This Is the Way We Wash Our Face

Song: This Is the Way We Wash Our Face (Sung to the tune of Here We Go 'Round the Mulberry Bush)

Let's sing this song and tell a little story about how we take a bath.

"This is the way we wash our face (actions to words to all these)

shampoo our hair scrub our skin dry with a towel, etc. Early Literacy Aside--Example: This song helps us learn different vocabulary words about bathtime, like shampoo and scrub. I hope you will talk about this when you take a bath tonight. What other words can you come up with? Talking about interesting, fun words like this will help your children recognize words later on when they read them.

Submitted by Stacey Harwood, Henrico County (VA) Public Library, Twin Hickory Branch