Old MacDonald Had a Farm

Carolyne Ardron and Sue Clarke. Illustrations by Paul Millard.

 

The kit includes ideas to engage the children in the tale in addition to a host of activities to exploit the story and to extend the topic of farms and farm animals.

Old MacDonald may be one of the most famous fictitious farmers, if not the most famous farmer, in the world. His fantastic farm has been celebrated in a variety of formats over the years, as a chant, as a song and as a book. The characters may change from one version to another, with a sheep here and a pig there, here a horse, there a dog, everywhere an Old Mac, but whatever creatures live on the farm, they're always very noisy!

Downloads The downloads are divided into three sections

  • Activities - is a collection of materials related to the story
  • Flashcards - is a collection of cards to help you build up vocabulary and support understanding
  • Additional activities - is a collection of materials related to the theme of farms and animals

 

To save these files to your computer simply right click on the title and select 'Save Target As ..' from the menu.

 

Activities - is a collection of materials related to the story

Colour Old MacDonald's animals - Teacher's notes Colour Old MacDonald's animal Label Old MacDonald

Look and spell animal words Animal noises Old MacDonald riddles Card games Vocabulary checklist

Order the animals Read and colour Old MacDonald Spot the differences pairwork Spot the difference sentence completion

Look at the pictures and guess the animals

 

Flashcards - is to help you build up vocabulary and support understanding

Farm and tractor Farm animals Old MacDonald Old MacDonald had a farm Mini flashcards with pictures and words

Old MacDonald had a farm with words

 

Additional Activities

Farm animal board game Farm animal crossword A Farm animal crossword B Farm animal facts

Farm animal noises Farm animal wordsearch A Farm animal wordsearch B How many are there 1

How many are there 2 Label the farm Label parts of the animal Look and read Match the animals and numbers

Old MacDonald had a house Old MacDonald had a zoo Picture dictionary What the animals do on the farm

Whose legs are they?