Image - a spider and a water spout    
Incy Wincy spider is a traditional children's song. It's a great song for younger children. Why not print and make the Incy Wincy spider mobile?   

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creepy crawlies       

Ideas for classroom activities using the topic of creepy crawlies. Useful ideas for parents too.    

USING TRADITIONAL SONGS   

You can find tips for using Incy Wincy Spider and other traditional songs on the British Council/BBC website Teaching English.   

using learnenglish kids with your child    

Bugs    

Bugs, creepy crawlies - they're those little creatures that we see everywhere. Find lots of materials about these amazing animals, including games, worksheets to print, flashcards, a song, and a story. You can find them here:
http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-topics-food   

With these materials your child can:

practise the names of bugs in English   
learn the names of an insect's body parts in English   
learn facts about insects and bugs, including where they live and life cycles   
practise words related to bugs and insects eg hive, larva   
learn about malaria and quinine   
listen to a traditional children's song   

The materials are useful for your child's general education. They may be studying insects and habitats in their school science programmes.

There are also craft materials for very young learners (age 7 and under). Your young child can make a spider mobile or make their own insect habitat.

You can use these materials to practise English with your child. On this page you'll find an idea for an activity you can try with your child. On the left you'll also see a list of links to resources about this topic on teaching websites that you may find useful.   

SOMETHING TO DO WITH YOUR CHILD   

Incy Wincy is a traditional children's song. It is suitable for pre-school children and children in early primary. You can find the song here:
http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-songs-incy-wincy.htm

There is game you can play before you listen to the song. It's a good way to introduce words from the song. Click on the 'start game' button. Children left click and move the mouse to clear the window. They'll start to see a picture. How quickly cna they clean the window?

Now talk about the picture. What can you see? Introduce 'spider' and 'water spout' in English. Say the spider is called 'Incy Wincy'. You can introduce these words in English but can discuss the picture in your own language if your child doesn't speak much English. Ask your child: What's the spider going to do? What's a water spout? What comes down it?

Now click the button 'start song'. Listen to the song and watch the actions. Listen to the song again, and start to sing along.

This is an easy song to learn and you and your child can sing it whenever you like. There are actions you can do as you sing the song:

• Incy Wincy Spider climbed up the waterspout… The children interlock their thumbs, leaving 4 fingers on each hand to represent the spider’s legs scuttling up the spout, or simply wiggle the fingers on their right hand all the way up their left arm. Alternatively, the children put their left thumb on the tip of their right forefinger, then their right thumb on the tip of their left forefinger. They move their thumbs and forefingers in turn as the spider climbs up the spout.
• Down came the rain… Now the children raise both their arms and wiggle their fingers to represent the rain.
• and washed poor Incy out… The children throw down their arms, or run their fingers quickly back down their arm.
• Out came the sunshine and dried up all the rain… Children make a big circle with their arms to represent the sun.
• And Incy Wincy Spider climbed up the spout again… The children repeat the first action.

Finally there is a worksheet for the song that you can print and do with your child, or you can print the lyrics:
Print activity (160KB)
Print lyrics (407KB)

There are more tips and suggestions for using Incy Wincy with your child and learners on this sheet:
Download and print tips for using the song with your child (150KB).

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