Song Sac

For the past few days Evan has been singing "Daddy put your hand in, Daddy put your hand in, sing a song, sing a song" I have tried endlessly to get him to tell me what he is singing but with little success.

I thought maybe he'd picked it up from show me show me his favourite TV of the moment ... but no! ... I thought he'd picked it up from one of his many cousins ... but no! .... he'd picked it up from nursery!

At Evans nursery they have a 'Song Sac' .. what's that you ask? Well, it's a bag full of props which prompt a child to sing a song. The sac at nursery has:
a rabbit for 'Peter Rabbit had a fly upon his nose'
a monkey for '5 cheeky monkeys swinging in a tree'
a farmer for 'old McDonald'
a soldier for 'The Grand Old Duke of York'
a bus for 'Wheels on the bus'

The children sit in a circle and sing
"Here's the song sac, here's the song sac,
What's inside? What's inside?
(childs name) put your hand in, (childs name) put your hand in,
sing a song, sing a song"

The idea is that the child pulls out a prop from the bag, and they sing the song (together) associated with that prop. It's a wonderful idea and Evan loves it! Take a look at the video above to see our song sac at home.