Rub a Dub in the Tub!

A favorite storytime theme of mine is Bathtime! There are so many great 'bath' books.  I have an interactive rhyme about rubber duckies to use with this theme.  I diecut colored felt ducks that I hand out and we pretend the flannelboard is the tub. When the children hear the color that they are holding they can bring their 'rubber ducky' and put it on the board. Even toddlers like to do this! Here's a youtube link for some Rubber Ducky fun with Ernie and friends on Sesame Street. Bathtime with rubber ducks is so much Fun with Friends at Storytime!

  Rubber Ducky

By Kathryn Roach

Splish, splash in the tub

With my rubber duckies

This funny one jumped on my head!

My rubber ducky red!

Splish, splash in the tub

With my rubber duckies

Here’s a cute wet little fellow

My rubber ducky yellow!

Splish, splash in the tub

With my rubber duckies

This duck’s the best swimmer that I’ve seen

My rubber ducky green!

Splish, splash in the tub

With my rubber duckies

First, upside down, and then upright

My rubber ducky white!

Splish, splash in the tub

With my rubber duckies

This duck can swim and dive down too!

My rubber ducky blue

Splish, splash in the tub

With my rubber duckies

This ducky floats and doesn’t sink

My rubber ducky pink!

Splish, splash in the tub

With my rubber duckies

I’ve played and washed, but now I’m done

With rubber ducky fun!

 *Update: We offered a fun Home Extension for bathtime. We programmed a picture of a child in a bathtub and printed it on card stock. I diecut paper ducks that we glued to a popsicle stick to make a 'puppet'. We cut a slit along the top edge of the bathtub in the picture so that the duck puppet could play in the tub.  It was a big hit! Here's a pic of my sample.

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