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[inthewild]

Anyone think of anything with both singing/chanting with actions besides HSKT? I google plenty of nursery rhymes but want some action, too.

edit... and not as difficult as the Hokey Pokey. These kids barely know the alphabet.

[peppermint]

I use this site a lot for kids songs, and there are a bunch with actions there. They're organized alphabeticlly, and by subject too.

Baby bumble bee has been a big big hit with my fourth graders- they looove the throwing it up part.

Three little monkeys, or little rabbit foo foo might be good too.

[tomato]

Hello, Nate Teaches!

You came to the right place at the right time.
I made a collection of action songs before I came to Korea.
I have been spending the day hunting through my boxes for action songs, because I was appointed the music specialist for the January session.

If you have a new class or a new student, this is a good get-acquainted song.



On the first stanza, join hands and walk in a circle.

The second stanza goes:

Dear Harold, dear Harold, your true love is dead,
The king wrote a letter to turn back your head.

While the circle continues turning, Harold drops hands, turns facing out, and joins hands again.

Continue singing stanzas for all the children.
At first, you may have trouble persuading on the children circle slowly.

I hope nobody needs a reference on this song, because all I can find is "McDowell, pp. 50-51."

Here's another circle song. This one is easier:



Fowke, E. 1969. Sally go round the sun. Garden City, NY: Doubleday: 11.
Johnson, G. B. 1968. Folklore from St. Helena Island. Hatboro, PA: Folklore Associates, Inc.

At the end of every stanza, reverse the direction of the circle and sing it again. In some versions of this song, everyone stamps and yells "BOOM!" at the end of every stanza.

[tomato]

Here are a couple of songs which are easy to sing, because they use only two notes.



Choksy, L. 1974. The Kodaly method. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall: 148.

Substitute other activities for "clap your hands."
At a preschool in the United States, the children suggested "eat your arm" and "eat your foot."

For the next song, you can show a picture of a snail, and then chastise any child who says "������."



Kodaly Musical Training Institute. 1973. Kodaly for beginners. Vol. 2.

Hold hands with one child, then have all the other children hold hands. While you repeat this song, the child at the other end walks around you while you stand in place.

At first, you may have trouble keeping any of the children from dropping hands. If they all hold hands, that will make a tight coil, and the children will giggle, giggle, giggle.

[tomato]

Here are some songs which are good for learning verbs.
Substitute any verb with "walk," "run," "jump," or "skip."
For the next-to-the-last stanza, I grit my teeth and put in the word "stamp."
Then on the last stanza, I sing very softly and put in the word "tiptoe."
That helps but the kids in a listening mood for the next activity.



I forgot where I got this song.
I think it was from a Pete Seeger record.

For the next song, you can show a picture of a squirrel and chastise anyone who says "�ٶ���."



Scarborough, D. 1925. On the trail of Negro folk-songs. Hatboro, PA: Folklore Associates: 134-135.

[tomato]

Here are a couple of counting songs.

The first one is done sitting down:



Harrop, B. 1976. Okki-tokki-unga: Action songs for children. London: A. & C. Black: 37.

On the first stanza, swing one fist.
On the second stanza, sing "two hammers . . . three" while swinging both fists.
On the third stanza, sing "three hammers . . . four" while swinging both fists and one foot.
On the fourth stanza, sing "four hammers . . . Then he goes on strike" while swinging both fists and both feet.

The second song is done standing up:



Wyzga, H. 1976. Simple gifts. Vol. 1: n. p.
I found this book at the library at the College of Holy Names, Oakland, CA.

On the first stanza, jump on one foot.
On the second stanza, sing "two-legged" while jumping on two feet.
On the third stanza, sing "three-legged" while bending forward and jumping on two feet and one hand.
On the fourth stanza, sing "four-legged" while still bending forward and jumping on two feet and two hands.

I hope you're younger than I am.

[tomato]

One more. This one is done with partners:



Wyzga, H. 1982. Simple gifts. Vol. 3: 42.

On the first stanza, face your partner and join both hands.
Swing one arm forward on one beat, alternate on the next beat.

The second stanza goes:

Jump back, Sally, Sally, Sally,
Jump back, Sally, all night long.

Jump back on every other beat and clap on every other beat.

The third stanza goes:

Trucking through the alley, alley, alley,
Trucking through the alley, all night long.

Walk slowly, swinging your arms, and with your legs bent.
Then find another partner for the next repetition of the song.
I hope your students don't know that this is how speed freaks walk.

[matthewwoodford]

[ajuma]

Don't have anything to add about different songs, but I HAVE made up more lyrics to "HSKT". If you want them, PM me.

[Ryst Helmut]

[ajuma]

Ya know... I seem to remember you doing that one with your uni students!!

[inthewild]

Thanks for the excellent help once again guys.

Jump back, Sally!

[inthewild]

http://www.kididdles.com/mouseum/busy.html

What're the easiest songs on here in your opinion, that are also the most well known? I see Bingo is pretty easy...

And any good rhyming sites out there? Humpty Dumpty and all that great stuff...