Little Boy Blue Nursery Rhyme
Farmer Craft | Little Boy Blue | Community Helpers
Preschool Lesson Plan Printable Activities

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Alphabet > *Letter F > F is for Farmer
*Digraph Sh > Sh is for Shephard

Animals > Farm > Cow and Sheep

Colors > Blue

Community Helpers > The Farmer or The Shepherd

Crafts > Shapes > Easy Shapes Little Boy Blue Farmer or Shepherd

Holidays & Events >
* Oct. 2nd is World Farm Animals Day
* Oct. 12th is Farmer's Day
* Nov. > Thanksgiving (Harvest Theme)

This craft is to introduce the farmer or the shepherd.

The craft features a young farmer or shepherd in blue overalls asleep in the hay to tie in with the nursery rhyme Little Boy Blue.

The craft provides shapes practice and focusing on the color blue.

Activity #1 Alphabet: Present Letter F is for Farmer and information about the Farmer as a Community Helper.
Alternative: Present Consonant Digraph Sh Shepherd

Activity #2 The Farmer: Little Boy Blue Nursery Rhyme Rebus and Music

*This craft is good opportunity to review the topic of the farmer as a community helper.

* Discuss that Little Boy Blue is a young farmer (a boy), and further discuss a farmer's responsibilities and how important they are to the community and the world at large.

*Tell the children they will make a fun Little Boy Blue sleeping in the hay.

Activity #3: Farmer: Easy Shapes Little Boy Blue Craft

* In this activity children will have fun practicing shapes: circle (face), oval (the hay template), squares (body) and rectangle (legs and arms).
* Print the templates in your choice of color or black and white in the materials column.
* Template 1: Color (if applicable) and cut the pieces for Little Boy Blue and cut through the dividing line to separate the outline.
* Ask and help child to identify the shapes Talk about the different shades of blue.
* Encourage child to glue the template pieces to the body outline template.
* When Little Boy Blue is assembled cut around and then glue Little Boy Blue to "sleep" over the hay mat template (suggest to color the mat in different shades of yellow & brown). You can also have the children glue some real hay, or cut-up raffia, construction paper in a coordinating color to the hay mat first and then glue Little Boy Blue on top (beige, brown).
* There is a small marking on the hay mat marking to use a hole punch to insert a piece of yarn, string or raffia to hang as a decoration.
* To reinforce, read and sing the rhyme at least once a day during the week using the rhyme poster and finished craft.
*Present letter Ff is for Farmer with the ideas and materials suggested.
* Place the finished craft in a place of honor at child's eye level.

Additional Activities: Farmer Coloring Book
*Little Boy Blue Coloring Page without text

Coloring Pages or a Farm Coloring Book: Visit the Farm Animals and Farm Related Coloring Pages and choose a selection to assemble a coloring book with available book covers.

Little Boy Blue Shapes Craft
Farmer or Shepherd
illustration only Templates below

Easy Shapes Little Boy Blue Craft: *Color
*Black & White

Oval Hay Template
*Color
*Black & White

* white paper or card stock
* scissors
* glue

*Try to dress in something blue today - both educator and children.

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Little Boy Blue Nursery Rhyme Farmer Craft | Little Boy Blue | Community Helpers Preschool Lesson Plan Printable Activities

Little Boy Blue Nursery Rhyme
Farmer Craft | Little Boy Blue | Community Helpers
Preschool Lesson Plan Printable Activities