One of our lovely, new children has been telling us about the ducks that he and his sister have at home. The duck in the above pictures is “Daddles” – she is a girl and lays eggs. His other duck is called Zachary Quack. He was very excited about having a duck rhyme as our rhyme of the week! We are very excited to have a duck owner in nursery!!!
Five little ducks went swimming one day
FIVE little ducks went swimming one day,
Over the hill and far away.
Mamma duck said: ‘Quack, quack, quack, quack!’
And only FOUR little ducks came back.
FOUR little ducks went swimming one day,
Over the hill and far away.
Mamma duck said: ‘Quack, quack, quack, quack!’
And only THREE little ducks came back.
THREE little ducks went swimming one day,
Over the hill and far away.
Mamma duck said: ‘Quack, quack, quack, quack!’
And only TWO little ducks came back.
TWO little ducks went swimming one day,
Over the hill and far away.
Mamma duck said: ‘Quack, quack, quack, quack!’
And only ONE little duck came back.
ONE little duck went swimming one day,
Over the hill and far away.
Mamma duck said: ‘Quack, quack, quack, quack!’
And all her five little ducks came back.
This is a great rhyme as the rhyming words are very easy for children to spot. It also gives us a chance to count down, instead of up, reinforcing our understanding of how numbers correspond to items and demonstrating what numbers actually mean.
