My children love playing with Flash Cards but after a little while they start to lose interest and want to do something else. To keep them interested a little longer I decided to use the cards a little bit differently. We look for words that are used in our favourite songs.
There is a few different ways you can do this. The cards can be grouped beforehand and the children can read the words on the cards and then sing the song associated with those words. The cards can be laid out so the children can pick some pictures and then sing the song or you could ask them to find the cards that match a song.
Children could also be given the chance to use their imagination and be creative. Let them pick cards at random and make up their own songs.
Here are a few examples :)
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Twinkle twinkle little star, my dad drives a rusty car
Turn the engine, pull the choke
Off he goes with a puff of smoke
Twinkle twinkle little star, my dad drives a rusty car
Miss Polly had a dolly who was sick sick sick
So she phoned for the doctor to be quick quick quick
The doctor came with his bag and hat
And he knocked on the door with a rat-a-tat-tat
He looked at dolly and he shook his head
And said Miss Polly put her straight to bed
He wrote on a paper for a pill pill pill
I will be back in the morning with my bill bill bill
Hey diddle diddle the cat and the fiddle
The cow jumped over the moon
The little dog laughed to see such fun
And the dish ran away with the spoon
How much is that doggie in the window
The one with the waggley tail
How much is that doggie in the window
I do hope that doggie's for sale
Row row row your boat
Gently down the stream
Merrily merrily merrily merrily
Life is but a dream
Rock Rock Rock your boat
Gently down the stream
If you see a crocodile
Don't forget to scream
Row Row Row your boat
Down the Arctic river
If you see a Polar Bear
Don't forget to shiver
Rock Rock Rock your boat
All the way to shore
If you see a Lion there
Don't forget to ROAR!
Wind the bobbin up, wind the bobbin up
Pull pull clap clap clap
Wind it back again, Wind it back again
Pull pull clap clap clap
Point to the ceiling, point to the floor
Point to the window, point to the door
Clap your hands together
One two three
Put your hands down on your knee.
Old MacDonald had a farm ee-i-ee-i-ooo
And on that farm he had a pig ee-i-ee-i-ooo
With a oink oink here and a oink there
Here a oink there a oink
Everywhere a oink oink
Old MacDonald had a farm ee-i-ee-i-ooo
(repeat verse with other animals)
The wheels on the bus go round and round
Round and round, round and round
The wheels on the bus go round and round
all day long
The cat on the bus go Miow miow miow
Miow miow miow, miow miow miow
The cat on the bus goes Miow miow miow
All day long
(Stray away from the traditional verses and mix the verses up with whatever animals/ things your child desires. The children will have a giggle imagining all the bizarre things on the bus. )
Five little monkeys swinging in a tree
Teasing Mr crocodile 'you can't catch me'
Along came Mr crocodile hungry as can be
Snap!
There are four little monkeys swinging in a tree
Teasing Mr crocodile 'you can't catch me'
Along came Mr crocodile hungry as can be
Snap!
There are three little monkeys swinging in a tree
Teasing Mr crocodile 'you can't catch me'
Along came Mr crocodile hungry as can be
Snap!
There are two little monkeys swinging in a tree
Teasing Mr crocodile 'you can't catch me'
Along came Mr crocodile hungry as can be
Snap!
There is one little monkeys swinging in a tree
Teasing Mr crocodile 'you can't catch me'
Along came Mr crocodile hungry as can be
Snap!
There are no more monkeys swinging in a tree
