Tuesday, December 15, 2015


Hello Families! Here is a list of songs , rhymes, and fun musical chants from our music class. I hope you enjoy singing and playing with your young child today! Take advantage of their love of music, imaginative play and movement! This is the time of their life to ignite and nurture a lifeling love of music as well as stimulate their brain with the magic and joy of musical play! Singing and playing with musical activities is a wonderful way to bond and connect with your child, and to enjoy these precious years with them ! They grow up so fast. Enjoy!
Love, Teacher Susy



Early Childhood Music Activities and Lyrics
Compiled by Susy Porter
11/11/02

Finger Play

Here is the beehive, but where are the bees?
Hidden away where nobody sees.
Watch and you’ll see them come out of the hive,
One two, three, four five.
BZZZZZZZZ!

Slowly, slowly, very slowly, creeps the garden snail.
Slowly, slowly, very slowly up the wooden rail.
Quickly, quickly, very quickly, runs the little mouse!
Quickly, quickly, very quickly, in his little house.

Two little blackbirds sitting on a hill,
One named Jack and one named Jill.
Fly away Jack. Fly away Jill. Come back Jack, come back Jill.
Notes:  Replace “blackbirds” with different animals or creatures.  Ask the children for ideas.  It will always rhyme as long as you keep the creatures’ names “Jack and Jill.”

On my toe there is a flea.
Now he’s crawling up on me
Past my tummy, past my nose,
On my head where my hair grows.

On my head there is a flea.
Now he’s crawling down on me.
Past my tummy past my knees.
On my toe, take that you flea! (flick the flea off your toe w/your finger)



Johnny had one friend, one friend, one friend,
Johnny had one friend, one friend two.
Johnny had two friends, two friends, two friends.
Johnny had two friends, two friends three. (continue up to five)

Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Whoops,
Johnny, Whoops, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny

                  “Wiggle” by L. Levinowitz from Maracas by Music Together
Wiggle ,wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle. (etc.,etc.)
Notes:  Replace with “tickle”, or “jiggle”, or let the kids suggest words.
 

Upper Body Movement


A Ram Sam Sam, A Ram Sam Sam,
Gooley, gooley gooley gooley gooley Ram Sam Sam.
A raffey, a raffey!
Gooley gooley gooley gooley gooley, Ram Sam Sam.
Notes:  Audiate the different phrases of the song (hear the song without singing out loud while doing the motions), audiate the whole song, then sing the song.
        
Roly poly, roly poly, up, up, up!
Roly poly, roly poly, down, down, down.
Roly poly, roly poly, out, out, out.
Roly poly, roly poly, in, in, in.
Notes:  Vary the volume and pace.

This old man, he played one. He played nick-knack on my thumb.
With a nick-knack paddy whack, give the dog a bone.
This old man came rolling home.
This old man, he played two, he played nick-knack on my shoe
This old man, he played three, he played nick-knack on my knee

Hey Mr. Knickerbocker, boppity bop.
I feel so good with my boppity bop,
I put that beat right into my fingers. (tap,tap,tap,tap,tap,tap,tap)
Hey Mr. Knickerbocker, boppity bop.
I feel so good with my boppity bop,
I put that beat right into my ___________

The earth is our mother; we must take care of her.
The earth is our mother; we must take care of her.
Hey yanna ho yanna hey yanna ho.
Hey yanna ho yanna hey yanna ho.
The sky is our father; we must take care of him.
The rivers are our sisters; we must take care of them.
The trees are our brothers; we must take care of them.
The earth is our mother; she will take care of us.
Notes:  Try sitting in a circle (“knees to knees if you please”), or dancing with bells.

Tick tock, tick tock goes the grandfather clock.
But the cuckoo clock goes double-time,
Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock, Cuckoo! Cuckoo! Cuckoo!

Bouncing Songs

 
I have a little pony. His name is Macaroni.
He trots and trots and then he stops.
My funny little pony; Macaroni.

Mother and father and Uncle John, went to market one by one.
Mother fell off, and father fell off,
But Uncle John went on and on and on and on.

Chants and Rhymes


Who stole the cookies from the cookie jar?
Jackie stole the cookies from the cookie jar.
Who me? Couldn’t be! Then who?
Cheryl stole the cookies from the cookie jar.

                  “The Sounds of Fall” by Ken Guilmartin from Music Together
Listen to the leaves falling one by one, chh chh chh chh,
When we rake them up, we’re gonna have some fun.
Listen to the birds in the tree so high, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp.
Don’t you wish that you could spread your wings and fly?

I’m a long John (teacher)         I’m a long John (children echo)
I’m a long time gone         I’m a long time gone.
Like a turkey in the corn         Like a turkey in the corn
With my long johns on         With my long johns on
Ba ba ba ba ba         Ba ba ba ba ba
Boo boo boo boo boo         Boo boo boo boo boo
Notes:  Make up your own sounds (ma, bo, po, la, etc)

As I was walking to town one day,
I met a __________ along the way.
And what do you think that _________ did say?

