Down in the Jungle 

This is another fantastic nursery rhyme to enjoy with your child with lots of actions and fun voices. 

To support the language in this song:

• For each animal try to use a toy or related object to help your child understand more about the animal and what it does. 
• With each new animal, you could try moving around like that animal or move the toy animal and encourage your child to copy if they can.
• You could use a wet flannel/ sponge or something similar to support the 'washing their clothes' line.
• Encourage your child to feel the wet item and imitate the washing action to the song.
• If you have musical instruments such as a drum you could encourage your child to explore this during the 'Boom boodie, boom boodie' verse.
• Alternatively if you don't have an instrument, you could use a pot of some sort and a spoon to create some new jungle sounds as the song is sung or played.