G Gorrilla (Gorilla Song)
Learn the letter G the fun way! It's easy when you link the letter with a sound, word, matching picture and sing along song! How many times can you spot the letter G?
Stream anywhere
G Gorrilla (Gorilla Song) Lyrics
Boom diddy, boom diddy, boom, boom, boom x2
Down in the jungle where nobody goes...
There 's a great big gorilla, washing his clothes!
With a rub-a-dub here, and a rub-a-dub there.
That 's the way he is washing his underwear!
Boom diddy, boom diddy, boom, boom, boom x2
Repeat
G Gorrilla (Gorilla Song) Learning Activities
Achievement Objective: we are learning the letter name and sound of the letter g
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. " " ! ? . ,
Talk about interesting/challenging words and discuss what they mean.
Look at print and conventions (bold, italics).
- X2 - explain you need to say/sing the verse twice
- Boom - sound word
Word study - phonic knowledge, compound words, rhyming words;
- Onomatopoeia - Boom (create a chart using other sound words)
- Compound words - nobody, underwear
- Contractions - that 's - that is, there 's = there is
- Vowel digraphs "oo"
- Rhyming words - goes, clothes, there, here, where, rub-a-dub
Sing and read along to the G Gorilla Love to Sing YouTube Song
Activities
- Print out the song PDF and highlight all letter 'g 's in the text - count how many you have highlighted!
- Draw 3 objects starting with the letter g
- Create a rhythm pattern with the rhyme "Boom, diddy, boom, diddy, boom, boom, boom" and "rub-a-dub, in the tub, rub-a-dub, in the tub"
- Sit in a circle and say the rhythm patterns above - start off slowly and then speed it up. Make it harder by using body percussion instead of a word e.g. clap for the word "diddy". It will sound like - boom, CLAP, boom, CLAP, boom, boom, boom. If someone makes a mistake they will need to sit down. Make it even more challenging by using no words e.g. click, clap, click, clap, click, click, click.
