Open with: You’ll Sing A Song by Ella Jenkins (Song on: Raffi’s “The Corner Grocery Store”)
You’ll sing a song and I’ll sing a song
And we’ll sing a song together.
You’ll sing a song and I’ll sing a song
In warm or wintry weather.
Continue with: clap your hands, stomp your feet, dance a jig, flap your arms, etc.
To settle the crowd, close with: sit right down
A musical version is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vJyfzWrsxo (I use a slightly different tune.)
Speaking of old ladies: Prop/Song: There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
I Know An Old Lady (volunteer kids held the animals to be "eaten")
Song on “Peter, Paul, and Mommy, Too”
I know an old lady who swallowed a fly,
I don't know why she swallowed the fly,
Perhaps she'll die.
I know an old lady who swallowed a spider,
That wiggled and jiggled and tiggled inside her.
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly,
I don't know why…
…bird / How absurd to swallow a bird…
…cat / Imagine that -- to swallow a cat!
…dog / What a hog, to swallow a dog!…
…goat / She opened her throat and in walked that goat…
…cow / I don't know how she swallowed a cow…
I know an old lady who swallowed a horse--(pause) (spoken) She's dead, of course!
Singable Book: Mary Had a Little Lamb (Bruce McMillan's photo-illustrated version is my favorite) Also shared Iza Trapani's version with additional verses.
Lyrics by Raffi, Tune: "Baa Baa Black Sheep" Song on Raffi's album "The Corner Grocery Store"
Baa, Baa, Black Sheep, have you any wool?
Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full.
One for your sweater and one for your rug,
And one for your blanket to keep you warm and snug.
(repeat first two lines)
Cluck, Cluck, Red Hen, have you any eggs?
Yes sir, yes sir, as many as your legs.
One for your breakfast and one for your lunch,
Come back tomorrow, I'll have another bunch.
(repeat first two lines)
Moo, Moo, Brown Cow, have you milk for me?
Yes sir, yes sir, as tasty as can be.
Churn it into butter, make it into cheese,
Freeze it into ice-cream or drink it if you please.
(repeat first two lines)
Buzz, Buzz, Busy Bee, is your honey sweet?
Yes sir, yes sir, sweet enough to eat.
Honey on your muffin, honey on your cake,
Honey by the spoonful, as much as I can make.
(repeat first two lines)
Action Song: The Squishy-Squooshy Sung to: “The Hokey-Pokey”
Pretend that you are a pig and there is a big mud puddle in front of you. Oooo-ooo glorious mud!
You put your in.
You take your out.
You put your in and you moosh it all about.
You do the squishy-squooshy and you turn your self around.
That’s what it’s all about!
1) left hoof 2) right hoof 3) pig foot 4) piggy snout 5) pig belly 6) curly tail
7) whole piggy self
I like to eat, eat, eat apples and bananas
I like to eat, eat, eat apples and bananas.
Continue, changing the vowel sounds:
I like to Ate, Ate, Ate Aypples and BANAYNAYS (2x)
I like to Ete, Ete, Ete Eepples and BENEENEES (2x)
I like to Ite, Ite, Ite Iiples and BININIS (2x)
I like to ote, ote, ote opples and BINOENOES (2x)
I like to ute, ute, ute uuples and BINUUNUUS (2x)
But I like to eat, eat, eat apples and bananas
I like to eat, eat, eat apples and bananas!
Book: The Little Red Hen by Mary Finch (acted out with puppets)
Song: "I Am A Pizza" (tune on Linda Arnold's "Peppermint Wings" (echo & response song -- you sing then audience repeats line) If you don't have the album, feel free to give me a call and I'll sing it for you.)
I am a pizza … (audience echo) I am a pizza (place flannel “tomato/cheese pizza” on board)
With extra cheese… with extra cheese
From tomatoes… From tomatoes…
Sauce is squeezed… Sauce is squeezed…
Onions and Mushrooms… Onions and Mushrooms… (add flannel onions/mushrooms)
Oregano…Oregano.
I am a pizza … I am a pizza
Ready to go!
I am a pizza… I am a pizza…
Pepperoni… Pepperoni… (add flannel “pepperoni”)
No Anchovies… No Anchovies…
Or phony balogna… Or phony balogna…
I am a pizza… I am a pizza…
Order by phone… Order by phone… (flannel phone receiver or just use hand motion)
I am a pizza… I am a pizza…
Please take me home.
I am a pizza… I am a pizza…
Peppers on the top… Peppers on the top… (add flannel “peppers”)
Out of the oven… Out of the oven…
And into a box… And into a box… (cover with square flannel “pizza box” )
Into the car… Into the car…
Upside down… Upside down… (groan)
I am a pizza… I am a pizza…
Dropped on the ground.
I was a pizza… I was a pizza…
I was the BEST… I was the BEST…
I was a pizza… I was a pizza…
NOW I’M A MESS! (flip over “pizza box” to reveal a flannel “scrambled up pizza”!)
Singable Book: What a Wonderful World illustrated by Ashley Bryan – celebrating the wonderful world we live in and the plants, animals, and people of so many colors we share it with…
Close with: Sing (Everyone joins hands in a circle – on the La, La’s – join hands in a circle and bring everyone to the center and then out again. –then repeat the whole song…louder and stronger!)
Song by Joe Raposo,-- on “Sesame Street Platinum”
(Start singing quietly:)
Sing, Sing a song --
Sing out loud --
Sing out strong --
Sing of good things, not bad --
Sing of happy, not sad --
Sing, Sing a song --
Make it simple to last your whole life long --
Don't worry that it’s not good enough --
For anyone else to hear --
Just Sing, Sing a song!
La, La, La, La, La
La, La, La, La, La
La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La
