Old McDonald Activities

Old McDonald had a farm, ee-ii-ee-ii- Oh? What is all this? New games for Old McDonald’s Farm? Let’s take a look!

First, we made sure that our farm dirt was nice and muddy by spraying water into it!

Next we let the animals play in the mud a little bit…

Then we had to clean them up!

They were also really badly in need of a shave, so we covered them in shaving creme…

And gave them a good shave, without popping a single one!

It was a fun, messy day, and we can’t wait to see what the next week brings!

Happy farming!

Ever Been to a Farm?

Have you ever been to a farm? When you live in a big city like Istanbul it’s a bit difficult to find one, so here at Kids Nook we try to give the kids the full farming experience with our Old McDonald sensory games.

 First we have them build farms for all the animals, including Mommy Animals and Baby Animals.

Then as thanks, the chickens give us eggs…

The cows gave us milk…

And we made some great cakes! Yum!

What kind of farm games do you like to play? Let us know in the comments below!

What Do We See? A Brown Bear!

How many animals and colors could you recognize? Well thanks to Eric Carle’s Brown Bear the kids here at Sensory Storytime know quite a few!

We read the story together and then afterwards took our own little Brown Bears (and his friend the Black Sheep) out for some special activities.

Mmm-mmm! What’s more appetizing than eating treats in a special color sequence?

Next we built little vacation homes for our bears and his animal frlends (can you see the white dog?)

A perfect get-away for a bear and his friends!

What an Ugly Duckling!

Have you heard the story of the Ugly Duckling? You know, the one where a duckling doesn’t look, or act, like a duckling? The story where the duckling has to go out and find out exactly what he really is, only to discover he’s not a duckling at all?

You have? Us too! And we love telling this story to children of all ages!

Afterwards we went and created our own little duckling wheels!

Happy swimming everyone!

Gettin Down to the Farmyard Jamboree!

It’s always a lot of fun to see the different kinds of games we can do with our farmyard animals. This week was another new expirement, which turned out really well!

Using grey “putty” we built our own farms with wooden blocks (with a little help sometimes 🙂

Afterwards we painted our new farms…

And let the animals play with them!

Don’t forget to cut the grass!

Hurray! We did it!

What kind of cool farms can you make? Let us know in the commets below!

Special Preview: Pony Brushes His Teeth

Continuing our “Hello Genius” Sensory Storytime series is “Pony Brushes His Teeth” by Michael Dahl, illustrated by Oriol Vidal.

We’re still working on some of our stories, but I wanted to show you the cool stuff we have so far…

Sensory Storytime Video!

Ever wonder what our Sensory Storytimes look like in action? Then we’ve got a treat for you!

This video features our farm yard story, which is usually used as a companion to Old MacDonald. In it the kids have to build a farm for the animals and put up fences to guard them from wild animals. After that it starts to snow! The kids have to pick out the big snowballs from the farm so the animals have a safe place to stay!

We hope you enjoy this!

Time for the Farmyard Jamboree!

This week at Sensory Storytime we got ready to dance with Farmyard Jamboree!

We started by getting some work done on our very own farms, icluding collecting eggs…

Milking the cow….

And even putting the animals to sleep by covering them with flour!

It was super fun! If you’d lik to join us, come see us on Monday!

11:00: 1-3 years old
16:00: 4-6 years old
17:00 1-3 years old

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Old MacDonald Had a…. Mud Pie Factory?

Welcome back to our Sensory Storytime! This week it was Old MacDonald, featuring cows, horses, ducks, and mud pies?

The kids helped Old MacDonald create his farm with colored popcicle sticks before making some great mud pies for the animals to eat.

Afterwards we needed to find some of the hidden baby animals in their eggs, which were buried under lots and lots of rainbow rice!

Everyone was so engaged and super enthusiastic! They were singing E-I-E-I-O all the way home!

Come Join Us!
Monday, September 29
11:00 (0-3 ages)
13:00 (4-6 ages)
16:00 (0-3 ages)

E-mail us at info@kidsnook.com.tr to make your reservation today!