Five Currant Buns
You Will Need:
- Paper, pens
- Play dough or mud
- If you are not sure of the tune, you can use this link from the Literacy Trust http://www.wordsforlife.org.uk/song
The Activity:
- Sing the song with your little one.
- Engage your little one by making currant buns. You can create these using craft materials.
- You could use outdoor resources such as mud or use play dough to make your five currant buns.
- Using your home made ‘currant buns’ will help your little one to gain early mathematical concepts.
Five Currant Buns
Five currant buns in a bakers shop, round and fat with a cherry on the top.
Along came (NAME) with a penny one day, bought a currant bun and took it away.
Four currant buns in a bakers shop, round and fat with a cherry on the top.
Along came (NAME) with a penny one day, bought a currant bun and took it away.
Three currant buns in a bakers shop, round and fat with a cherry on the top.
Along came (NAME) with a penny one day, bought a currant bun and took it away.
Two currant buns in a bakers shop, round and fat with a cherry on the top.
Along came (NAME) with a penny one day, bought a currant bun and took it away.
One currant bun in a bakers shop, round and fat with a cherry on the top.
Along came (NAME) with a penny one day, bought a currant bun and took it away.
You may want to emphasise on these associated words to enhance your child language development:
- Round
- Fat
- Bought
- Took
- Away
- Along
- One
- Two
- Three
- Four
- Five
- Zero
How this supports your child's learning:
An experience and appreciation of rhythm and rhyme is essential for children’s success in mastering the fundamental skills required for speaking, reading and writing. Songs and rhymes are also a great way to introduce mathematical language and to support children’s emotional development.
Top Tip:
Try to minimise distractions e.g. background noise, no television so children can fully engage with you and the song.
