Nancy Stewart

Use a book with animal pictures — one animal to a page. Hold up the book and slap your thigh in rhythm as you sing. Keep a steady beat, and gauge how fast to sing by the ability of the children to join in. Repeat with different animals (dogs, cats, cows, etc.).

When ducks get up in the morning,
they always say good day
When ducks get up in the morning,
they always say good day
Quack, quack, quack, quack,
that is what they say, they say
Quack, quack, quack, quack,
that is what they say.