Week beginning 23rd March

Playing hide and seek game with animals.

Firstly talk about talk about the animals, what sounds they make. Then hide them under a blanket and get the children to pick it out without looking. Encourage the children to say the animal. To extend this describe the animal to the children for example: it is black and white, we get milk from it and it goes moo

Story of the week

Any usbourne farmyard tales.

Can the children find the yellow duck hiding on every page.

Other books:

Pig in the pond, Wonky donkey,

spot on the farm, farmer duck,

a squash and a squeeze

Rhyme of the week

Old MacDonald had a farm

Find below puppets which you can print off and make with the children.

old McDonald puppets

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