Row, Row, Row Your Boat
Sing nursery rhyme

Row, Row, Row Your Boat

Best Age

Best Age
wk 0ā€“104
Category
Sing
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About this song

A gentle action song and round, popular on both sides of the Atlantic. Rocking your baby back and forth in time builds a soothing rhythm and turn-taking, and the steady beat is one of the easiest for little ones to feel.

How to do it (Step by step)
  • āœ“Sit facing your baby, hold hands, and rock gently back and forth.
  • āœ“Keep the rhythm slow and steady.
  • āœ“Pause at 'dream' and give a little tickle.

Lyrics & Rhyme

Row, row, row your boat, Gently down the stream. Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, Life is but a dream.

Linked Developmental Milestones

Social & Emotional

Calms when spoken to/held

The infant calms down, reduces crying, or relaxes their body when spoken to in a soothing voice or picked up by a caregiver. This is the first indicator of caregiver attachment security and sensory-emotional regulation. It shows that they can use a familiar adult's presence to help regulate their nervous system.

 Communication

Takes turns making sounds

The infant and caregiver engage in vocal turn-taking, an early conversational skill.

 Social & Emotional

Plays games like pat-a-cake

The toddler participates in simple social games like pat-a-cake and copy-clap routines.

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