Earthy Brown Wiggly Worm
Children will love to sing and dance
along with this fun Animal song!
Lyrics
Poking his head, from the brown earth so firm,
I can see a wiggly, wiggly worm.
“Good morning” I said
“How are you today?”
But the wiggly, wiggly worm, just wiggled away.
Strolling along where the brown earth is dug,
I can see a crawly lady bug.
“Good morning” I said
“How are you today?”
But the crawly lady bug, just crawled away.
Fluttering above the brown earth so dry,
I can see a fluttery butterfly.
“Good morning” I said
“How are you today?”
But the fluttery butterfly, just fluttered away.
Sliding along the brown earth trail,
I can see a slithery, slithery snail.
“Good morning” I said
“How are you today?”
But the slithery, slithery snail, just slithered away.
Activities
Music
• Listen to the song.
• Ask children to find a percussion instrument, found sound or use body percussion to match each animal e.g. butterfly - triangle, shake a sheet of paper, clap using only two fingers.
Visual Art
• Watch the ‘live’ video of the children performing this song.
• Make props for each character of the song and use the props to perform the song.
Dance
• Build up a dance vocabulary for each animal e.g. worm: wiggly, digging, poking etc.
• Explore and dance the moves of each animal.
Literacy
• Sing and read along to the YouTube song to achieve multi-sensory learning “Do it, see it and hear it!”
Print out the song PDF
• Read the song lyrics – ask children a variety of questions.
• Re-read the song lyrics and ask children to join in.
• Recognise and use a variety of punctuation when reading. “ ” ! ? . ,
• Look at print and conventions (bold, italics).
• Talk about interesting/challenging words and discuss what they mean.
• Word study – phonic knowledge, compound words, rhyming word, contractions etc.
