It’s a Happy House
Languages: English, French
Ressource Type: song, nursery rhyme
Theme: parts of the house
Age-range: infant-preschool, 4 – 8 years
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♦ It’s a Happy House Lyrics
“It’s a Happy House” is a rhyme published on Happy House by Stella Maidment and Lorena Roberts. The song can be used to teach little kids the parts of the house in English.
English Lyrics:
It’s a Happy House
It’s a house,
It’s a happy house,
It’s a happy house,
Can you see?
Here’s a window,
Here’s a door,
Here’s a roof,
And here’s a floor!
It’s a house,
It’s a happy house,
It’s a happy house,
For you and me!
French translation:
C’est une maison heureuse
C’est une maison,
C’est une maison heureuse,
C’est une maison heureuse,
Vois-tu ?
Voici une fenêtre,
Voici une porte,
Voici un toit,
Et voici un plancher !
C’est une maison,
C’est une maison heureuse,
C’est une maison heureuse,
Pour toi et moi !
Culture and Vocabulary:
- Parts of the house: window, door, roof, floor.
Grammar:
- Here’s = here is.
- In English, adjectives are usually placed before the nouns they modify: “happy house”.
- Personal pronouns you and me.
Phonology:
- Pronunciation of the parts of the house: window /ˈwɪndəʊ/, door /dɔː/, roof /ruːf/, floor /flɔː/.
- /h/ of happy and house.
Teaching suggestions:
- Can you see… ?
- Find other parts of the house: Here’s a chimney, Here’s a balcony…
- Discover the story “A Dark Dark Tale” by Ruth Brown.
Videos of the Song “It’s a Happy House” in English:
