Good Morning Song
Shake a Hand
(Tune: “Buffalo Gal” – Kiss Your Brain CD)
Everybody shake a hand, (Children walk around and shake hands with their friends.)
shake a hand, shake a hand.
Everybody shake a hand
and walk around the room.
Everybody give high five, (Children walk around the room and give high 5 to friends.)
give high five, give high five.
Everybody give high five
and walk around the room.
Everybody smile and wink, (Children smile and wink as they walk around.)
smile and wink, smile and wink.
Everybody smile and wink
and walk around the room.
Everybody give a hug, (Children hug friends and then sit down.)
give a hug, give a hug.
Everybody give a hug
then sit down in your seat.
Transition/Management
Tidy Up
(Tune: “Jingle Bells” – All Day Long CD)
Tidy up, tidy up, put your things away.
Tidy up, tidy up, we’re finished for today.
Oh, tidy up, tidy up, put your things away.
For we’ll get them out again another school day.
We’ve had lots of fun as we’ve worked and played.
Now it’s time to all join in and play the clean up game.
Calendar Song
The Mulberry Bush
(Traditional Tune – Nursery Rhyme CD)
Here we go round the mulberry bush, (Hold hands and skip in a circle.)
The mulberry bush, the mulberry bush.
Here we go round the mulberry bush
So early in the morning.
This is the way we wash our clothes, (Pretend to wash clothes.)
Wash our clothes, wash our clothes.
This is the way we wash our clothes,
So early Monday morning.
Tuesday – iron our clothes (Pretend to iron clothes.)
Wednesday – scrub the floor (Get on hands and knees to scrub.)
Thursday – mend our clothes (Pretend to needle and thread and sew.)
Friday - sweep the house (Pretend to sweep.)
Saturday – bake our bread (Make circle with one hand and stir.)
Sunday – smile and sing (Smile!)
Math Song
Everybody Do a Pattern with Me
(Totally Math CD)
Everybody do this do this do this
Repeat the A B pattern with me.
Clap, stomp, clap, stomp,
--- , ----, ---, ----
AAB pattern…ABB pattern…AABB pattern…ABC pattern…
Now you’ve got it.
Listen about it.
Can you extend the
Pattern after me?
AB…AAB…ABB…AABB…ABC
Everybody do this, do this, do this.
Give yourself a great big hand with me!
Phonics Song
Holiday Alphabet
(Tune: “Deck the Hall with Boughs of Holly” - Happy Everything CD)
Deck the room with letters and sounds,
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la.
Read and use them all year round,
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la.
Listen up and then you’ll know,
How the letters and sounds do go.
Start with A and end with Z.
Happy holidays for you and me!
A for angels, /a/ /a/ /a/, (Make sign language letters as you sing.)
B for bells, /b/ /b/ /b/ /b/ /b/ /b/
C for candles /c/ /c/ /c/
D for dreidel
E for elves
F for fun
G for goodies
H for Hanukah
I for icicles
J for jingle
K for Kwanzaa
L for lights
M for menorah
N is for Noel
O for ornaments
P for presents
Q for quiet
R for Rudolph
S for Santa
T for toys
U for unity
V for vests
W for winter
X for X-mas
Y for yuletide
Z for z end
The Compound Boogie
(Tune: “Ball in the Jack” – Is Everybody Happy CD)
Take the word “rain” and the word “coat.” (Hold out left hand and then right.)
Put them together and get “raincoat.” (Bring hands together.)
Dog – house…foot – ball…cup – cake…
Sun – shine…lunch – box…
The compound boogie is easy to do.
You make one word out of two!
And now you can join in the fun.
I’ll say two words and you make them one.
Play – ground…side – walk…bath – tub…
Tree – house… some – thing… sail – boat…
Bed – room… snow – man…cow – girl…
Door – bell…
Science/Social Studies
The Continents
(Tune: “He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands” – Sing to Learn CD)
We’ve got the whole globe in our hands. (Circle hands around.)
We’ve got the whole globe in our hands.
We’ve got the whole globe in our hands.
We’ve got the whole globe in our hands.
We’ve got North and South America
In our hands.
We’ve got Europe, Asia, Africa
In our hands.
We’ve got Australia and Antarctica
In our hands.
We’ve got the whole globe in our hands.
Directions
(Tune: “When Johnny Comes Marching Home”)
The sun is rising in the East, uh huh, uh huh. (Point to your right.)
