Down by the Bay

From Hap Palmer

Down by the Bay
3 minPre-KK1stReading & Writing (ELA)
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Summary

A rhyming song from Hap Palmer. Children hear and predict rhyming words, tuning their ears to the sounds of language — an early-literacy skill that makes reading easier.

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Teaching resources

Discussion questions

Discussion

This song plays with letters and sounds.

  1. What letters or sounds did you hear in the song?
  2. Can you think of another word that starts the same way?
  3. What word from the song can you spell out loud?

Quick work-a-long

Vocabulary: rhyme, sound, word, pair.

Try it: Sing along, then say a word from the song and think of another word that rhymes with it.