Quack Quack Quack...

Five Little Ducks by Public Domain

We began with a song we learnt from MIM-Jumpstart class, "Five Little Ducks" (found the book in the library also). I liked the song the moment I heard it... It is catchy and easy to sing; not to mention that it makes you wonder about the fate of those little ducks and then rejoice over their reunion with the mother duck. And of course, it teaches about numbers 1 - 5 and basic prepositions.

Lyrics:

Five little ducks went out one day, over the hill and far away.
The mother duck said, “Quack! Quack! Quack!”, but only four little ducks came back.

Four little ducks went out one day, across the lake and far away.
The mother duck said, “Quack! Quack! Quack!”, but only three little ducks came back.

Three little ducks went out one day, under the water and far away.
The mother duck said, “Quack! Quack! Quack!”, but only two little ducks came back.

Two little ducks went out one day, into town and far away.
The mother duck said, “Quack! Quack! Quack!”, but only one little duck came back.

One little duck went out one day, into the woods and far away.
The mother duck said, “Quack! Quack! Quack!”, but no little ducks came back.

Sad mother duck went out one day, over the hill and far away.
The mother duck said, “Quack! Quack! Quack!”, and all the little ducks came back.

After Sophie had tolerated my singing, I handed her the yellow marker and the sheet of paper with duck outlines already done by me earlier. I was surprised she started scribbling without any hesitation, but I got worried when she started jabbing the "ducks".

So I thought maybe it was time to hand her the orange marker... And to my amazement, Sophie started colouring her hand and then pressing it onto the paper to make prints. Of course, nothing much was printed because the marker dried up quickly on her hand. But, I was so glad she remembered the hand printing activity we did!

I bought her some crayons from ELC at Paragon yesterday, so I let Sophie try colouring with it. It took a bit of coaching but it seemed easy enough for her to use. However, she was obviously not impressed by the "light" and waxy markings as compared to the brighter ink markings. She soon figured out how to play with the crayon like a top...

End Product - Five Little Ducks

Okay... so she likes vibrant colours and her attention span is only around 5 - 10 minutes. I will have to design each activity based on that in the future. Meanwhile, I cut up the "ducks", added the wings and eyes before pasting each pair onto an ice-cream stick. Now, they sit on Sophie's new window grille in her room.