Noisy Farm
When we got home BookBairn chose Axel Scheffler's 'Noisy Farm' off her bookshelf and immediately started pressing the noisy animals to reminisce about her day at the farm. She particularly liked the cockerel and his cock-a-doodle-do and has learned to say the word 'cockerel' (well, something like it, and no, it's not rude!). And she particularly enjoys pushing this button on the noisy book.
I truly love this book. In part, it's because I love watching this video (and the extended version) over and over because I think it captures a lovely moment between daddy and daughter. In a previous post (here) I linked an article that said fathers reading with their children interact in a different way than mothers and that it can be particularly beneficial to language development and you can see here that BookBairn is certainly developing language skills as she reads with her daddy. This book is perfect for early language acquisition. It has the fun element of the sounds to keep little ones excited and engaged and is packed full of illustrations to reinforce animals and farmyard vocabulary. If you are looking for a great book full of learning potential this is a fabulous pick!
Happy reading and cock-a-doodle-do pick this book up!
Mummy and BookBairn xx
BookBairn certainly recognises a lot of animals and I'm sure her language skills are developed by reading with both her Mummy and Daddy. She can name a large number of animals she spots in the books and can also make the appropriate animal noises. I love listening to her.
ReplyDeleteI love listening to her too! She's spotting them in the fields now when we drive around which is so funny and makes me giggle.
DeleteIt's great that this book consolidated Book Bairn's understanding of her farm experience. I used to ask my daughter what sounds different animals made when I was driving, it was so cute hearing all these animal noises coming from the back seat :)
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Absolutely Catherine! I often laugh out loud when I hear a horsey clip clopping in the back seat! x
DeleteWe love this book! #readwithme
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DeleteI adore Axel's illustrations, just perfect for young children and I find noisy interactive books are a perfect way to get kids interested in reading. Thanks for sharing with #ReadWithMe
ReplyDeleteHis illustrations are fab! And you're so right about noisy books being engaging! x Thanks for the link-up x
DeleteI always thought these books were a total gimmick but we've got the noisy Gruffalo's Child and Room on the Broom and the kids LOVE them! As always a lovely post :) #readwithme
ReplyDeleteI know I thought so too! But I've also seen two sound books which are actual real-life bird calls. Quite fancy those. Saving my pennies! x
DeleteThis is a great book. I always love Alex Scheffler's illustrations. And your video is adorable. #Readwithme
ReplyDeleteThank you Suz! Love Axel's illustrations!
DeleteWe've got the noisy version of What the Ladybird Heard and my little one loves it. Lovely blog post Bookbairn :)
ReplyDeleteI must get that! What the Ladybird Heard is one of BookBairn's absolute favourites but I didn't know that there was a noisy version! Thanks for letting me know x
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