5 Little Ducks
Music Presentation
Jenna, Gregor, Ashleigh, Hazel and
Alex
Purpose
• Our activities are aimed at the early years –
nursery and lower primary using the Five Little
Ducks song
• We can link this to various curricular areas to
contextualise and enhance the learning for
young children
5 Little Ducks Song
Curricular Areas
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Language
Art and design
Drama/Movement
Environmental studies
Health and wellbeing
Mathematics
Language
• Use of books to extend children’s knowledge
of ducks/animals.
• Looking at the words in the song – recognising
rhyme, repetition, understanding what the
song is about.
• Recognising links between written and spoken
words and familiar words and letters.
Art and Design
• Free exploration of a range of media such as paper,
paint, clay or play dough.
• Using a range of techniques to create art work such as
collage, pointillism and finger painting.
• Children can make pictures of ducks using collage and
the yellow paper also could make a large class wall
display of the pond to tell the story.
• Children will investigate and use a variety of media and
techniques such as painting, drawing, printing and
modelling with fabrics, clay and other materials.
Drama
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Set context of the farm setting
Discussion /improvisation of various farm animals
Using music/movement/noises
Role Play of the song
• Children would be using their bodies to express
ideas and feelings in response to music and
imaginative ideas
Environmental & Health
• Through this song children can:
• Learn about preserving our environment and animals
that live there.
• Encourage responsible citizens
• Look at animal habitats, differences between land and
water habitats.
• Through a circle time session look into issues of –
“Have you ever been lost?” “What did you do?” “How
did you feel?”
• “Children can care for living things, eg plants and pets
at home
Maths
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Helps child count back from five
Helps instil the correct number sequence 1-5
Allow the child to order according to size
Introduces concept of ‘taking away’
Extend learning up to 10 ducks
• Other examples: ‘10 in the bed’, ‘5 little
speckled frogs’, ‘one, two, buckle my shoe’