Itsy Bitsy Boris

So twice a week I work with tiny kiddos who are language delayed (some may be disordered but some may just be delayed; it's too early to tell).  Every week we have a different theme and me and the other student clinicians take turns planning songs and activities for the upcoming week.

Next week it's my turn, so yesterday I had to turn in a plan for our theme "Creepy Crawly Bugs!"  We need songs that have a nice easy repetitive refrain that the kids know what lyrics to expect so they can maybe chime in with a word or a word approximation if we give them a nice big pause.

You know what song would be totally perfect?  "Boris the Spider", by the Who.  

Of course, I knew it was not to be.  I figured a heavy metal song by The Who about smushing a spider was too morbid for kids....and then I remembered that there's that kids song "I'm bringing home a baby bumblebee" in which the kid describes being stung by the bee, killing the bee and wiping the bee's innards onto her shirt.  That's at least as morbid as "Boris", and perhaps creepier because it's supposed to be sung in a singsong child voice.

I still chose "Itsy bitsy".  At least that song has G-rated lyrics.