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This is one of my all-time favorite finger plays! Children always join
in the motions, and always sing! I use it around Thanksgiving time,
but it’s great year-round. Read below for additional ideas about how
to use this song in the class room.
Mr. Turkey and Mr. Duck
(Start
with hands behind back)
Mr. Turkey went
out one day
(one hand is turkey, and comes out to front)
In
bright sunshiny weather
He met Mr Duck
along the way
(other hand is duck, and comes out )
They stopped to talk together
Gobble, gobble, gobble, quack, quack, quack
Gobble, gobble, gobble, quack, quack, quack
And then they
both went back
(hands go back behind back)
Quack!
(spoken)
The variations below are a great way to use this song as a simple
dramatic play. Before you do them, talk about how turkeys strut and
ducks waddle. Have children practice doing each.
VARIATION 1
(This version is great as a performance piece for school programs. It
takes next to no practice, and parents will see their child’s full
character come to life!)
Have half the children standing in a line facing the other half of the
children. One side will be the turkeys, and the other side will be
ducks. Demonstrate how the turkeys will “strut” halfway and stop. Then
the ducks waddle to meet them. Have the turkeys practice their lines
(gobble, gobble, gobble) and the ducks… (quack, quack, quack)
Repeat, and then they all turn and walk back to where they started.
VARIATION 2:
Same as above, but with only one pair of children at a time. If your
class isn’t too large, you can have them switch animals and sing
again.. This can be done in a circle, with a pair of children from
opposite sides of the circle standing up and walking to the middle to
face each other, then walking back. Have the rest of the children clap
in time and sing the song- except for the gobbles and quacks! Those
lines will belong to the “actors!”
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November
2010 Song of the Month
