Your child hears the S sound — sss! — again and again, sees the capital letter S, and watches Snakey Jakey make the shape of the letter S. Then meets twelve S words right on the beat: sun, sock, star, snail, spoon, seal, sandwich, sailboat, strawberry, sandcastle, saucepan and sausage.
What your child learns
- The letter S and its sound – sss
- S words: sun, sock, star, snail, spoon, seal, sandwich, sailboat, strawberry, sandcastle, saucepan, sausage
- The shape of a capital S
- Joining in with a call-and-response chorus
How it goes
- Welcome to ABC Songs with Tardy
- S is for Snakey Jakey
- Sun, sock, star
- Snail, spoon, seal
- Sandwich, sailboat, strawberry — say it with me: sss!
- Sandcastle, saucepan, sausage — dance break!
- Look, it's an S — sing it again
- All twelve S words
The words
S! S! S! Sss, sss, sss!
S is for Snakey Jakey, Snakey Jakey, Snakey Jakey! S is for Snakey Jakey — sss, sss, S!
Sss-sss-sun up in the sky, sss-sss-sock, pull it high, sss-sss-star, twinkle bright, S is for Snakey Jakey — what a sight!
Sss-sss-snail, slow, slow, slow, sss-sss-spoon, stir it so, sss-sss-seal goes splish, splash, swim, S is for Snakey Jakey — slither with him!
Wiggle, wiggle, curve and bend, round the top and round the end, wiggle, Snakey — look, he's an S! (Sss!)
Sss-sss-sandwich, cheese and ham, sss-sss-sailboat, off we scram, sss-sss-strawberry, red and sweet, S is for Snakey Jakey — no arms, no feet!
Say it with me: sss! (sss!) Say it again: sss! (sss!) Hiss like a snake: sss! (sss!) Wiggle your arm: sss! (sss!) Sss, sss, sss, sss — S! S! Snakey Jakey!
Sss-sss-sandcastle by the sea, sss-sss-saucepan, cook for me, sss-sss-sausage, sizzle, sizzle, S is for Snakey Jakey — wiggle, wiggle!
Sss! Sss!
S is for Snakey Jakey, Snakey Jakey, Snakey Jakey! S is for Snakey Jakey — sss, sss, S! S is for Snakey Jakey, Snakey Jakey, Snakey Jakey! S is for Snakey Jakey — sss, sss, S!
Sun, sock, star, snail, spoon, seal, sandwich, sailboat, strawberry, sandcastle, saucepan, sausage — S is for Snakey Jakey...
About the song
Great for letter of the day S, preschool phonics, kindergarten alphabet lessons, toddler learning at home and nursery circle time.
The star of the song
Snakey JakeyWraps his cosy scarf a little tighter and hushes to a soft sss-shhhAnimals for the letter S
Every animal that sings along for S, from the ABC Animals A to Z.
This is a daytime song. When the day is done, the same friends are waiting in Tardy’s bedtime stories for kids.