A DAY WITH YOU

you take something as simple as a book and turn it into an adventure with the family! With this book, Big Red Barn by

Margaret Wise Brown, you take a trip to a farm and interact with the animals there! If you have a farm available, this would be a great time to visit. Children

young and old love the farm. There are so many things to see, hear and smell (remember, even bad smells make for

good memories!). As a mom I love this book for the engaging pictures that we can talk about as well as the sweet story

that takes you through a whole day and ends quietly at night. A perfect bedtime book. Or any time book!

As a Speech Language Pathologist, I love the great descriptions like “golden flying horse,” “sweet warm hay” and “old black

cat.” There are many animals to name, plus baby animals like puppies, kittens, a foal, a piglet, a pinkie (that’s a baby mouse), a calf and a kid (baby goat). You

could talk about a baby bat (a pup) and a gosling. You can talk about times of the day: sunrise, morning, day time,

afternoon, dusk, evening and night. You can talk about and make the many animal sounds. It is filled with wonderful

vocabulary like weather vane, pile, hoe, throat and clutch of eggs. Plus, the story is a poem. You can work on rhyming words: hay, play, away, today! I love it!

A day with you can be memorable ifBIG RED BARN

1. READ THE BOOK

2. CRAFT TIME - FINGER PUPPET

3. OUTSIDE PLAY - ANIMAL TAG

4. SNACK - CHEESE & FRUIT

5. INSIDE PLAY - OUR BARN

6. MEMORY GAME

7. MORE TO EAT

8. BOOK SUGGESTIONS

9. MOVIE SUGGESTIONS

10. NOTES

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Grocery Store

cheese for snack time

fresh fruit for snack time

something for dinner

Retail Store

(anything you need from the

Items on Hand list that you

don’t have at home!)

large box for a barn or

medium box for the barn

Items On Hand

construction paper

tape

glue

scissors

Shopping List

Preparations1. Print out packet.

2. Go to library and pick up books and movies about the farm or farm animals

- See suggested lists further in packet (sections 8 & 9)

- Librarians are great at giving suggestions for materials if you cannot find the suggested ones!

3. PIck up any items you need at the store

4. Print three copies of the animal pages and cut out squares (one will be cut closer to the animals, the others will remain the square shape for different activities)

5. Fill in the Schedule so that the adult knows what to do and when!

6. Fill in Section 7 with what you want them to eat for lunch or dinner.

7. Relax knowing they are all having a great time!

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Schedule

Time Activity

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You guys are going to have a great day!

Farms and farm animals can provide hours of entertainment for children. This story is filled with animals and interesting details.

TRY TO USE DOUBLE ADJECTIVES!

2. CRAFT TIME - F INGER PUPPETS

Materials needed - small strips of construction paper, tape, glue and the animal pictures

Directions - If your child is able, have your child cut the animal pictures (if not, you cut

out the animals). Take the 2.5 inch strips of paper and wrap them around you child’s

finger and tape to secure. Glue one animal to each ring. This is a good task for most

aged children. This would also be a good time to make and color a barn. I used an

inside out box and cut the bottom off.

3 . OUTSIDE GAME - ANIMAL TAG

Materials - animal pictures stacked in a pile

Directions - Flip over one animal card. Whoever is “it” needs to count for a few seconds (maybe to 5) to let the others get away. Everyone must move and make the sounds of the animal on the card! When someone gets tagged, go back to the pile of animal cards. The person who is now “it” flips the next card and gives everyone a chance to get away! Have fun galloping, waddling and scurrying all over your yard!

Alternate - Flip over the animal card. Then run all over the yard acting like that animal!

4 . SNACK TIME!

Cheese is a great snack when talking about a farm. Remind (or teach) children

that cheese comes from milk and milk comes from a cow! Add in some fresh fruit

and your snack will be complete! Or cottage cheese, peaches and strawberries.

