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Old MacDonald Had a Farm

Animal & Farm Rhymes

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Old MacDonald Had a Farm Lyrics

Old MacDonald had a farm,
E-I-E-I-O!
And on that farm he had
some cows
E-I-E-I-O!

With a moo-moo here and a moo-moo there,
Here a moo, there a moo,
Everywhere a moo-moo!
Old MacDonald had a farm
E-I-E-I-O!

Old MacDonald had a farm,
E-I-E-I-O!
And on that farm he had
some chickens
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!

Old MacDonald had a farm,
E-I-E-I-O!
And on that farm he had
some pigs
E-I-E-I-O!

With an oink-oink here, and
an oink-oink there,
Here an oink, there an oink,
Everywhere an oink-oink!
Old MacDonald had a farm
E-I-E-I-O!

Old MacDonald had a farm,
E-I-E-I-O!
And on that farm he had
some sheep
E-I-E-I-O!

With a baa-baa here, and a
baa-baa there,
Here a baa, there a baa,
Everywhere a baa-baa!
Old MacDonald had a farm
E-I-E-I-O!

Old MacDonald had a farm,
E-I-E-I-O!
And on that farm he had
some horses
E-I-E-I-O!

With a neigh-neigh here,
and a neigh-neigh there,
Here a neigh, there a neigh,
Everywhere a neigh-neigh!
Old MacDonald had a farm
E-I-E-I-O!

Old MacDonald Had a Farm Learning Activities

Music

  • Listen to the song
  • Ask children to identify the animals in the song.
  • Play the song again and invite children to join in with the singing and to clap the rhythm pattern "e, i, e, i, o"
  • Add different instruments or found sounds e.g. plastic bottles and fillers - rice, small stones etc. to represent the different animal sounds for each verse.
  • View the video song of "Old MacDonald." Ask children what they think of the video song?
  • Challenge - sing and play along to the instrumental version.

Science

  • What is the function of different animals on the farm?

Visual Art

  • Draw and cut out a favourite farm animal to create a class mural.

Dance

  • Explore through dance how different animals move.

Literacy

  • Sing and read along to the YouTube song to achieve multi-sensory learning "Do it, see it and hear it!"

Print out the song PDF

  • Read the song lyrics - ask children a variety of questions.
  • Re-read the song lyrics and ask children to join in.
  • Recognise and use a variety of punctuation when reading. " " ! ? . ,
  • Look at print and conventions (bold, italics).
  • Talk about interesting/challenging words and discuss what they mean.
  • Word study - phonic knowledge, compound words, rhyming word, contractions etc.
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