Babies | Walkers to 2 | 2s to 3s | 3s to 4s |
Overview and benefit
Children explore the subject of water in it’s various forms through music and song
Equipment required
• None
Training Videos
Positional Unit – Water Songs from MAD Academy on Vimeo.
Incy Wincy Walkers-1 from MAD Academy on Vimeo.
Rain Rain Go Away-1 from MAD Academy on Vimeo.
12345 from MAD Academy on Vimeo.
Duration
Two to three weeks
How it works
Children learn about water through song.
What to do in the class
Use any of our class music songs that involve water.
Song suggestions of existing music are:
- Incy Wincy Spider
- Rain Rain Go Away
- 12345
Introduce the song with short discussion of an element of the water subject. For instance for Incy Wincy you can mention how when it rains the rain washes off our roof and down the drainpipes (water spouts!). For Rain Rain Go Away, you can mention how important it is to all living things that we do have regular rain even though sometimes we don’t like it. In 12345, you can talk about how important it is that our water is clean so that things like fish can live in it.
Other suggested Songs and rhymes are as follows:
Fish are Swimming – Sung to the Tune of Frere Jacques
Fish are swimming fish are swimming
In the sea In sea
Splishing and a Splashing
Splishing and a Splashing
Look and See, Look and Sea
5 Little Raindrops – Spoken Rhyme
Five Little Raindrops plopping on the floor
One plopped away and then there were four
Four Little Raindrops dripping on the trees
one dripped away, and then there were three.
Three little raindrops splashing on my shoe
one splashed away, and then there were two.
Two little raindrops starting to run
one ran off, and then there was one.
One little raindrop drying in the sun
It dried all up, and then there were none
The Rain (Sung to the tune of sing a song of sixpence)
Pitter patter raindrops
Falling from the sky
Here is my umbrella
To keep me safe and dry
When the rain is over the sun begins to glow
Little flowers all start to bud and grow and grow and grow
Adaptations for 2s to 4s
No adaption required
What to do in a nursery setting
No adaption is necessary
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