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Row, Row, Row Your Boat

Bring tradition to life with 'Row Row Row Your Boat' by Love to Sing Ð a classic nursery rhyme that supports language development and rhythm awareness in young... read more

Row, Row, Row Your Boat Lyrics

Row, row, row your boat
Gently down the stream
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily
Life is but a dream

Row, row, row your boat
Gently out to sea
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily
WeÕll be home for tea

Row, row, row your boat
Gently on the tide
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily
To the other side

Row, row, row your boat
Gently back to shore
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily
Home for tea at four

Row, row, row your boat
Gently down the stream
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily
Life is but a dream

Row, Row, Row Your Boat

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About Row, Row, Row Your Boat

Released on: May 18, 2025

01 mins 56 sec

Bring tradition to life with 'Row Row Row Your Boat' by Love to Sing Ð a classic nursery rhyme that supports language development and rhythm awareness in young learners.

Perfect for circle time or bedtime routines, this song helps children improve memory, pronunciation, and listening skills. Educators can integrate it into literacy activities, while parents can use it to create comforting, musical moments at home.

Row, Row, Row Your Boat Song Activities

Music
Sing the song as a round. Divide children into two groups - first half of the group sings the song, the other half of the group start singing when the first group start the 2nd line.

Visual Art
Construct your own boat out of cardboard.

Dance
Explore different "row boat" movements. Build up a dance vocabulary relating to movement e.g. flowing, floating, forward, backward, swaying etc.

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.