34. Wind, wind sugar baby
35. Mighty pretty motion
36. Threw it out the window
37. When ducks get up
38. Father Abraham
39.
Yankee doodle
40. Bonjour mes amis, bonjour
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The songs below are part of ‘Away we
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compiled, adapted, translated and illustrated by Dany Rosevear
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Familiar in English
nurseries as ‘Wind the bobbin up’ and in the France as ‘Enroulez
le fil’ this singing game originates from Denmark,
where it is known as ‘The shoemaker’s dance’. Toddlers in the USA move
their arms to the first verse with big windmill movements - one way then the other,
strong pushes and pulls are followed by three claps. Watch at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgDPRRy0PB8&feature=related To begin form two circles
one inside the other, with partners facing each other. Continue this game by
moving other parts of the body.
How to do-si-do Walk round partner with one
arm resting on the other. Keep eyes on a spot in front. Right then left
shoulders pass. Return to face one another. |
This singing game comes from
Texas and was collected by Ruth Crawford Seeger. Below it is played as a copy
cat game but any words can be fitted into this pretty little tune. Younger children would
enjoy, ‘Clap your hands and stamp your feet, toodala
etc’ or in a circle, ‘Hello everybody toodala etc’.
Substitute ‘everybody’ with individual children’s names as a great ‘get to
know you’ song. Listen at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30sscDxooT4 Make a circle holding hands,
one child stands in the middle.
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Find the song at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzKb76Jukb8 Make
circles of three
holding hands; each child is labeled
1, 2 or 3.
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Wake up in the morning to
this cheerful song. Listen at: http://www.nancymusic.com/Ducksplay.htm . Watch at: http://wiki.kcls.org/tellmeastory/index.php/When_Animals_Get_Up_in_the_Morning
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Learn the difference between
right and left with this song. Try not to laugh, it won’t be easy! Most versions like this from
one the Solomon Islands are gospel ‘Praise the Lord songs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lR4TOMpdars Watch an ESL version at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MK2_hhoFSkA
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This lively marching song
was originally sung by the British military to mock the ‘Yankees’ in their
buckskin and furs. During the Revolutionary War the colonialists appropriated
it to mock their own officers including George Washington. Macaroni referred
a ‘dandy’ style of Italian clothing popular in Find another dance at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjGoL35I2k4 Younger children might sing
only the first verse and chorus as they first march around the room, then
find a partner and swing round or just march around together.
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‘Hello my good friends,
hallo’, get to know each other with this Cajun song. Try ‘Au revoir mes ami’.
This song can be sung as a round. Stand in a circle opposite a
partner.
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