Barnyard Dance! (1993)

Barnyard Dance is a rhyming book and a sing along. It is about barn animals just having a good old time with each other. The author finds animals that rhyme with each other for example, frog and dog.I would using the book for a rhyming activty, espcially if we were learning about animals. I think the kids would really like this because it is a sing along. ( )

Cartoon farm animals that are wacky enough to make you laugh out loud and rhymes clever enough to sustain those nearly infinite re-readings.

This is a great lesson for verbs and how they are used in a rhythmic rhyming way. ( )

Farm animals participate in square dancing. I like the storyline of farm animals gathering together to square dance.

Get ready for a foot-stomping good time. This board book captures the thumping pace of a square dance, with moves suited to the barnyard animals that populate the story. Time to skitter with mice, or trot with the turkeys. How about leaping like a frog? My girls absolutely adore this book. It helps that my husband and I read it while we act out all the moves with them. As is true of other Boynton books, the text has a perfect read aloud rhythm, the illustrations are cute and funny, and the story is a joy to read. Bed time is a lot more fun when we include this book in our routine. ( )

Boynton, S. (1993). Barnyard dance! New York: Workman Publishing.
Age: 1 to 3 years old
It is party time at the farm. The animals come together to take part in the barnyard dance. From the chickens to the pigs, from the horses to the sheep, the animals get together to follow the steps called by a violinist cow. It is square dance animal style, and everyone is having a good time.
Barnyard dance! has the rhythm of square dancing with the added charm that all participants are cuddly farm creatures. When read aloud, the text sounds like a square dance caller addressing his audience. Rhymes such as “With a BAA and a MOO and a COCKADOODLEDOO / everybody promenade two by two!” remind us that this is a very special dance. The text works with the whacky and fun illustrations describing what happens in each drawing. This is a book to be read aloud many, many times. ( )