show time      

                                          

Get up in the morning, out of bed

[ x x ]  - Cause it’s show time

Pack my things, then off to school

[ x x ] - Cause it’s show time

Gotta get ready, gotta do my best

[ x x ]  - Cause it’s show time

Gonna put myself to the test

[ x x ]  - I’m gonna do fine

 

Learn the patterns - feel the groove

Learn the motions - every move

Feel the rhythm - feel the beat

From the top of your head  - down to your feet

 

Practice hard, gotta get it right

[ x x ]  - Cause it’s show time

Review, rehearse, then do it again

[ x x ]  - We’re gonna shine

In the spotlight here we go

[ x x ] – Cause it’s show time

When we make it work, altogether

[ x x ]  - It’s so sublime!

 

Learn the patterns - feel the groove….... 

(2nd verse again)

 

Confidence and full of pride

We can do it side by side

Learn to hold your head up high

Come along now, don’t be shy

Learn the patterns - feel the groove

Learn the motions - every move

Feel the rhythm - feel the beat

From the top of your head  - down to your feet        

(1st verse again)

 

activities

1) Learn to sing the song and make up some actions and a dance routine like a Broadway musical chorus line.

2) Make some costumes and use hats and canes.

3. 3)Clap your hands and stomp your feet where the X’s are indicated in the lyrics or tap the beat with a tambourine
   

4. 4)Share your early morning routine of how you get ready for school each day
   

child of the universe

 

(chorus A)

I am a child of the universe

And I follow my destiny

I have come to inherit the earth

Cherishing the legacy

Caring for this gift to me

I have come to inherit …  the earth  

 

(chorus B)        

I’m a child of the universe

And I follow my destiny

I have come to inherit the earth

For this time bestowed on me

With your wisdom guiding me  

I have come to inherit …..

 

(Verse 1)        

The lakes and the land

And the soft shoreline sand

And the rocky mountains high and so steep

And the oceans so deep       …. (to chorus A)

      

(Verse 2)              

The birds flying high

And the clouds in the sky

All the flowers and the forests and trees

All the fish in the seas       …. (to chorus B)

        

(Verse 3)              

The sunlight, the air

Living things in our care  

All the precious seeds we plant and we sow

All the food that we grow  

All the rivers and streams

All your hopes, all your dreams

All the magic in the songs that you sing

All the love that you bring    

 

Everyone connected to the universe  

Everyone connected to each other

I walk in beauty -  I walk in harmony  

My spirit journey - Nothing but love I see  

 

(Solo child)          

I am a child of the universe        

And I follow my destiny

I have come to inherit the earth

 

 [This song is a celebration of the beauty of the earth and its abundance and how we are all part of the cycle of life on this planet and the universe. It is about sharing the responsibility for providing our children with a better future and doing our part to leave a legacy of love and enlightenment.]

activities

1) Discuss the global theme of the words. What do they mean to you?

2) Discuss the word ‘legacy’ and leaving something good behind for the next generation

3) List 10 things you can do to help take care of the world for the future

4) Paint a mural to show the beauty of  the world. What in the world is beautiful to you?

5) Make your mural into a ‘global village’ showing what people are doing to help take care of the world

6) Write a story about your favourite scene in the world, like a sunset, mountain, ocean, etc…

chika chika - ‘catchy tune’

 

For the love of all the children

Gonna sing this little song

Cause when a song is in your heart now

Surely nothing can go wrong

And a song will make you happy

Any catchy little tune

Gonna make it all so easy

Just like a walk on the moon

 

And it goes  - beep beep beep  

Oo oo oo oo oo oo oo

Brrrrrrrrrr

Chika, chika        [repeat]

 

A catchy melody can soar now

Like a kite high on a string

You can fly up to the sky now

That’s how you feel when you sing

And when children sing together

Every girl and every boy

It will bring sun shiny weather

What a day! What a joy!

 

Cause a song can make you happy

Any catchy little tune

Gonna make it all so easy

Like a walk on the moon        (to chorus)

 

A catchy melody can soar now

Like a kite high on a string

You can fly up to the sky now

That’s how you feel when you sing

For the love of all the children

Gonna sing this little song

 

activities

1) Sing along and do the actions for the chorus, or make up your own.

2) Discuss how music makes you feel. Can you list other ‘catchy tunes’ that

sometimes go around in your head?

3) Think of a song and hum it. What was the song?  Play a ‘guess that tune’ game.

a happy beat

 

Listen to the happy beat                     (echo)

It’s a happy rhythm for happy feet       (echo)

Tap your heels and tap your toes        (echo)

Cause in this dance, anything goes     (echo)

 

You can jump jump jump

Everybody jump            [repeat]

 

You can slide slide slide

Everybody slide            [repeat]

You can jump jump jump

Everybody jump            [repeat]

 

You can skip skip skip

Everybody skip             [repeat]

You can slide slide slide

Everybody slide            [repeat]

You can jump jump jump

Everybody jump            [repeat]

 

actitvities

1) Jump, slide & skip to the song

2) What other actions can you come up with?

