story. Tell the story to your children. Afterwards they way want to make up their own story to read to you.
Here is part of the story that I told my girls:
“One day Old MacDonald and his animals were hanging out in the barn. The animals asked Old MacDonald, “Please can you play a song for us.” “Yes, I would love to play for all of you.”
The animals were so happy! They all smiled at Old MacDonald. Then, they all sang this rhyme. “Old MacDonald had a farm ee-ay, ee-ay, oh.”
Old MacDonald Had a Farm Preschool Activity: Listen and dance
Do you want to sing a song about farm animals? Here are a few of our favorite songs to sing:
“Baa-Baa Black Sheep” by Ralph’s World
“Barnyard Blues” by Ralph’s World
“Say Hi To The Animals” by Ralph’s World
Old MacDonald Had a Farm Preschool Activity: Read a book about farm animals
Here are a few of our favorite stories to read to children about farm animals:
Click, Clack, Moo by Doreen Cronin
Clickety, Clack, Quack by Doreen Cronin
Old MacDonald Had a Farm Preschool Activity: Visit a local farm
Now that you have talked about the farm animals, visit a farm to see the animals. Your children will have so much fun on your outing.
They are be sure to be singing their favorite rhyme “Old MacDonald had a farm.” Ask them what sounds the animal makes. Which animal is their favorite?
Be sure to share with your children some information about the farm animals. Here are a few facts that you could share with your children:
We get our milk from the cows.
The animals sleep in the barn.
The chickens lay eggs for us to eat.
The farmers work very hard taking care of the animals.
Old MacDonald Had a Farm Preschool Activity: Make your own picture book
You will need white paper and crayons. Staple about 10 pieces of paper together.
Use the first page for the cover of the book. Decorate the cover, with a title, more farm animals, pictures, and your name. Tell your children they are the author of their book.
Have your children draw the pictures of the Old MacDonald with each of the animals on the other pages in the book. Next, write the sound the animal makes and the animal’s name.
Have fun learning about Old MacDonald had a Farm Rhyme!
Nancy Murphy
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