Unusual Meter Rhythmic Chants

                  “Rocketship”

Rocketship, rocketship, to the moon.
Rocketship, rocketship, to the moon.
Rocketship, rocketship, to the moon.,Zoooom
Airplane, airplane, flying high.whoosh
Butterfly, butterfly, flutter by. Shhh,shhh,shhh
Notes:  Replace rocketship with fire truck, race car, choo choo train, or school bus You can ask the kids for suggestions; you’ll get some fun ideas!

                  “Splishing and splashing” by K. Guilmartin from Music Together
Oh I like to sit in a nice hot tub,
splishing and splashing and splishing and splashing.
And I like to walk in the rain and the mud,
splishing and splashing and splishing and splashing.
And I like to play washing dishes in the sink,
splishing and splashing and splishing and splashing.
And I like to watch as my doggy takes a drink,
splishing and splashing and splishing and splashing.

Train Songs (Shaker eggs work great with these)


                  “Train is a comin’”
Train is a comin, oh yeah, train is a comin, oh yeah,
Train is a comin, train is a comin, train is a comin, oh yeah.
Train’s goin’ faster, oh yeah, train’s goin’ faster, oh yeah,
Train’s goin’ faster, train’s goin’ faster, train’s goin’ faster, oh yeah.
Notes:  Replace “train’s goin’ faster” with “train’s goin’ slower” or “better get your ticket.”  Have children blow out all their steam at the end of the song.

                  “This Train is Bound for Glory”
This train is bound for glory. This train is bound for glory.
This train is bound for glory. Children get on board.
No more weepin and a wailin. No more weepin and a wailin.
No more weepin and a wailin. Children get on board.
Notes:  Try “this train is headed for the zoo” (the farm, the city, the moon)

                  “Down by the Station”
Down by the station early in the morning.
See the little pufferbellies all in a row.
See the engine driver pull the little handle,
chug chug, toot toot, off we go!
Notes:  Have children sit in a circle, facing the same way, making a ‘train’, moving arms like a
train, and pulling the handle on “toot toot.”

“Little Red Caboose”
Little red caboose, chug, chug, chug
Little red caboose, chug, chug, chug
Little red caboose behind the train, train, train, train.
Smokestack on his back, back, back, back. (tap your back)
Comin round the track, track,track,track.(rub your palms together)
Little red caboose behind the train. Choo Choo!

Up & Moving/Dances


                  “My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean” Scottish traditional
My Bonnie lies over the ocean,
My Bonnie lies over the sea.
My Bonnie lies over the ocean,
Oh bring back my Bonnie to me.
Bring back, bring back, oh bring back my Bonnie to me, to me.
Bring back, bring back, oh bring back my Bonnie to me, to me.
(Optional 2nd verse)
Oh blow ye winds over the ocean,
Oh blow ye winds over the sea (continue same as 1st verse)
Notes:  Walk in a circle while singing, emphasizing the 1-2-3 beat.  On, ‘bring back’, all come together lifting hands in the air.

                  “Clap and Stop”
I’m gonna clap and clap and clap and stop.
I’m gonna clap and clap and clap and stop.
I’m gonna clap and clap and clap and stop.
Clap and clap and clap and stop.
Notes:  Replace clap with walk, spin, stomp, run, hop, crawl, and surf.  This simple song helps children develop impulse control.

                  “Do Re Mi”
Doe, a deer, a female deer
Ray, a drop of golden sun
Me, a name I call myself
Far, a long long way to run
Sew, a needle pulling thread
La, a note to follow sew
Tea, I drink with jam and bread
That will bring us back to do...oh oh oh
Notes:  For a walking activity with the song, have children take a step for each note while singing up and down the scale, starting at one side of the room walking to the other. You can have fun with it by singing, ‘do re mi re do’,or ‘do mi so mi do’, and taking big steps.

Recorded Music with Movement Activities


·      “In The Hall Of The Mountain King” from “Peer Gynt” by Grieg:  tip toe like mice, act like cat, then dog, then giant, then hide in the cave.
·      “Flight Of The Bumblebee” by Rimsky-Korsakov:  buzz like bees
·      “March from the Nutcracker” by Tchaikovsky:  soldier marching, butterfly dancing, bumblebee buzzing and flying.
·      “Rodeo: Hoe Down” by Aaron Copland:  dancing as on a horse.
·      “Wipe Out” by The Ventures:  surf to it , play air guitar, silly freeze.
·      “DeColores” traditional folk song: use rainbow streamers or scarves.
·      “The Pizzicatti” by Diebes: rhythmic sneezing and use scarves.
·      “Can Can” by Offenbach
·      “Rock Around The Clock” by Bill Hailey and the Comets:  twist!
·      Wee Sing “Pretend & Play”
·      Musical Moments, Activities for Kids and Parents, USC School of Music

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