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Our very best selection of Baa Baa Black Sheep activities for young children!
Looking for some brilliantly simple Baa Baa Black Sheep activities for young children? Here are 6 of our favourites (plus a BONUS sheep picture book post!)…
Contents:
- How to Make Cute Hand Print Sheep!
- Baa Baa Black Sheep Lyrics + FREE Activities
- How to Make a Cotton Wool Sheep Craft
- 4 FUN Baa Baa Black Sheep Toddler Maths Games
- Farm Role Play: Baa Baa Black Sheep Themed!
- Scissor Skills Activity: Sheep Shearing!
- BONUS – 21 Baa-Rilliant Sheep Picture Books for Kids
1. How to Make Cute Hand Print Sheep!
Make these super handprint sheep with your child. This activity is great for developing fine motor skills & imaginary play!
Handprint crafts are so versatile & perfect for making a flock of sheep! Add on our free downloadable sheep template & voila! Great as little decorations, storytelling props & even as lovely keepsakes of your child’s & perhaps the whole family’s handprints!
For full instructions on how to make handprint sheep AND ideas on how to use them, read our full post.
2. Baa Baa Black Sheep Lyrics
Use our Baa Baa Black Sheep lyrics sheet alongside our other Baa Baa Black Sheep activities!
Busy Bags (also known as Story Sacks, Treasure Boxes or Baskets) are a great way of introducing stories & rhymes. They not only support language development but also make reading more meaningful & add to the fun! These Baa Baa Black Sheep bags can be left out (as appropriate & safe) once opened & explored, so children can keep going back to them as they please.
Want to know more about what we put in our Busy Bag PLUS get your hands on some super cute stick puppet freebies? Head on over to our full Baa Baa Black Sheep lyrics post.
3. How to Make a Cotton Wool Sheep Craft
Make this super cotton wool sheep craft with your child. This fun glueing activity helps develop fine motor skills & spatial awareness!
Get crafty with this cute cotton wool sheep to spark your child’s imagination. Let them have lots of fun developing their fine motor sticking skills through creating the sheep’s ‘fleece’. Use the completed sheep to explore the Baa Baa Black Sheep rhyme or get your little one to make lots of sheep, perhaps in different colours, & create their own flock. A very simple activity to set up using items which can be readily found around the house!
Click for full instructions on how to make a simple cotton wool sheep & ways to play.
4. 4 FUN Baa Baa Black Sheep Toddler Maths Games
A selection of fun Baa Baa Black Sheep toddler maths games!
We love maths especially when we can theme it! These activities are brilliant for learning to count to 10 and sorting shapes and colours whilst having fun! We have activities ranging from completing shape jigsaw puzzles to playing a fun game of hide & seek – a game which requires absolutely no prep! Each game helps develop a range of maths skills including 1:1 correspondence (the matching of an object to the corresponding number), counting, sorting & spatial awareness.
Check out our collection of fabulous Baa Baa Black Sheep toddler maths games & grab our FREE jigsaw puzzle template while you’re there.
5. Farm Role Play: Baa Baa Black Sheep Themed!
This simple Baa Baa Black Sheep farm role play activity is great for developing imagination, language & creativity!
Get your child’s toy farm animals out, use our farm small world background & let your little one’s imagination run wild as they become a sheep farmer! Sing the Baa Baa Black Sheep rhyme with them as they play. Get them to count how many sheep are in their flock, see if they can add some other relevant toy ‘farm’ items or animals if available, for example, a sheepdog, a tractor, fencing etc. & ask lots of questions to get them thinking in role.
Click to see what items we included in our farm role play & download our FREE farm small world background.
6. Scissor Skills Activity: Sheep Shearing!
Develop fine motor muscles with this sheep shearing scissor skills activity!
We love this sheep shearing activity as it develops a range of fine motor skills & gives lots of opportunities to learn about where wool comes from! It is simple to make but gives your little one great cutting skills practise. Despite seeming super simple, my kids absolutely loved this activity & kept asking to repeat it.
Head to our full post to see how to create our sheep’s fleece & ways to play with this scissor skills activity.
7. BONUS – 21 Baa-Rilliant Sheep Picture Books for Kids
Our very best selection of Baa Baa Black Sheep picture books, suitable from birth upwards!
We have handpicked our favourite Baa Baa Black Sheep picture books to go with this classic nursery rhyme theme. We have read them all & they are a great hit with our little ‘critics’. ‘That’s not my lamb…’ & ‘The Naughty Sheep, being two of their top picks.
Take a look at our favourite Baa Baa Black Sheep picture books to read aloud. To help you choose we have included photos, extracts & descriptions of each title. Enjoy!
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Have you tried any of these Baa Baa Black Sheep activities? Let me know in the comments below! We would love to see any photos of your setups or little ones in action!
