The Farmer in the Dell nursery rhyme is perfect song activity to use when teaching a Farm thematic unit to preschool and kindergarten students.
Have the children create stick puppets for each character in The Farmer in the Dell nursery rhyme, and, as the song is playing, have the kids act out the song.
After the nursery rhyme is over, ask the students questions about the sounds the animals in the song would make and what the animals in the song would eat.
Just print the lyrics to the children’s song, play the MP3 download, and have the kids sing along to the Farmer in the Dell nursery rhyme.
Lyrics
The Farmer In The Dell Nursery Rhyme
The farmer in the dell
The farmer in the dell
Hi-ho, the derry-o
The farmer in the dell
The nurse takes a cow
The nurse takes a cow
Hi-ho, the derry-o
The nurse takes a cow
The cow takes a dog
The cow takes a dog
Hi-ho, the derry-o
The cow takes a dog
The dog takes a cat
The dog takes a cat
Hi-ho, the derry-o
The dog takes a cat
The cat takes a rat
The cat takes a rat
Hi-ho, the derry-o
The cat takes a rat
The rat takes the cheese
The rat takes the cheese
Hi-ho, the derry-o
The rat takes the cheese
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