Preschool fingerplays help teach fine and gross motor skills, improve memory, gain social skills, develop language and music skills. They are amazing for providing multi-sensory learning for your preschooler! Wondering, what is a fingerplay? or Why are fingerplays important? Learn more about the benefits of fingerplays here!
Fingerplays are also great because you don't need anything! Just your body! These songs, action songs, and finger plays can be easily done in a restaurant, on a long car ride, or while waiting for an appointment. They are also a great way to grab attention and to help transition your child from one activity to another!
These songs and rhymes are perfect for summer--they are all about swimming in a pool!
We've compiled this list of fun songs to extend the learning from our no prep, at home learning kit: The Pool Party Box. Check it out...how cute, right?!
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In My Swimming Pool
(To the tune of "Do Your Ears Hang Low?")
I can stay real cool
In my swimming pool
On a sunny summer day
I can laugh and splash and play
When I wear my bathing suit
I'll be cool and I'll be cute
In my swimming pool!
Is there anything cuter than your little one all wet in their bathing suit!? This song is great because it teaches the repetition of language ("in my swimming pool") along with rhyming skills!
Splash and Kick
(To the tune of "Down by the Station")
When the sun is shining,
I like to go swimming.
Swimming in the ocean,
Swimming in a pool.
Splashing and kicking,
Water all around me.
Splash, splash. Kick, kick.
Keeping cool!
Which do you prefer, swimming in the ocean or swimming in a pool?
Swimming, Swimming, In a Swimming Pool
Swimming swimming, in a swimming pool
When days are hot, when days are cold
In a swimming pool
Breaststroke, sidestroke
And fancy diving too
Oh don't you wish that you could have nothing else to do but
(hum) (hum), in a swimming pool
When days are hot, when days are cold
In a swimming pool
Breaststroke, sidestroke
And fancy diving too
Oh don't you wish that you could have nothing else to do but
(hum) (hum), (hum) (hum) (hum) (hum)
When days are hot, when days are cold
In a swimming pool
Breaststroke, sidestroke
And fancy diving too
Oh don't you wish that you could have nothing else to do but
(hum) (hum), (hum) (hum) (hum) (hum)
(hum) (hum) (hum) (hum), when days are cold
In a swimming pool
Breaststroke, sidestroke
And fancy diving too
Oh don't you wish that you could have nothing else to do but
(hum) (hum), (hum) (hum) (hum) (hum)
(hum) (hum) (hum) (hum), (hum) (hum) (hum) (hum)
In a swimming pool
Breaststroke, sidestroke
And fancy diving too
Oh don't you wish that you could have nothing else to do but
(hum) (hum), (hum) (hum) (hum) (hum)
(hum) (hum) (hum) (hum), (hum) (hum) (hum) (hum)
(hum) (hum) (hum) (hum)
Breaststroke, sidestroke
And fancy diving too
Oh don't you wish that you could have nothing else to do but
(hum) (hum), (hum) (hum) (hum) (hum)
(hum) (hum) (hum) (hum), (hum) (hum) (hum) (hum)
(hum) (hum) (hum) (hum)
(hum), (hum)
And fancy diving too
Oh don't you wish that you could have nothing else to do but
(hum) (hum), (hum) (hum) (hum) (hum)
(hum) (hum) (hum) (hum), (hum) (hum) (hum) (hum)
(hum) (hum) (hum) (hum)
(hum), (hum)
(hum) (hum) (hum) (hum)
Oh don't you wish that you could have nothing else to do but
(hum) (hum), (hum) (hum) (hum) (hum)
(hum) (hum) (hum) (hum), (hum) (hum) (hum) (hum)
(hum) (hum) (hum) (hum)
(hum), (hum)
(hum) (hum) (hum) (hum)
(hum) (hum) (hum) (hum) (hum), (hum) (hum) (hum) (hum) (hum) (hum) (hum) BUT!
This song brings me back to my childhood. We spent 2 weeks every summer on a lake in Maine. At least one of the nights, my aunt would gather up all of the cousins and I and take us out to a deserted island where we would camp and sing campfire songs. This one was always our favorite!
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