1 . READING TIME

Read the story... it all starts here! This is a calm story that takes you all over a

farm, into the barn, to the cornfield but more importantly into the lives of

farm animals. The story is a delightful poem story with rhyming words

throughout the book. Most pages have the complete rhyme so that you can

pause on each page to talk about what you are reading without breaking the

rhyming sequence.

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5. INSIDE PLAY - OUR BARN

Materials - large box or use couch cushions and pillows

Directions - Use the cards and pretend to be the different farm animals.

or

Materials - blocks or a medium sized box decorated like a barn

Directions - Use the finger puppet animals and make a barnyard. Let the

animals have fun in your block barnyard.

6 .ANIMAL MEMORY

Materials - two copies of the animal pictures (pages 8 and 9)

Directions - First cut the pictures out along the lines. Then cut pieces of

construction paper in to 6 pieces. I found that 4 X 4.5 worked great. Glue

pictures on construction paper. Mix up the pictures and turn them upside

down. One person at a time, turn over 2 cards. If they match, you keep

them. If not, flip them back over and it’s the next person’s turn. Some

people choose to play with the rule that when you make a match you go

again.

7 . MORE TO EAT

Mom - write down what you want them to have for lunch or dinner!

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9. MOVIE SUGGESTIONS

Charlotte’s Web by Paramount Pictures

Signing Time Volume 7: Leah’s Farm by Two Little Hands Productions

Baby Einstein Baby MacDonald: A Day on the Farm by Walt Disney Home Entertainment

Barney: Let’s Go to the Farm by Barney

Disclaimer: Please review movies to make sure that they are appropriate for your child before showing them to your child. Parents are responsible for what they show their child.

10 . NOTES

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8. BOOK SUGGESTIONS

Maisy’s Morning on the Farm by Lucy Cousins

Mr. Brown Can Moo, Can You by Dr. Seuss

Click, Clack, Moo Cows that Type by Doreen Cronin

On Grandpa’s Farm by Anne Hunter

Cock-a-Doodle-Moo! by Bernard Most

Moo Moo, Brown Cow by Jakki Wood

Disclaimer: Please review books to make sure that they are appropriate for your child before showing them to your child. Parents are responsible for what they show their child.

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Print one copy of this page for your finger puppets and one for Animal Tag!

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Print one copy of this page for your finger puppets and one for Animal Tag!

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Farm Songsprint one per reader

Down on the Farm (to the tune of The Wheels on the Bus) The cow in the barn goes moo, moo, moo Moo, moo, moo. Moo, moo, moo. The cow in the barn goes moo, moo moo Down on the farm! (continue with: The pig in the pen goes oink, oink, oink The hens in the coop go cluck, cluck, cluck The ducks on the pond go quack, quack, quack The horses in the meadow go neigh, neigh,neigh The sheep in the grass go baa, baa, baa

I am a Farmer (to the tune of This is the way we milk the cow, Milk the cow, milk the cow This is the way we milk the cow, Down on the farm! (continue with other chores: make breakfast, feed the chickens, sheer the sheep, harvest the crops, collect the eggs, etc...)

Pigs in the Mud (to the tune of 10 Little Indians) One little, two little, three little pigs Four little, five little, six little pigs Seven little, eight little, nine little pigs, Ten pigs in the mud!

Ten little, nine little, eight little pigs Seven little, six little, five little pigs Four little, three little, two little pigs One pig in the mud!

I am a Duck (to the tune of Frere Jacques) I am a duck, I am a duck Watch me waddle! Watch me waddle! Here me when I talk. Hear me when I talk. Quack! Quack! Quack. Quack! Quack! Quack. (continue with the other animals on the farm; Horse gallop and neigh, cows graze and moo, chickens peck and cluck, etc...)

You can also do classic farm songs like:

Old McDonald Had a Farm (EIEIO!)

The Farmer in the Dell

Six Little Ducks (went out one day)

Oats, Peas, Beans and Barley Grow

BONUS ACTIVITY!

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