Bunny & Bug Song
- Song: Bunny & Bug (short 'u' song)
- Learning Objectives: This phonics song helps to teach and practice the short vowel 'u' and word families (ug, unny, uzz). This song is adapted from our phonics story book. Also check out the stories section here: https://www.kizphonics.com/phonics-readers/
After teaching the song, read the story. You may also teach the story before singing the song.
Song Worksheet
- How to Teach: Turn on the music and the video. Let the students listen and watch once or twice. Break down the song and teach. To do that, tell students you will sing one line and they will sing the next.
Students' Line: Bunny hears a buzz
Teacher's Line: The buzz is from a jug
Students' Line: Bunny hears
Teacher's Line: buzz buzzing bug
After this, change lines.
Keep doing this until the students can sing the song without teacher involvement. Next, ask students to pick out words that rhyme. Ask for other words that rhyme with the words in the song. Depending on the level, have the students replace a few word families in these song to make a new song with different words but the same word families.
Song Worksheet:
After teaching learners to sing the song, have the students do some writing activity.
Print out the song worksheet for this video and have them do the writing activities.
By combining listening and singing of the song with writing, the overall result is much improved.
