The Farm Concert

This week, Kindergarten got to tell Mrs Shields what a story was going to be about. They were divided into groups and looked at copies of the big book “The Farm Concert”. As they looked at the book, they realised that the story was going to be about a cow, pig, dog, frog, sheep and a farmer.

As Mrs Shields read the story, the children had discussions about whether the story was set at night time or during the day. Some children saw the moon on the page and thought it was night time. The farmer also wore pyjamas but we soon realised that some people work at night so they would wear their pyjamas during the day. And so the discussion continued.

Mrs Shields then pointed out that the trees in the book were green but at night time when it is dark, the trees look black. A discussion then followed. Were they green because, as one child said, the moon was shining on the trees or was it because the illustrator decided to make it coloured so we could see the animals?

Some children asked about day and night. We then went on the internet to try and find a picture to explain day and night.

We wondered why the book was called “The Farm Concert.” The children realised that the ‘music’ was created when the animals sang. At this point, the children sang just like one of the animals in the book, but just like the farmer in the story, Mrs Shields yelled “Be Quiet!”

It is amazing where some discussions will take you...