This song is available on Hap Palmer's Two Little Sounds: Fun with Phonics And Numbers.
Subjects:
• Initial consonant sounds:
P, W, J, F, B
• Blend: TW
• Ending consonant sound: S
• Word Family: ‘ig’
Vocabulary:
Pig, wig, jig, twig, fig, figs, big
Teacher Note:
As a lead up activity, place the
letters ‘IG’ on board. Have children think of
all the words they can make with this word
ending. Circle the words used in this song.
Activity:
Let’s start with the letters ‘ig’. If I put
the letter ‘P’ in front of ‘ig’ what does it spell?
In each verse, we will drop the first letter and
replace it with another. The challenge is to call
out the new word. You can also act out the
playful things the pig does. The song ends with
a call-and-response sing-along that reviews all
the ‘ig’ family words we used in this story.
P-i-g, my playful pig,
drop that ‘P’ and use a ‘W’
With a clump of weeds, he wove a wig
Wig, wig, wove a wig, drop that ‘W’, use a ‘J’
In his funny wig, he danced a jig
Oooo- jiggley-jig
Jig, jig, danced a jig, drop the ‘J’ and use ‘TW’
While dancin’ a jig, he tripped on a twig
Twig, twig, tripped on a twig,
drop ‘TW,’ use an ‘F’
He fell in the mud and squished a fig
Oooo- figgley-fig
Fig, fig, squished a fig,
add an ‘S’ at the end of fig
He climbed a tree and picked 3 figs
Figs, figs, drop the ‘F’, drop ‘S’, start with ‘B’
He juggled those figs and the crowd got big
The people cheered and the crowd got big
Together they chanted, Go pig go!
The people cheered and the crowd got big
Together they chanted, Go pig go!
Piggle-ly-pig, piggle-ly-pig,
Wiggle-ly-wig, wiggle-ly-wig,
Jiggle-ly-jig, jiggle-ly-jig,
Twiggle-ly-twig, twiggle-ly-twig,
Figgle-ly-fig, figgle-ly-fig,
Biggle-ly-big, biggle-ly-big,
Hey diddle diddle, dance with a fiddle
Hey diddle diddle, dance with a fiddle
Then wiggle in the mud with my playful pig
Then wiggle in the mud with my playful pig.
Follow-up:
Play this fill-in-the-blanks memory game:
My playful ____ wove a ____ danced a ____
tripped on a ____ squished a ____ picked 3
____ juggled three ____ and the crowd got
____ Together they chanted ____ ____ ____ .
Recite the following poem:
My playful pig wove a wig,
Danced a jig, tripped on a twig,
Squished a fig, picked 3 figs,
Juggled those figs and the crowd got big
Book Suggestions for this Song:
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