Singing | In a Childs Path Farm Preschool

In case you haven’t heard, we love pirates at our school. We search for pirates, we search for their treasures, and we sing about them! Here’s our favorite pirate song. We love it because it uses so many great skills: counting, rhyming, and repetition, and to top it all off, a nice reference to a real-world event–going to kindergarten!

Pirate Song

When I was one I sucked my thumb on the day I went to sea
I jumped aboard the Pirate ship and the captain said to me
You go this way and that way
Forward and backward on the day I went to sea

When I was two I tripped on my shoe on the day I went to sea
I jumped aboard the Pirate ship and the captain said to me
You go this way and that way
Forward and backward on the day I went to sea

When I was three I skinned my knee on the day I went to sea
I jumped aboard the Pirate ship and the captain said to me
You go this way and that way
Forward and backward on the day I went to sea

When I was four I shut the door on the day I went to sea
I jumped aboard the Pirate ship and the captain said to me
You go this way and that way
Forward and backward on the day I went to sea

When I was five
(YELL) I went to kindergarten!!!!!!!!!

We love the book called Owl Babies! The children have learned how to recite most of the book.

We decided to make owl puppets one day and we went on a hike down to the lower pasture to find stuff for our Owl Habitat. Oh now that was fun! We found everything from to logs to sticks with thick different colors of green! The children called it hay colored green, grass colored green, one child said it was the green lettuce color from our garden, another said it reminded her of the green tree that is in our yard and in the same breath said “oh but those leaves are yellow now!” I get a kick out of teaching colors to children! I love it when I get to honor what is authentic and real. No color posters here at this school!

Our owl habitat has Sarah, Percy, and Bill. Here’s a conversation starter around the dinner table: Ask your child what Bill the owl baby says!

The Owl Song

You might enjoy this song too (to the tune of Frère Jacques):
Wise old owl, wise old owl
in a tree, in a tree
Whooo are you looking at? Whooo are you looking at?
Is it me? Is it me?

The children are also learning how to sign this song.