A spinning song

LYRICS:

Round and round and round we go 

Sometimes fast and sometimes slow

Spinning and turning

Round and round and round we go 

ACTION: spin around

ACTIVITY: Stand and spin in one direction fast and slow, then do the same in the other direction.

DEVELOPS: Balance and vestibular system

EXTENSIONS: 

• Use this song at parachute time to hold pararchute with one hand and move around.
• Hold hands with a partner and spin around.
• A large circle of people hold hands and move around.

SOURCE: I think this song was created by Colin Buchanan but I cannot find it anywhere.

Here Comes Peter Cottontail

Here comes Peter Cottontail,

Hoppin' down the bunny trail,

Hippity, hoppity,

Easter's on its way.

Bringing every girl and boy Baskets full of Easter joy,

Things to make your Easter bright and gay.

He's got jellybeans for Tommy,

Colored eggs for sister Sue,

There's an orchid for your Mommy

And an Easter basket, too.

Oh! here comes Peter Cottontail,

Hoppin' down the bunny trail,

Hippity hoppity,

Happy Easter day.

 

ACTIVITIES:

Jumping activities.

 

 EXTRA ACTIVITIES:

Make a simple Easter basket (free templates to choose)

Do some craft with these Easter animal templates

Make an Easter Hat

 

Get free Easter templates

 





Mud Day Song

Take your feet out of your shoes, out of your shoes, out of your shoes,
Take your feet out of your shoes...
and stick them in the mud!

Take your feet out of your slippers, out of your slippers, out of your slippers,
Take your feet out of your slippers...
and stick them in the mud!

Take your hands out of your gloves, out of your gloves, out of your gloves,
Take your hands out of your gloves...
and stick them in the mud!

What actions would you do?
We stand and lift 1 foot and then the other up in the air and then on "and stick them in the mud!" we JUMP forward.
Sometimes we sing it as we take of our shoes and socks and walk outside to the mud patch or the sand pit.
More Mud ideas and another Mud Song

I'm a little airplane

I'm a little airplane, on the ground

(Raise your arms at the sides to shoulder height.)

Spin my propellor round and round 

(They spin one arm as if it were a propeller)

When I get all revved up

Then I fly,

(Raise arms to shoulder height.)

Off the runway

(They start walking forward.)

To the sky!

(Move around area on tip e toes.)

Sunflower rhyme

Sunflower, sunflower, standing straight and tall,
Sunflower, sunflower, you're the tallest flower of them all. (Stand tall)
Sunflower, sunflower, when your seeds fall to the ground, (Fall down to ground)
Sunflower, sunflower, by the chickens they'll be found. (Sit and "peck" ground like a chicken's beak)

THANKS TO MORETON BAY BIRALI STEINER SCHOOL FOR RHYME

Shoo Fly

Shoo, fly, don't bother me,

Shoo, fly, don't bother me,

Shoo, fly, don't bother me,

For I belong to somebody.

I feel, I feel, I feel like a morning star,

I feel, I feel, I feel like a morning star.

Oh, shoo, fly, don't bother me,

Shoo, fly, don't bother me,

Shoo, fly, don't bother me,

For I belong to somebody.

ACTIVITY:
Do the actions in the video below.
 

Row, row, row your boat

 

Row, row, row your boat

Gently down the stream.
Merrily, Merrily, Merrily, Merrily,
Life is but a dream.

EXTRA VERSIONS:

Row, row, row your boat, 
Gently down the stream.

If you see an alligator,

 Don't forget to SCREAM.

Row, row, row your boat,

Gently down the stream.

Throw your teacher overboard

And listen to her scream

ACTIVITY:
With toddlers or older children: Sit on the floor facing your child, hold their

hands and rock backward and forward. Sing song, in time to "rowing" motion.
With babies: hold baby and sway gently to music
EXTENSION:
1. As seen in the bright yellow book cover above you can purchase this simple board book, which is sold in many languages, to read to children. It is a wonderful dual language book: meaning it has language and one other language in the book.
2. As seen in photo below, two children can do the actions together once they know the song.

Sofia and Lila play row your boat

Sofia and Lila play row your boat

DEVELOPS:

Sense of rhythm and timing as they coordinate singing and moving together.

Cooperation as two people work together

Upper body strength

Core strength

Stimulates vestibular system, the balance centre in the inner ear.

Sense of fun.

 

Blast off!

Zoom, zoom, zoom

We're going to the moon.

Zoom, zoom, zoom

We'll be there very soon

5 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 1 - 0 - Lift OFF !

ACTIVITY:
Baby/crawler sits on parent's lap and is rocked side to side.
On "Lift OFF!" Lift them up high.
Older children stand, legs apart and rock side to side.
On "Lift OFF!" They 'zoom' around the room.

DEVELOPS:
Balance centre in inner ear.
Sense of anticipation.

A sailor went to sea

A sailor went to sea sea sea

To see what he could see see see
And all that he could see see see
Was the bottom of the deep blue sea sea sea

A sailor went to chop chop chop...

A sailor went to knee knee knee...

ACTIVITY: I simplify the traditional 2 person clapping routine to:

• individual child clapping hands 3 times on sea sea sea and "looking" (Like a salute in picture above) on see see see.
• on chop chop chop they chop own arm
• on knee knee knee they tap own knee

DEVELOPS: Body awareness and rhythm.

WHAT DO ALL THE RHYMES HAVE IN COMMON?

Movement. 


We all get more input to the little white cells when movement is involved. Also I find these are the rhymes that children enjoy most, whether they are old rhymes or new, whether you change the words from froggy to mousey they enjoy moving and interacting.

Leaf rhyme

Like a leaf or a feather, in the windy, windy, weather
We will whirl around and twirl around,
And all fall down together.

ACTIVITY: stand and spin around and "fall" down at end

DEVELOPS: vestibular system in the inner ear which helps develop our balance

I'm a little teapot

I'm a little teapot
Short and stout
Here is my handle
Here is my spout
When I get all steamed up
Hear me shout
"Tip me over and pour me out!" 

ACTIVITY:
Following actions of handle and spout and bending to the side - don't forget to sing again and bend to the other side.

DEVELOPS:
Body awareness.