Pool game for baby: Floating starfish

Floating is fun, but only when it is mastered. Getting there can be a challenge for some kids. This song will be familiar to them and they will have fun knowing you are watching them master a very important skill.

What you need:

• shallow pool. Waist deep for mum and dad is fine
• supervising adult
• arm floats

Number of players:
2+

Activity:

Pop the arm floats on your child.

Lay your child on their back supporting their heads.

Sing:
Twinkle, twinkle little star,
How I wonder what you are,
Like a starfish in the sky,
Watch me as I float on by.

Twinkle, twinkle little toes,
This is how my floating goes,
Ears in the water, belly up high,
Watch me as I float on by.

Twinkle, twinkle little star,
How I wonder what you are.

Notes:
This song is sung to the tune of Twinkle twinkle little star.