Draw a Bucket of Water

A simple and engaging song that is accompanied by lots of movement and fun!

FOCUS AREAS: [coordination] [crossing the midline] [active listening] [low energy] [inhibitory control]

Source: Catch a Song, Deanna Hoermann & Doreen Bridges (1985)

One song, many ways:

• This song can be made as simple or as complex as needed: a tickling song for babies, all the way up to using scarves and “sawing” hands back and forth in a partner game for children ages 5 and up.

Lyrics:

Draw a bucket of water

For my lady's daughter.

One in a rush and

Two in a rush

[Child’s name] pops under.

(Shake the lycra above their heads)

Shake up the sugar pot, shake up the sugar pot

Shake up the sugar pot, they all fall DOWN!

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