3) Collect and share different songs with distinctive beats and rhythms. Can you move and dance to them? Describe the various ways that you move to the music. Explore contrasting beats and body actions like fast and slow,  jagged and graceful, big and small.  

4) Explore various types of dances from around the world on DVDs and web sites. Invite a folk dance instructor into your school  

5) Learn ballroom dancing

web links:        

www.expertvillage.com/video/9856_tom-drum-balloons.htm

buskers & clowns

 

Hey here come the buskers & clowns

Buskers & clowns

Hey, they're playing all over town

Buskers & clowns

 

I see a clown with his hat upside down

Wearing a cucumber tie

He makes me giggle, he's joking around

With every passerby

 

Look at the mime doing pantomime

Look at her face painted white

Making you see what she's pretending to be

She's such an incredible sight

 

Look at the juggler, he's right over there

Twirling four balls in the air

Six burning torches with an apple and pear

While he stands on a two-legged chair

 

Hey here come the buskers & clowns

Buskers & clowns

 

activities

1) Paint a mural of all different kinds of buskers & clowns.

2) Collect some stories and books about clowns and musicians.

3) What instruments to you hear in this song? Can you identify the tuba, or the accordion? Do you hear the drum?

4) Explore jugglers and the circus arts

5) Put on ‘busker fest’ in your school

 

web links:      

     www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/circus/index.html

cajun & zydeco

 

“Do the ‘two-step’, follow me  

It’s as easy as it can be

It goes, 1, 2,  1 2 3    - 1, 2,   1 2 3 “

 

Well my friend Jake said, ‘don’t you know

‘Bout Cajun music and Zydeco?

Down Louisiana people love to go

Just to hear that Cajun & Zydeco

 

Scrape the washboard, so much fun

Squeeze that old accordion

Play it high, you can play it low

Sweet Cajun music and the snappy, happy Zydeco’

 

Well my friend Tara said, ‘come with me

To the Cajun / Zydeco jamboree

Inside, outside, anywhere you go

Musicians playin’ the songs we know    [chorus]

 

Down by the bayou, cypress swamp

Do the ‘crawfish’, and the ‘alligator stomp’

Glide and slide all around the ground

To the Cajun waltz or the Zydeco sound

  

Clap your hands and stomp your feet

To the joyful rhythm and the bouncy beat

Play it high, you can play it low

Sweet Cajun music and the

Snappy, happy Zydeco    

Cajun fiddle and Zydeco drum

Squeeze that old accordion

Play it high, you can play it low

Cajun music and Zydeco    

Play it on a guitar, play it on a bass

Sure to put a smile on your face

The triangle and the old ‘frottoir’

‘Allons danser’ till late ‘ce soir’  

 

Well Jake and Tara said, ‘don’t you know

‘Bout Cajun music and Zydeco?

Down Louisiana people love to go

Just to hear that Cajun & Zydeco   -   [chorus]

 

activities

1) Learn the fox trot (version of the 2 step) and create a dance routine as you sing along to the song.  

2) Create a study project on the Cajuns. Collect and share Cajun and zydeco music recordings.

3) Have a  ‘Cajun – Zydeco’ dance party

 

crest of the wave                

 

There’s a job to be done, there’s work to do

Work for me and you

If we pull together we can get things done

We can see it through

 

Sister, brother helping each other

Work to make it work

It’s a never ending story

Every day we start anew

 

If we all think globally

Act a little bit more locally

Steer this boat of ‘humanity’

Fill your heart with love and be brave

All the things we need to address

Give a little more, take a little less

When we rise above the feeling of helplessness

We can sail on the crest of the wave

The crest of the wave

 

Gotta seize the day in our work and play

Join this circle dance

Gotta take care of this planet now

No matter what the circumstance

 

Gotta spread the word, stand up and be heard

We need to educate

With our hearts in place we will live in grace

You know it’s never too late

 

activities

1) Learn to sing the song and create some visuals to display along with your performance ie. signs, pictures, slogans…etc

2) List all the ways you can think of to help make this world a better place

3) Create a weekly schedule and plan an action for each day that will have a positive impact on the environment

 

web links:

      tiki.oneworld.net/global_warming/  climate_home.html

      www.ecokids.ca/pub/index.cfm

      www.nrdc.org/reference/kids.asp

 

 

poetry

 

Read the words in a poem

Or sing the lyrics of a song

They might stay with you a little while

Or last a whole life long

Cause words can touch your feelings

And words, they can inspire

They can move you and empower you

And lift your spirit higher

 

