Bath time

Singing

Bath time is the perfect singing time! Ideas for songs are:

Down in the jungle (it's about animals washing their clothes)
Five little ducks went swimming one day (Try using some rubber ducks as props if you have them)
Five little speckled frogs
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 once I caught a fish alive
Miss out some words and see if your child can put them in or try singing the wrong words sometimes
To listen to nursery rhymes online, visit the Words for Life website

Bath time words such as splashing, pouring, washing, blowing, floating, sinking
Say them as you demonstrate the action and repeat them over and over
Comment on what your child is doing - 'you're splashing in the water, splash, splash, splash!'

Learn body parts
Use containers and bath toys, how do they fit together?
Explore how you can pour water from them
Create some anticipation by making toys fall into the bath - pause before you push them and accompany this with lots of sounds
Older children can use bath toys to play imaginatively
Play ready, steady, go games - pause before you say 'go' and wait for your child to look at you before you say it, or let them say it
Play with the bubbles in the bath
Pop the bubbles and repeat 'pop-pop-pop'
Talk about if the bubbles are big or small and where they are