goutte gouttelettes de pluie...

 

This week's toddler session saw the introduction of 2 new songs.  Both on the theme of rain and both very short, hence including them both today. 

The first of these songs is called "goutte gouttelettes de pluie" and is actually quite a long song.  I came across a version though which was just the chorus of the song and decided that this was perfect for our toddlers.  The chorus that we sang goes like this:

 

Goutte gouttelettes de pluie,

Mon chapeau se mouille.

Goutte goutelettes de pluie,

Mes souliers aussi.

 

 

The full version, lyrics and an mp3 version to listen to, can be found here for those of you that would like it: http://www.momes.net/comptines/eau/gouttesgouttelettes.html

 

The second song is called "L'automne est une chanson de pluie" and is actually supposed to be sung as a round.  Our toddlers are a bit too young to grasp the concept of singing in a round though and so we just sang it as it is.  The words are as follows:

 

L'automne est une chanson de pluie,

ouvre donc,

ouvre donc,

ton parapluie,

ton parapluie.

 

An mp3 version to listen to for the tune can be found here:

http://www.mamalisa.com/?t=es&p=3042&c=22

 

Clearly, songs about rain needed rainy crafts and I came across two lovely crafts which I decided to combine for our activity this week.  The ideas came from here: http://kiboomukidscrafts.com/alphabet-letters-letter-u/ and here: http://www.mamajennblogs.com/search/label/Letter%20%22U%22%20Activities

 

Basically, the idea is to make a rainy picture with umbrellas, clouds, etc and then raindrops which look real. And this is how we did it.

 

You will need:

craft paper

cupckae cases/doilies/ similar

pipe cleaners

cotton wool

pva glue

glitter glue

any other items you would like for decoration - we had stickers, felt shapes, ribbon, foam shapes, foam animals for example.

 

To make the umbrellas, you need to cut a pipe cleaner in half and bend into a j shape for the handle. 

 

Then cut a cupcake case in half, or cut a semi-circle shape out of a doily/foam/felt, etc. 

 

Glue your umbrellas to your craft paper.

 

Glue on some cotton wool clouds and add any extras you wish.  If you look at our pictures you will see animals under the umbrellas, a puddle, stickers to decorate the umbrellas, etc.

 

Now, to make the rain!

 

Blob pva glue and glitter glue randomly onto the picture.

Hang the picture upright to dry - you could peg it onto the washing line for example, or like we did sellotape to the window. You will see that the glue rain starts to drip down the paper just like raindrops.

 

 

 

Once the glue is dry it goes clear and really does look like you paper is rain splattered.  The picture unfortunately doesn't look as good as it does in real life.

 

 

Here are our finished pictures:

 

 

I hope that you enjoy trying out our rainy songs and crafts!