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Pitter Patter, Pitter Patter : Rainy Day Songs

September 27, 2021 By Sara Mullett 9 Comments

Pitter Patter, Pitter Patter is one of the best Rainy Day Songs for children to explore the sounds and rhythms made by the rain because it’s use of repetition is excellent for practicing tapping the ‘pitter patter, pitter patter’ quaver (1/4 note) beats, and the alliteration and repeated consonants are excellent for speech development.

If you experiment trying to make soft pitter patter sounds on a variety of percussion instruments you can make quite an impressive accompaniment to the song, which children can easily join in. It is really good for teaching them to listen carefully to the sounds and rhythms that they are making. See below for the rainy day rhythm pack, or print a copy off in our free resources section.

Pitter Patter Pitter Patter : Rain Day Songs

Pitter patter, pitter patter,

Listen to the rain!

Pitter patter, pitter patter,

On the window pane.

Dropping, dropping, dropping, dropping,

Dropping on the ground.

Dripping, dripping, dripping, dripping,

Listen to the sound!

Let's Play Music - Pitter Patter Rainy Day Songs - Huge collection of rainy day songs and activities to get kids moving when it's raining outside!

Rainy Day Rhythm Worksheets for Kids

For younger children who find these activities a bit too difficult, a simple action of opening and closing the fingers against the thumb for the pitter patters and rain drops falling down (incy-wincy style) enables them to join in too.

For inspiration as to how to use Pitter Patter, Pitter Patter in the context of a music lesson, check out my rain themed music lesson plan.

Pitter Patter, Pitter Patter Rainy Day Songs Sheet Music

Let's Play Music : Free Sheet Music (tune) Pitter Patter Rain Song - free resource section of Let's Play Music - loads of sheet music for nursery rhymes and music theory printables.

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Filed Under: Action songs, Autumn, Rainy Day Songs, Rhythm & Percussion Activities Tagged With: First Nursery Rhyme Series, Free Printables, Free Sheet Music, Rhythm Games, Weather

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Comments

  1. Meagan C says

    January 9, 2023 at 12:53 am

    Hi! Do you have the mp3 for the track you posted on Youtube?
    I love your site and resources!

    Reply
  2. Sonal shah says

    February 26, 2016 at 10:02 am

    Oh wonderfull. They are the most favourites of my two kiddos. They just love these rhymes. Thanx.

    Reply
  3. Mary Register says

    April 24, 2015 at 1:58 pm

    Awesome Resources!

    Reply
    • Sara Mullett says

      April 24, 2015 at 3:01 pm

      Thanks! Glad you found them helpful, singing about the rain is great for teaching rhythm! ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply

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