The sun is setting in the West, uh huh, uh huh. (Point to your left.)
My nose is North, my tail is South, (Point in front of you and then behind.)
And so I turn myself around, (Turn around.)
And the sun keeps rising in the East (Stretch hand right and then left.)
And setting in the West.
Wiggle and Have FUN Song
Let Me See You Boogaloo
(Keep on Singing and Dancing CD)
Let me see you boogaloo. (Clap hands and sway from side to side.)
What’s that you say?
I said, let me see you boogaloo.
What’s that you say?
Ooh-ah-ah, ooh-ah-ah, ooh-ah-ah,
One more time. (Repeat)
Let me see you Frankenstein… (Stretch out arms and make jerking movements.)
Let me see you hairy gorilla… (Bend over and swing arms.)
Let me see you funky chicken… (Hands under armpits and flap like a chicken.)
Bubble Gum
(Tune: “A Rum Sum Sum” – Silly Songs CD)
Bubble gum, bubble gum, (Roll hands around each other.)
Chewy, chewy, chewy, chewy, chewy (Pretend to pull hands apart.)
Bubble gum. (Roll hands around.)
Bubble gum, bubble gum,
Chewy, chewy, chewy, chewy, chewy (Pull hands apart.)
Bubble gum.
I love it! I love it! (Throw arms up in air.)
Chewy, chewy, chewy, chewy, chewy
Bubble gum.
I love it! I love it!
Chewy, chewy, chewy, chewy, chewy
Bubble gum.
Faster…
Super fast…
Seasonal Songs
Jingle Bells
(Traditional Tune – Happy Everything CD)
Chorus: Jingle bells, jingle bells, (Pretend to hold bells and shake.)
Jingle all the way.
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh. Hey!
Jingle bells, jingle bells,
Jingle all the way.
What fun it is to ride and sing
In a one horse open sleigh.
Dashing through the snow, (Pretend to hold reins as you put one foot
In a one horse open sleigh in front of the other and bounce back and forth.)
Over the fields we go,
Laughing all the way.
Bells on bobtail ring,
Making spirits bright.
What fun it is to ride and sing
A sleighing song tonight. (Chorus)
S A N T A
(Tune: “BINGO” – Happy Everything CD)
There is a jolly bearded man
And Santa is his name-o.
S – A – N – T – A, (Clap on the letters.)
S – A – N – T – A,
S – A – N – T – A,
And Santa is his name-o.
He lives at the North Pole…
His wears a suit all red and white…
He makes toys for girls and boys…
He drives a sleigh with 8 reindeer…
He’ll visit you on Christmas Eve…
My Dreidel
(Traditional Tune – Happy Everything CD)
I have a little dreidel,
I made it out of clay;
And when it’s dry and ready,
Then dreidel I shall play.
Oh, dreidel, dreidel, dreidel, (Clap hands.)
I made it out of clay.
Oh, dreidel, dreidel, dreidel,
Now dreidel we shall play.
My dreidel is so playful,
It loves to dance and spin;
A happy game of dreidel,
Come play, now let’s begin.
Oh, dreidel, dreidel, dreidel, (Clap hands.)
Come play now, let’s begin!
And when it gets all tired
It drops and then I win.
Kwanzaa – December 26-January 1
(Tune: “Go Tell It on the Mountain” – Happy Everything CD)
Chorus: Kwanzaa is coming
We’ll celebrate with gifts and lights.
Kwanzaa is coming
For seven days and nights.
We’ll unite and come together
With people everywhere.
We’ll work and help each other
To show how much we care. (Chorus)
We’ll celebrate the harvest
And all the earth’s first fruits.
Black, red, and green
Are colors that we’ll choose. (Chorus)
Good-Bye Song
The More We Get Together
(Traditional Tune – Is Everybody Happy CD)
The more we get together, (Make sign for “more” by touching fingertips.)
Together, together. (Clasp hand and circle around.)
The more we get together, the happier we’ll be. (Brush hands up from chest.)
For your friends are my friends, (Point to friends and then hook index fingers.)
And my friends are your friends. (Point to self and hook index fingers.)
The more we get together, the happier we’ll be.
The more we play together…(Make sign for “y” and then sway like a swing.)
The more we learn together…(Pretend to put something in your head.)
The more we sing together…(Strum forearm with other hand like a harp.)
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