With all the rhythm and rhyme  

Poetry you’re a friend of mine

And with your mystery sublime

Poetry you are a true friend of mine

Poetry through all the ages of time

 

Some words they paint a picture

Some words create a mood

Some words can make you laugh with joy

And change an attitude

Some words can feel like sunshine

Some words can feel like rain

They can fill you with deep longing

Or heal an aching pain

 

There’s a poem in every dew drop

In every grain of sand

In the laughter of the children

In the palm of a baby’s hand

A poem, like an echo

Of a time that is long gone

A poem like a shining light

On the road you’re travelling on

activities

1) Write a poem and put it on display

2) Collect poems and word games and share them with the class

3) Who were some famous poets? Make a list.

4) Discuss the lyrics of this song and how you relate to some of the ideas

 

web links:

      www.poetry4kids.com/index.php

      www.gigglepoetry.com/

      falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/poechild.htm 

 

choo choo

                                          

Riding on an old-time ‘choo choo’

Riding on an old-time train

Riding ‘cross the open prairie

Riding ‘cross the open plane

All around the mountain side

Then riding homeward bound again

 

Bring your bags and bring your lunch box

Bring your ticket to the gate

This train is gonna leave the station

Right on time, so don’t be late

Hear that old steam whistle blow

Hurry up, no time to wait

 

Choo choo, woo woo

Choo choo, woo woo

Huff and puff, huff and puff

Choo choo, woo woo

Clickety clack down the railroad track

Choo choo, woo woo

 

All aboard this old-time ‘choo choo’

All aboard this old-time train

We’re going on a special journey

Far better than an aeroplane

See the world gliding by

With your nose against the window pane

 

See the world gliding by

Riding on this ‘choo choo’ train

See the world gliding by

Riding on this ‘choo choo’ train

activities

1) Form a ‘human choo choo train’ and move around to the song.

2) Create train coach costumes out of cardboard boxes and paint them with your favourite colours  

3) Collect pictures of different kinds of trains throughout history

4) Collect recordings of different train whistle sounds and compare them

 

web links:

      www.trainwreckcentral2.com/kidsfun.html

      www.trakkies.co.uk/

gato negro

 

She’s the queen of the neighbourhood

She gets respect like a black cat should

But with some critters she’s in cahoots

Cause she’s no ordinary ‘puss in boots’

Gato negro, gato negro, chat noir, black cat

 

She’s a fussy feline full of pride

She waves her tail from side to side

Sometimes she’s friendly, sometimes shy

Or like a stranger she’ll walk on by

Gato negro, gato negro, chat noir, black cat

 

Sometimes she’s lazy, sometimes she’s tired

Sometimes she’s crazy and kooky and wired

She sneaks around, she’s got soft paws

But better stay away when she shows her claws

Gato negro, gato negro, chat noir, black cat

 

Sometimes she’ll lie up on the ledge

And hang her paws down over the edge

Or maybe she’ll jump on your lap

To take her afternoon cat nap

Gato negro, gato negro, chat noir, black cat

 

She likes it when you brush her fur

Just listen to that kitty purr

And if you want to make her grin

Just tickle underneath her chin

Gato negro, gato negro, chat noir, black cat

 

activities 

1) Make a cat costume and create a ‘cat act’ or ‘cat dance’.

2) Act out the words in the song as you sing it.

3) Collect all kinds of cat images and information to display in your gym and create a ‘cat mural’

 

web links:

      kids.cfa.org/

      www.cats.org.uk/catsforkids/

sunrise in the jungle     

 

Deep in the jungle      

At the break of dawn

Life is stirring              

Hear the jungle yawn

Another sunrise            

Lighting up the skies

All creatures shaking  

The slumber from their eyes

 

Sunrise in the jungle, shimmer through the trees

Sunrise in the jungle, feel the morning breeze

Sunrise in the jungle, warming up the air

Sunrise in the jungle, life is everywhere

 

The peacock, the panther, the crocodile  

The spiders, the bugs so versatile

The cheetah, the boar, the funny baboon    

The elephant down by the old lagoon

 

The sloth, the tapir, the manatee

The tiger, gorilla, the chimpanzee

The lizard, the snake, the toad and frog

The turtle, iguana, who sit near the bog

 

The catfish, the dogfish, the butterfly    

The puff bird and heron soaring up high

The zebra, gazelle, the wildebeest    

All looking to find their favourite feast       [break down]

 

The toucan, the parrot, the pretty macaw

The leopard, the lion licking his paw

The jaguar, the monkeys way up in the trees

Hyena, impala, the okapi

The hippo, the rhino, the antelope    

Wandering down the jungle slope

Flamingo, the ostrich, the pelican

The jaguar, the warthog, orangutan

activities

1) Split the class into groups and have each groups learn to sing a verse

2) Paint a mural of a jungle and add all the animals you can think of.  

