Ring A Ring O Roses
Sing and Learn the Actions!
Lyrics
Chorus
Ring-a-ring o’ roses,
a pocket full of posies;
A-tishoo! A-tishoo!
We all fall down.
Fishes in the water,
fishes in the sea;
We all jump up with a
One! Two! Three!
Repeat chorus
The King has sent his daughter,
to fetch a pail of water;
We all jump up with a
One! Two! Three!
Repeat chorus
The robin on the steeple,
is singing to the people;
We all jump up with a
One! Two! Three!
Repeat chorus
Ashes in the water,
ashes in the sea;
We all jump up with a
One! Two! Three!
Activities
Music
- Play along with the beat! Divide children into five groups and issue a set of instruments to each group, e.g. drums, maracas, triangles, rhythm sticks. Alternatively body percussion can be used e.g. clapping hands, slapping knees, tapping toes, clicking fingers. Allocate one verse to each of the groups; everyone plays together on the chorus.
Dance
- Children hold hands in a circle and dance around in a clock wise direction. When you hear the words – “we all fall down”– children fall down. When you hear “we all jump up” jump up.
Visual Art
- Create a rose collage using different materials.
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.
