Animals and Their Offspring Song (PART OF A 10-SONG COLLECTION)

“''Excellent video and lovely clear information in the song. This makes for a very useful teaching tool for home learning. Thank you!'' ” - Eviklyn [Year 1 Teacher]

— reviewed resource from our original Year 1 collection via TES

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“This a fun way to help students remember some basic concepts. We all know the benefits of music in relation to learning. Thank you.” - Andrea C. [K-3 Teacher]

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Incorporate inclusive teaching methods into your science lessons with this unique, multi-sensory resource.

This song is featured in our live school assemblies and interactive STEM workshops. Every booking includes full post-performance classroom activity sets mapped to the KS1 and K-1 science curriculum, giving your teachers ready-to-use resources to continue the learning in class.

Lyrics: Animals and their Offspring

My mum's a cow
My dad's a bull
I'm a sweet little calf
So what are we? Cattle  

I'm a foal
My dad's a stallion
My mum's a mare, Oh yeah
What are we? Horses

I'm a cute little lamb
My mum's a ewe
My dad's a ram
What are we? Sheep

Some offspring look like their mums and dads
Others not even a bit
Some go through many stages of life
Metamorphosis
So if you were a butterfly
You'd lay eggs on a leaf
Out would pop a squishy, squashy, squirmy, slimy larva
And change into a chrysalis
But if you were a mummy frog
You'd lay lots of spawn
Tadpoles emerge, swim and change
Frogs hopping on your lawn

If I'm a cygnet
And mum's a pen
And dad's a cob
What are we? Swans

I'm a joey
My dad's a buck
Mum's a doe
So what are we
Kangaroos

I'm a kid
Dad's a billy
Mum's a nanny
So what are we? Goats

I'm a kid
My mum is mummy
My dad is daddy
So what are we? (human beings)

On YouTube this song is called 'What are We?

Curriculum Alignment: England & US

England's National Curriculum (Key Stage 1)
This resource is fully aligned with the Key Stage 1 (KS1) Year 2 Science Programme of Study for 'Animals, Including Humans'. It specifically covers the objective: ‘notice that animals, including humans, have offspring which grow into adults’

 

NGSS Standards (K–2 Focus)

The song is aligned with the core concept of inherited traits and life cycles in the animal kingdom.

Core LS Focus: Grade 2 (G2)

Targeted Alignment (G2-LS4-1): Supports the understanding of the diversity of life by comparing how different animals reproduce and nurture their young and introduces key vocabulary (e.g., calf, kitten, cub) to describe offspring.

Extension Value: This provides the basis for understanding heredity and the diversity of life (LS3.A) that is expanded upon in Grade 3.

 

Global Suitability Note: The concepts in this song align with foundational Life Science standards used across Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and other English-speaking curricula.