Farm Stories

In our homelearning of "Farm Animals" theme these 2 months, I created a mini book and named it "Little Bee's Farm Book". Inside the book are 6 stories that I encouraged Little Bee to spin out from her imagination - all based on the theme of farm animals, and from her perspective of what she had learned in this theme. As she told me her stories, I would write them down in the mini book, and then read those stories back to her and Big Bee, much to her delight.

I thought this is a fun way to encourage imaginative thinking and lays the foundation for creative writing in future. We used this same method with Big Bee when she was 4, and I am heartened that Little Bee enjoyed this activity as much as Big Bee last time! 

Here are the stories she devised all on her own, complete with her own titles, without any editing nor prompting from me, hence the funny grammar!

1) EGG MAN

One day, there's a man walking in the farm. The man saw the chicken. The man takes a lot of eggs. He is the egg man. There are a lot of things in the farm. I like the farm.

2) THE PIG

One day, there is a man selling pigs. The man said he must catch a lot of pigs today. He said, "I like the pigs. I feel like eating them." The pigs said, "NO!" Then the man said, "Later, I want to catch you OK!" The pigs said, "NO!"

3) THE COW

One day, the milkman came. He squeeze the milk from the cow. Squeeze, squeeze, squeeze. The milkman takes the milk and put inside the bottle. After that, he put the bottle into the van. This is for the baby. When he goes home, the mummy takes the bottle to feed the baby. The mummy wants to take the baby outside to play for a while. "I love you, baby," the mummy called. The baby tells the mummy, "I love you, Mummy!"

4) THE DOG

One day, there is a dog man selling dogs. But people don't want to eat dogs. The dogs look after the sheep. The dog tells the sheep, "No coming out!" The sheep called, "I want to go out!" The dog called, "No! No! You cannot come out! No please! NO PLEASE!"

5) THE CAT

One day, there is a little cat. The little cat, the mummy, the papa, the jie-jie and the aunty cats said, "Meow meow!" The kitten feels like eating fish and mouse. The kitten said, "I find lots of mice and lots of fish!" The kitten shares all the food with the family. 

6) THE HORSE (she dedicated this story for her jie-jie who loves horses a lot)

One day, there are lots of horses in the farm. The horses neigh, "Neiiigggghhhhh!" The farmer and the horse must take a lot of things today. The horse neigh again. The horse laughs because the farmer always kiss the girlfriend. Kiss kiss kiss. The farmer tells the girlfriend, "I love you!" The girlfriend said, "I love you too!"