3. 3)Create a jungle in your classroom and decorate with paper maché leaves and birds, snakes, monkeys, etc….
   

4. 4)can you spot what animal Jack mentions twice?
   

          

web links:    

      www.dltk-kids.com/animals/jungle.html

      www.christiananswers.net/kids/sounds.html

bouncing ball

 

Bouncy rubber ball

My bouncing ball

Big or small

I love my bouncing ball    [repeat]

 

Toss it in a basket

Toss it way up high

Or toss it to a friend

You’ll catch it if you try

Play ball with a racket

Play ball with a stick

Whatever game you play

You know, practice does the trick

 

Bounce it in the school yard

Roll it down a hall

Or bounce it in the gym

Bounce it off a wall

Volley ball or beach ball

With a baseball bat

Or with a ping pong paddle

We love to play all that

 

You can play at soccer

Kick it off the ground

Or pass it in a circle

Round and round and round

There are many sports games

You couldn’t play at all

If you didn’t have

Some kind of bouncing ball

activities 

1) Paint a mural of many different kind of ‘ball’ games.

2) What is your favourite ball game?

3) Play a round of ‘catch’ to the song.

 

web links:

    www.funattic.com/game_ball.htm

    www.apples4theteacher.com/native-american/games/ball/index.html

 

brazil

 

I dreamed that I was down in old Brazil

In a Rio de Janeiro street

In a Samba school I learned a Samba song

And I learned a lively Samba beat

 

I sang my song, it made me feel so free

I heard the sound of dancing feet

And soon the children they would gather round

And sing along with voices sweet

 

And we sang

La la la la la la la

La la la la la la la

La la la la la la la

La la la la la la la ….

 

Now I have never been to old Brazil

But many times in many dreams

I ask myself, why do I love it so?

Must be the music there, it seems

 

And we sing

La la la la la ………….

activities 

1) Find Brazil on a map of South America and learn about the country and people who live there.

2) Collect and share music from Brazil ie. ‘samba’, ‘bossa nova’, ‘forró’, capoeira’, etc…  

3) Discuss how music and songs can make you feel ie. ‘happy’, ‘sad’,‘excited’, etc.…

 

web links:

     www.kidscornerbrazil.org/

     www.timeforkids.com/TFK/specials/goplaces/0,12405,104221,00.html 

wind in the rainforest

         (instrumental)

rub-a-dub

 

It's time for my bath, a little wash'n'scrub

A soapy sudsy water-splashing body rub

With a holler and a hoot

I'm in my birthday suit

So here I go, I step into the tub      Rub-a-dub

 

I've got my bathroom toys, my ducky "Squeaky clean"

My mermaid, my little yellow submarine  

My wash cloth, shampoo

My squirty bottle too

My bubble bath called "Caribbean Club"   Rub-a-dub

 

Oh what a time, what a time in the water

I swim around like an otter, like a whale

And then I'll take a shower

Smell just like a flower

It's my bath-time hour in the tub      

(Happy bath-time hour in the tub!   Rub-a-dub)

 

I float like a boat all around the foam

Like a fish, like a frog, I feel right at home

My toes play peek-a-boo

My belly button too

It's my very own ‘marine land’ in the tub    Rub-a-dub

 

Then after I'll play "mirror mirror on the wall

Tell me, tell me, who's the cleanest of them all?"

And then I'd like to savour

That tangy toothpaste flavour

And give my teeth a polish and a scrub    

Rub-a-dub

activities

1) Perform swimming motions to go along with the chorus of the song

2) Make a ‘bath-time’ flow chart. Draw a picture of yourself in the middle and around you, add all the important things you need in the bathroom to wash and clean yourself with. – soap, tooth paste, washcloth, etc…

3) Learn about different ways people attend to their personal hygiene in other parts of the world and also throughout different times in history

4) Bring your favourite bath time toy to school for show and tell.

                            

related reading:  

   King Bidgood’s In The Bathtub  - Audrey Wood

    Waves In The Bathtub  - Eugenie Fernandes

go well stay well

 

We’ll meet again so

Fare well, go well, stay well, go well

Go well, stay well, go well

activities

1) List different ‘farewells’ in other languages and on a map of the world, identify where they come from.

2) Create a ‘people paper chain’ with a different farewell on each link

3) Write a story about when you had to say good-bye to someone who you haven’t seen for a long time. How did it make you feel?

4) Discuss how time changes with new beginnings and endings. Create a time-line chart to illustrate major changes in your life. When was the first time you learned how to tie your shoe laces?… ride a bike?…learn to read?