Today we’re visiting the farm with my Top 10 EFL ESL Farm songs for children. We’re going to learn all about cows, pigs, sheep and much more. Find out about how farmers live and fun activities to do on the farm. Then do some farming activities with your class. If you have a farm nearby, maybe you could even organize a class day out at the farm and see the animals for real. Don’t worry if you can’t though because you’re going to find everything here to create your own farm in class with all the sounds, smells and movement that you’ll find on a real farm. Are you ready? We’re off to the farm with my Top 10 EFL ESL Farm songs for children.
Alphabet Farm ABC Song by Bounce Patrol
Let’s start with something lively to get the kids moving. This is one for children who are learning or who know their alphabet but you could still use it with younger classes to learn some farm related vocabulary. Play a guessing game of I Spy and challenge the kids to find their own farm words for each letter. Then they can make their own alphabet farm. This would be great for a class art project too with a big picture for each letter of all the farm animals and objects.
The Farmer In The Dell by Super Simple Songs
A simple look at what a farmer does for small children. Use lots of TPR to show the kids the different activities and then play a game of Simon Says / Farmer says to practice them. Can you think of any other activities a farmer might do? Does a farmer dance? Does a farmer swim? See if the kids can think of anything else to add.
Let’s Go To The Farm by Maple Leaf Learning
This song is a great introduction to farm animals for smaller children. All the farmyard favorites are there and you can play a fun game if you have some simple animal flashcards. Hide them around the room and get the kids to look for them as you sing the song. Then ask them if they can remember what they are called. Play a game of What’s missing? with all the animals to help them to remember their names.
Farm Animals Song by ELF Learning
A fun look at animal sights and sounds on a farm that could be used in older classes too. Play a guessing game with the animals and their different sounds to learn all their names. Then plan a visit to a farm, real or imaginary. What do you want to see? Where are the pigs? Can you see the cow? Make a farm in your classroom with pictures or toy animals and walk around it as you sing the song together.
Farmer Plants the Seeds by The Kiboomers
This is a simple look at how plants grow on a farm for younger children which would be great if you were talking about planting and growing plants in class. You could use it in a class about weather or about food to show how are food grows and what it needs.
The Planting Song by Mother Goose Club
Learn all about fruit and vegetables and the planting and harvesting cycle. Put the different stages of growing fruit and vegetables in order. What does the plant need to grow? If you are able to plant real seed or beans in class, this is a fantastic activity to do and the kids love watching their plants growing. You can see my Jack and the Beanstalk lesson plan for more ideas about this.
All Around The Farm by Jack Hartmann
If you’re learning about prepositions, this is an excellent farm-themed way of practicing. Draw a map of the farm and then describe where everything is. Play a treasure hunt game where the kids have to give instructions to each other to find the treasure on the farm. Is it next to the cows? Or in the barn? This would be a great way of getting them to practice all their farm vocabulary as well as the prepositions.
Down On The Farm Song by Silly Lion
All the sights and sounds of a real farm. Have you ever been on holiday to a farm? What activities could you do? What would you like to try? Get the kids to plan a farm holiday and all the different things that they could see and do. An activity for every day of the week. They could make a brochure for a farm with lots of pictures and descriptions of what it is like and why people should visit it.
A Farmer’s Life for Me by Barefoot Books
A story about a day in the life of a farming family. This would be a great way of talking about daily routine and what people do all day. How is a farmer’s day different to other jobs? How is it different to a typical day for your students? Get them to compare and write a schedule for a busy farmer with all the jobs he or she needs to complete in a day. This would also be a great exercise for journal writing. Get the kids to imagine they are farmers and write a journal entry about one day in their life and what happened that day.
Farmer Rock Anthem by Peterson Farm Bros
Real farmers showing what they do and how food gets on our tables in a fun way. This would be an excellent resource for teenagers. Do they know where our food comes from and how it is produced? You could do a whole project on this with your class looking at the production process of different foods and the people who grow them. What countries do they live in? How are the crops grown? And how do they then get transformed into the food we buy in the supermarket? You could also look at how these processes have changed over the years and how farmers’ lives have changed.
Old MacDonald Had a Farm by Pancake Manor
I’m ending with a classic song. But this is not the Old MacDonald’s farm that you might remember. This farm has some very strange animals on it. Get your class to imagine a crazy farm and describe it to you. What animals would they choose to have on their farm and why? A dinosaur could lay giant eggs maybe. Compare a real farm and a crazy farm and discuss why we have the animals we do on a traditional farm.
Well, that was fun! If you’ve enjoyed this and want more, you can find lots more song collections on different themes here and all my lesson plans here. To keep up to date with new teaching ideas and articles, follow the GoogooEnglish Facebook page or sign up for email updates below.