It has been a wonderful week sharing summer camp activities along with Julie of Mundo de Pepita. As a last activity to end our sharing, I propose making an origami boat, but first I suggest you teach this repetitive traditional song called “El barquito chiquitico.” There are different versions on YouTube, but this one is short and the animation is fun!
Había una vez un barquito chiquitico
Había una vez un barquito chiquitico,
Que no podía, que no podía,
Que no podía navegar.
Pasaron una, dos, tres, cuatro, cinco, seis, siete semanas,
Había una vez un barquito chiquitico,
Que no podía, que no podía,
Que no podía navegar.
Pasaron una, dos, tres, cuatro, cinco, seis, siete semanas,
Pasaron una, dos, tres, cuatro, cinco, seis, siete semanas.
Y si esta historia no les parece larga,
Y si esta historia no les parece larga, la volveremos, la volveremos a empezar.
Done singing? Time to make the “barquitos de papel” with your students. This is an opportunity to talk about colors and sizes. The video tutorial below will show you how to make the paper boats step by step.
And here is how my barquito looks like!
Have fun!
Carolina
