Practise the rhyme with both hand and body movements indoors and outdoors.

Provide a pack of objects to practise counting up to and back from 5 or 10, one more and one less.

Change the words to the rhyme. Choose an animal or a toy that makes a noise. Encourage the children to make their own choices.

Play - Guess the animal. Describe pictures of different animals.

Make a pond for the ducks to swim in. This can be used with ducks made in creative activity to practise counting.

Moving like a duck - waving the arms, bending the knees, wiggling your bottom, bending the knees slightly, feet out. Add the moves to the rhyme when the child remembered the song well. Sing the song with the moves and upload the video on the learning platform.

Make a puppet like a duck with a sock. Putting the hand inside the puppet, practising singing the song or having a conversation with another puppet friend.

Play follow the leader at home with family and friends - video instructions required. (See video made at school)

Create a nest using any materials e.g. towels, socks or outdoors using twigs, mud, leaves and stones for a given number of ducks e.g. 4 nests for 4 ducks.

Create small ducks using everyday recyclable materials e.g. a cut up an egg box. Attach wings and a beak made out of card . Use these with the dough activity to practice counting and singing the rhyme.

Sing the rhyme with a loud voice and a quiet voice. Keep practising keeping a steady beat e.g. quack, quack, quack i.e. 1, 2, 3 1, 2, 3. Can you speed and slow down whilst keeping a steady beat. Think about other animals and the sounds they make. Change the words of the song and the sound to make new verses to the song.

Collect up to 5 or 10 objects (toys / utensils) around the home. Practise counting the number of objects. When ready, practice saying one more / one less saying the number.

Create a slide for the little ducks. Remember to make it as slippery as possible.