Little White Duck
Children will love to sing and dance
along with this fun Animal song!
Lyrics
There's a little white duck swimming in the water.
A little white duck, doing what she ought-a.
She took a bite of a lily pad, she flapped her wings
and then she said:
"I'm glad that I'm a little white duck
swimming in the water QUACK, QUACK, QUACK!"
There's a little green frog swimming in the water.
A little green frog, doing what she ought-a.
She jumped right up on the lily pad that the little duck bit and then she said:
"I'm glad that I'm a little green frog
swimming in the water CROAK, CROAK, CROAK!"
There's a little black bug lying in the water.
A little black bug, doing what he ought-a.
He swam right up to the lily pad and tickled the frog
and then he said:
"I'm glad that I'm a little black bug
Lying in the water BUZZ, BUZZ, BUZZ!"
There's a little red snake sliding in the water.
A little red snake, doing what she ought-a.
She scared the frog and the duck so bad and she ate the bug and then she said:
"I'm glad that I'm a little red snake
Sliding in the water SSSSS, SSSSS, SSSSS!"
Activities
Music
- Listen to "Little White Duck"
- Voice percussion - use voices to represent the animal sounds.
- Choose a child to make an animal sound - who ever guesses right can have the next turn.
Drama
- Tell the story by acting out each verse.
Literacy
- What happens next? Tell the story of what happens next to the duck, frog, bug and snake.
Numeracy
- How many animals are featured in this song?
- Which animal is the longest?
- Which animal is the smallest?
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.
