Splish Splash In The Bath

Music

Divide children into two groups and issue a sound source to each group, e.g. untuned percussion instruments e.g. tambourines; body percussion e.g. clap hands; found sound e.g. tap floor.

One group plays along to the beat of the song (the steady pulse) and the other group plays along to the rhythm (short and long sounds that fit over an underlying beat) of the song.

Health

Ask do you have a shower or bath? Why is it important to wash ourselves?

Dance

Leading body parts – move through the space leading the movement with body part specified by the teacher e.g. lead with your right elbow.

Drama

Watch the YouTube video song featuring children.

Mime the story of having a bath and playing with your bath toys!

Literacy

Sing and read along to the YouTube song to achieve multi-sensory learning “Do it, see it, 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.