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Big Red Barn Literacy Activity

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Last year (2014-2015) we had so much fun participating in the Poppins Book Nook hosted by Enchanted Homeschooling Mom that we decided to participate again! And we couldn’t be more excited because we love book-inspired activities! The Poppins Book Nook is a monthly online kids book club that is completely free! Each month features a different theme in which bloggers choose a book and share an activity with their readers! It’s a great way to learn about different topics and build literacy skills. 

This year Jill from Enchanted Homeschooling Mom has chosen some great themes that are going to be a lot of fun to explore throughout the next year and are sure to stretch our minds with a wide selection of books! Check out the monthly themes below!

Poppins Book Nook Themes for 2015 - 2016

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The theme for the month of April is Farms. Caden has always been interested in farms, ever since he received his Little People Farm Toy for his first birthday. We have a small selection of farm books including Little Blue Truck, The Jolly Barnyard, and Otis. But this month we decided to read the classic farm story, Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown. This is a lovely story about a day on the farm when all the animals get to play in the field. 

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Big Red Barn is a wonderful story to read to little ones when learning about farm animals and it lends itself beautifully to literacy activities for preschoolers. One afternoon we read this story for the umpteenth time and then did a letter sounds matching activity. 

Big Red Barn Literacy Activity- Matching farm animals to their letter sounds! A fun literacy activity for preschoolers!

Big Red Barn Literacy Activity

This activity takes a little time to prep, but when you are finished you have a set of wooden fences that can be used for a number of learning activities! The supplies needed are listed below.

  • Thin Craft Sticks (gifted to us from Craft Project Ideas)
  • Short Craft Sticks (gifted to us from Craft Project Ideas)
  • Hot Glue Gun and Glue Sticks
  • Play Dough
  • Letters
  • Farm Animals 

Prep and Set Up

1. Build fences using hot glue and craft sticks. Build as many as you need. I made 8 sets of 4 fences for this activity. 

craft stick fences for play

2. Once the glue as cooled, use small balls of play dough to stand the fences up, creating a square. 

craft stick fence for play

3. Set up a square of fences for each letter you are reviewing. Assign a letter to each fence square and place all your farm animals outside the fences.

Big Red Barn Literacy Activity

4. Invite your child to help sort the animals. Review each of the letters and their sounds and then tell your child the animals have escaped their pens and you need help to put them back in the correct fences.

Big Red Barn Literacy Activity

If your child is just beginning to understand letter sounds, start this activity with only a few letters to review. In hindsight, I realize I placed too many letters and animals on our table and Caden was quickly overwhelmed with this activity. Plus he was feeling run down with a cold, so we just did as many as he wanted and that was a good enough review for now.

Big Red Barn Literacy Activity


 

Poppins Book Nook at Stir the Wonder

Enchanted Homeschooling Mom – 3 Dinosaurs – ABC Creative Learning – As We Walk Along the Road – Brain Power Boy – Chestnut Grove Academy – Embracing Destiny – Every Bed of Roses – Farm Fresh Adventures – Growing in God’s Grace – Kathys Cluttered Mind – My Bright Firefly – Peakle Pie – Preschool Powol Packets – Pray Species – SAHM I am – Stir The Wonder – Sunny Day Family – Sweet Silly Sara – Teach Beside Me – To the Moon and Back – Tots and Me – Tree Valley Academy – Witty Hoots

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  1. Erika says

    April 27, 2015 at 1:48 pm

    Thanks for sharing this idea! This would be a lot of fun to do with my littles 🙂

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  2. Jill says

    May 28, 2015 at 10:22 am

    I love the fences! How creative and easy!!

    Thank you for helping to bring a spoonful of reading fun to the Poppins Book Nook this month!

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