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Published: 5/3/2020
The ‘apples and bananas’ song is such fun for learning and practicing letter sounds of vowels. The song starts with ‘I like to eat, eat, eat apples and bananas’ - as you go through the song, the first vowel sound transitions into a different vowel sound, until you’re singing about ‘oo-ples’ and ‘boo-noo-noos’. It’s also quite silly so gets extra points for the laughter factor!
Listen to the apples and bananas song with your child and have a go at singing along together. Lyrics:
I like to eat, eat, eat apples and bananas I like to eat, eat, eat apples and bananas A
I like to ate, ate, ate ay-ples and ba-nay-nays I like to ate, ate, ate ay-ples and ba-nay-nays E
I like to eat, eat, eat ee-ples and bee-nee-nees I like to eat, eat, eat ee-ples and bee-nee-nees I
I like to ite, ite, ite i-ples and by-ny-nys I like to ite, ite, ite i-ples and by-ny-nys O
I like to ote, ote, ote oh-ples and bo-no-nos I like to ote, ote, ote oh-ples and bo-no-nos U
I like to oot, oot, oot oo-ples and boo-noo-noos
I like to oot, oot, oot oo-ples and boo-noo-noos
Literacy exercise:
Make large letter signs e.g. an O written on an A4 page, and hold up during the song whilst singing ‘o-pples and bo-no-nos’. Continue this with all letters until your child can identify the letters independently.
Afterwards, encourage your child to have a go at drawing the letters.
Expressive arts and design exercise:
Make apples and banana props using found material e.g. old cereal boxes, colouring pencils. Use the props to make a puppet show and dance along to the song with. Get imaginative with it - start changing the words to other things e.g. ‘I like to eat, eat, eat cheese and spaghetti’ etc.
What you'll need A stick
