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Row, Row, Row Your Boat (group video)

Song type: Actions, Active, Face to face
Language: English
Age group: 0-2, 3-5
Audience: Children, Pre-birth, Pre-school, Toddler
Topics: Bookbug

How to use this song with babies

Sing this gently like a lullaby while rocking your baby.

How to use this song with toddlers

You could sit in a circle and everyone hold hands and row together.

How to use this song with 3 to 5-year olds

In groups of three, two people can make a boat and one person can go in the middle to be the passenger.

Row, Row, Row Your Boat lyrics

Row, row, row your boat,

Gently down the stream,

Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily

Life is but a dream.

Row, row, row your boat,

Gently down the stream,

If you see a crocodile,

Don’t forget to scream (Aaagh!)

There are lots of variations. Try one of the following:

Gently down the stream, if you see a crocodile don’t forget to scream

Gently down the river, if you see a polar bear don’t forget to shiver

Gently to the shore, if you see a lion don’t forget to roar

Gently down the lake, if you hear a hissing sound it’s probably a snake

Gently in the bath, if you see a spider don’t forget to laugh (tickle)

Gently though the mist, if you see a baby don’t forget to kiss