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Old MacDonald's Farm |
Children love to sing along to nursery rhymes and Old Macdonald's Farm is one of their favourites. This book lets them have fun with the song by allowing them to choose which animals they would like to include in the picture. It has engaging images, sounds and music. Some of the song's lyrics are written on the pages, but children do not need to be able to read, as the rhyme is sung to them. They can click on the speaker icon to have the song re-sung and have fun clicking on each animal to hear the sounds they make.
On the left-hand page of the book part of the song is written, "On that farm he had a …" At this point children can choose an animal from the right-hand page of the book and drag it onto the picture of Macdonald's farm. It can be placed anywhere on the picture and will be locked in place for the rest of the book. The name of the animal will be heard and appear on the text page. The entire verse is then sung and can be repeated by clicking on the speaker icon on the left-hand page. There are eight animals to be placed, one on each page.
Pages can be turned forwards and backwards by clicking on the turned corner at the bottom of the page. Children can also use click and drag mouse control in the direction of the arrow. This makes the reader feel like they are turning the page of a real book.
To exit, click on the small hand in the upper right corner of the screen.
Outcome 2: Children are connected with and contribute to their world
Outcome 4: Children are involved and confident learners
Outcome 5: Children are effective communicators
Music and singing
Knowledge of some farm animals
Animal sounds
Understand that print carries meaning
Enrich vocabulary
Relate images to text
Programme navigation
Mouse control - single click
Mouse control - click and drag
Children love this song and enjoy singing it over and over again. In this book they will have fun deciding which animals to place within Old Macdonald's farm. They can then sing along and click on the pictures to hear the animal sounds. Children also love making animal sounds. Ask them to make the same sound as they click on the animals.
Talk about each animal. What might it eat? How does it live? What sort of outer covering does it have; feather, fur or skin? Which is their favourite farm animal and sound? Ask if the children have ever been to a farm. If they have, ask them to tell you about their experience. What did they see, hear and smell? Where there other sorts of animals which were not in this book.