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Early Learning: Listen and Play
listenListen to an extract from the series Age 3 - 5
15 mins
9. Pat a cake

Click here to download a pdf of the songs and rhymes in programme 9 in large, child-friendly lettering.

We're stirring in the flour 

We're stirring in the flour
We're stirring in the flour
Sloshity sloshity slosity slosh
We're stirring in the flour. 

We're breaking in the eggs
We're breaking in the eggs
Crackity crackity crackity crack
We're breaking in the eggs 

We're mixing it in the bowl
We're mixing it in the bowl
Sludgity sludgity sludgity sludge
We're mixing it in the bowl. 

We're pouring it in the tin
We're pouring it in the tin
Sloppity sloppity sloppity slop
We're pouring it in the tin. 

We're baking it in the oven
We're baking it in the oven
Until it's crispy golden brown
We're baking it in the oven. 


Pat a cake 

Pat a cake pat a cake baker's man
Bake me a cake as fast as you can
Prick it and pat it and mark it with B
And put it in the oven for baby and me! 


Five currant buns 

FIVE currant buns in a baker's shop
Round and fat with a cherry on top
Along came a boy, with a penny one day
Bought a currant bun and took it away. 

FOUR currant buns in a baker's shop
Round and fat with a cherry on top
Along came a girl, with a penny one day
Bought a currant bun and took it away. 

THREE currant buns in a baker's shop
Round and fat with a cherry on top
Along came a boy, with a penny one day
Bought a currant bun and took it away. 

TWO currant buns in a baker's shop
Round and fat with a cherry on top
Along came a girl, with a penny one day
Bought a currant bun and took it away. 

ONE currant bun in a baker's shop
Round and fat with a cherry on top
Along came a boy, with a penny one day
Bought a currant bun and took it away.

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Autumn 2007
Listening skills

1. On the farm
18/09/2007
2. The animal fair
25/09/2007
3. Beside the seaside
02/10/2007
4. Down at the station
09/10/2007
5. The wheels on the bus
16/10/2007
6. Dr Foster went to Gloucester
30/10/2007
7. Five little ducks
06/11/2007
8. The house that Jack built
13/11/2007
9. Pat a cake
20/11/2007
10. Twinkle twinkle
27/11/2007

Additional Resources

DocumentTeacher's Notes - 
Autumn 2009
 (PDF)

DocumentTeacher's Notes -
Spring 2010
(PDF)

DocumentTeacher's Notes -
Summer 2010
(PDF)

DocumentStimulus sounds library
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See also
BBC World Class

BBC World Class
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