Today I would like to introduce a very cheerful nursery rhyme picture book "Down in the jungle". In this story, children will follow a variety of small animals to the jungle to experience different fun.
The colors of "Down in the jungle" are very bright and the painting style is very childlike, which can make children fall in love at a glance, and the design of the cave book greatly arouses the curiosity of children, which can lead children to immerse themselves in the picture book story step by step.
The repeated onomatopoeia on the content of the picture book makes this picture book more suitable for learning as a nursery rhyme, and with the cheerful rhythm, the children naturally follow the humming, which can be quickly mastered invisibly.
In terms of vocabulary, as the story progresses, children will know a variety of animals, and by observing the behavior of animals, they can also expand to learn a lot of related adjectives, nouns and verbs and the habits of animals, so let's accompany the song to see what the little animals in the jungle are doing!
【Text】
Down in the jungle,
Where nobody goes,
To the jungle where no one goes,
There’s a great big crocodile
Washing his clothes.
There was a big crocodile doing laundry.
With a rub-a-dub here,
And a rub-a-dub there,
Rub here, rub there,
That’s the way
He washes his clothes.
That's how he washed his clothes.
Tiddly-i-ti，Boogie-woogie-woogie!
Cry, Boogie Ugi Ugi!
That’s the way he washes his clothes!
That's how he washes his clothes!
Down in the jungle
Where nobody sees,
To the jungle where no one sees,
There’s a huge, hairy monkey
Scratching his fleas.
There is a big furry monkey catching fleas.
With a scritch-scratch here,
And a scritch-scratch there,
Catch here, grab there,
He scratches his fleas.
That's how he caught fleas.
That’s the way he scratches his fleas!
That's how he caught fleas!
Where nobody hears,
To the jungle where no one hears,
There’s a fine young elephant
Cleaning her ears.
There was a beautiful baby elephant cleaning her ears.
With a flippety-flap here,
And a flippety-flap there,
Pat here, pat there,
She’s cleaning her ears.
That's how she cleaned her ears.
That’s the way she’s cleaning her ears!
That's how she cleaned her ears!
When nobody’s there,
To the jungle where no one is there,
There’s a big daddy lion
Combing his hair.
There was a big male lion grooming his hair.
With a comb-over here,
And a comb-over there,
Comb here, comb there,
He’s combing his hair.
That's how he combed his hair.
That’s the way he’s combing his hair!
That's how he combed his hair!
It’s a bit of a shock,
Going into the jungle, it's a bit shocking,
There’s a young lady rhino
A-twirlingher frock.
There was a young Miss Rhino who was spinning her dress.
With a twirl-around here,
And a twirl-around there,
Turn here, turn there,
She’s twirling her frock.
That's how she rotated her dress.
That’s the way she’s twirling her frock!
That's how she spins her dress!
Into the jungle
I just caught a glance,
Of a pretty purple parrot
Learning to dance.
Suddenly, I caught a glimpse of a clever purple parrot learning to dance.
With a twinkle-toes here,
And a twinkle-toes there,
Tiptoe here, tiptoe there,
He was learning to dance.
That's how he learned to dance.
That’s the way he was learning to dance!
That's how he learned to dance!
Into the jungle,
I tmade me turn pale,
I was pale with fright,
I saw a long slinky snake
Who was wiggling his tail.
I saw a sneaky long snake wagging its tail.
With a wiggle-wiggle here,
And a wiggle-wiggle there,
Shake here, shake there,
He was wiggling his tail.
That's how he wagged his tail.
That’s the way he was wiggling his tail!
That's how he wags his tail!
Go into the jungle,
When the stars are bright,
The stars are still twinkling in the sky,
I saw the jungle animals
Dancing all night.
I saw the animals in the jungle dancing all night.
With a boogie-woogie here,
And a boogie-woogie there,
Jump here, jump there,
They're dancing all night.
They danced all night.
That’s the way they're dancing all night!
They danced all night like this!
【Vocabulary】
jungle[ d ɡl] n. (tropical) jungle;
crocodile[ krɑ k da l] n. 鳄鱼;
rub-a-dubr b d b] (drums) winter and winter sounds;
wash [wɑ] v. wash, wash;
huge[hju d ] adj. Huge, huge;
hairy[ heri] adj. Hairy;
scratch[skr t] v. scratch (with fingernails) scratch, scratch lightly;
flea[fli] n. fleas;
end[fa n]
adj. healthy, in good health; good quality, excellent, wonderful;
flap[fl p] n. flaky overhang; flap, clap;
comb[ko m] n. comb; comb;
bit[b t] adj. Very small;
shock[ ɑ k] n. Shocking things; surprise, shock;
rhino[ ra no ] n. rhino (with rhinoceros);
twirling [ tw rl ] v. makes fast turns;
frock[frɑ k] n. women's clothing; dress;
caught[k t] v. 捕捉；
glance[ɡl ns] v. glance, glance;
pretty[ pr ti] adj. (especially girls) pretty, Peugeot;
parrot[ p r t] n. 鹦鹉；
twinkle[ tw kl] v. (foot) brisk movement;
pale[pe l] adj. (face) pale;
slinky[ sl ki] adj. sneaky;
wiggling[ w ɡ( )l] v. (make) twist, swing;
bright[bra t] adj. Bright; bright;
【Expansion】
Do it with animals
In the picture book "Down in the jungle", there are many small animals, each small animal has its own things to do, allowing children to say what the small animals are doing while imitating the movements of small animals, to see who does it fast and good.
For older children, you can also play you do I guess to increase interactivity, you can imitate animals that do not appear in picture books, and even imitate daily necessities, fruits and vegetables, so that children can exercise their imagination through games, and at the same time, they can become familiar with these things through imitation.