Wee Willie Winkie

Bring tradition to life with 'Wee Willie Winkie' by Love to Sing Ð a classic nursery rhyme that supports language development and rhythm awareness in young learners. Perfect... read more

Wee Willie Winkie Lyrics

Wee Willie Winkie runs
Through the town
Upstairs and downstairs in his nightgown
Rapping at the window, crying through the lock
ÔAre all the children in their beds?
ItÕs past eight oÕclock!Õ

Wee Willie Winkie

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About Wee Willie Winkie

Bring tradition to life with 'Wee Willie Winkie' 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.

Wee Willie Winkie Song Activities

Music
The dynamics is the varying levels of loudness or softness. Children choose an instrument and play along to the song loudly; then play the song again and play their instruments softly. Ask Òdoes the loud or soft accompanying music suit the song better?Ó
Challenge Ð sing and play along to the instrumental version of the song.

Maths
Ask children what time they go to bed? Make a graph of all the times and find out which is the most popular bed-time.

Health
Ask why is it important for us to sleep?

Literacy
Sing and read along to the YouTube song to achieve multi-sensory learning ÒDo it, see it and hear it!Ó
Print out the song PDF
Read the song lyrics Ð 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. Ò Ó ! ? . ,
Look at print and conventions (bold, italics).
Talk about interesting/challenging words and discuss what they mean.
Word study Ð phonic knowledge, compound words, rhyming word, contractions etc.