Dance Party: 60s Dance Party!

SRC 60s Dance Party (props: hula hoops, shakey eggs, scarves/ribbons, parachute)

As patrons enter, Hand out shakey eggs and let kids dance/shake to Baby Beatles! Tracks #1 (Here Comes the Sun), 2 (All Together Now), 3 (Everybody's Got Something to Hide), 5 (Birthday),7 (Ob La Di, Ob La Da), 8 (Love Me Do) (Baby Beatles! [music CD] Babypants, Caspar. Aurora Elephant Music, 2013) (also had hula-hoops out during this time and helped kids try these.)

Or use Yellow Submarine tracks #2 (Hey Bulldog), #13 (When I'm 64) Yellow submarine [music CD] Beatles.Hollywood, Calif. : Capitol, 2009

or '60s music revolution. [music CD] Let the Sunshine In
[New York] : Time Life, [2012]. 2012 Disc 2, tracks #1 (The Letter), #2 (Kicks), #6 (Everyday People)

Additional possibilities:  Beach Boys: “Wouldn't It Be Nice” other dance songs e.g. “Twist & Shout” “Macarena”?

Pass out Scarves/Ribbons:

60s Disc 2, track #8 (Age of Aquarius)

Yellow Submarine #12 (All You Need is Love)

Bring out Parachute:

60s Disc 1, track #4 (Up Up and Away)

60s Disc 2, track #3 (Spinning Wheel)

Yellow Submarine #1 (Yellow Submarine)

Baby Beetles #13 (Octopus's Garden)

Freeze dancing to: tracks #1 (dance), #2 (Spiderman), #3 (Batman), #6 (Mighty Mouse), #11 (The Incredibles) of Super heroes [music CD]. Hit Crew (Musical group)
Edison, NJ : TUTM Entertainment, 2007

Clean up toys and parachute, everyone joins hands to make circle, sing “Sing” by Joe Raposo (song from Sesame St. - also started in the 60s.)

Hand-stamping to Louis Armstrong's “It's a Wonderful World”

Other album possibilities for general dance parties:A Child’s Celebration of Dance, Wiggles dance party, Spaghetti Eddie v.3, track #2 Freeze, Kimbo Move & Learn, track #7 Alphabet March & Match, #16 Freeze, Baby Genius: Kid's Dance Party, Learning Station: You Can Dance!

8/3/2015

Dance Party: Shake, Rattle, and Roll! 50s Sock Hop

Shake, Rattle, and Roll -- Time travel to the 50s for our sock hop dance party -- poodle skirts and grandparents optional!    -- music cds, shakey eggs, scarves,   parachute?

CDs – codes relate to tracks below: You Can Dance (YCD) --The Learning Station, Child’s Celebration of Rock ‘n Roll (RnR) -- Music for Little People, Blue Suede Shoes (BSS) – Elvis Music for Kids -- -- Music for Little People  (Another good album (didn’t arrive in time): A Child’s Celebration of Dance).

As people entered, playing:

Alley Oop  RnR#7

Rock Around the Clock RnR#1

C’mon Let’s Dance YCD#1

Optional: Blue Suede Shoes BSS#5, Party BSS#7,

Passed out Scarves:

Splish Splash RnR#3

La Bamba RnR#15

Optional: Doo Wop YCD#4, At the Hop – The Fabulous 50s (Reader’s Digest) #1, Hound Dog BSS#1, Shake, Rattle & Roll BSS#3, Stuck on You BS #9

Passed out Shakey Eggs:

Willie & the Hand Jive RnR#4

Funky Chicken YCD#10

Optional: Don’t Be Cruel BSS#10

Parachute:

Rockin’ Robin RnR#6

Yakety Yak RnR#8 (bring parachute down on “yakety yak”)

Freeze Dance:

Move and Learn (Kimbo) – Freeze #16

Optional: Name Game RnR#9, Jailhouse Rock BSS#11, Monster Mash RnR#12

Purple People Eater RnR#10

Closed by forming a circle and singing Joe Raposo’s song “Sing” (to calm everyone back down)

Hand stamps.

 

BWL 7/20/2015

Sing Along: Get A Move On! (all ages)

Warm up your muscles as we "shake our sillies out", "freeze" dance, and play parachute games on a cold March morning! 

 

As Families arrive open with: The joint is jumpin' -- I got rhythm -- Happy feet (#1&2 on Dana Cohen’s Dana's best sing & swing-a-long tunes!) – handed out dancing ribbons for kids to use,  optional continue with tracks #3-4 if lots of late-comers, reprise #1 to start program.

 

Stomp Your Feet: Stomp Your Feet  Track #2 Brendon Parker’s Spaghetti Eddie & Other Children’s Songs v.2

 

Freeze Dance: Freeze Dance Track #2 Brendon Parker’s Spaghetti Eddie & Other Children’s Songs v.3

 

Alphabet March & Match: track #7 on  Kimbo’s Move & Learn (had carpet circles arranged in a circle, kids each got a stiff flannel letter, when the music stopped they found the matching carpet square, then exchanged  letters with another child and the music resumed.)

 

 

Shake My Sillies Out  Song on Raffi’s More Singable Songs track #13;  Music for Little People’s Giggling and Laughing: Silly Songs for Kids #1also available as a book

Gonna shake, shake, shake my sillies out,

Shake, shake, shake my sillies out,

Gonna shake, shake, shake my sillies out,

And wiggle my waggles away.

Gonna clap, clap, clap my crazies out…

Gonna jump, jump, jump my jiggles out…

Gonna stretch, stretch, stretch my sleepies out…

 

Hokey Pokey Song on Dana’s Best Sing & Play-Along #6
You  put your right foot in.  You put your right foot out.
You put your right foot in and you shake it all about!
You do the Hokey Pokey and you turn yourself around. -- That's what it's all about!
You put your left foot in...
You put your right arm in...
You put your left arm in...
You put your head in...
You put your whole self in...

 

 

Parachute Games - Pop Goes The Weasel!  & London Bridge (Parents held parachute with kids underneath, brought down the parachute on “pop” and “falling down:

 

Pop Goes The Weasel! from Susie Tallman’s  Animal Songs and Stories #17

'Round and 'round the cobbler's bench
The monkey chased the weasel,
The monkey thought 'twas all in fun
Pop! Goes the weasel.

A penny for a spool of thread
A penny for a needle,
That's the way the money goes,
Pop! Goes the weasel.

A half a pound of tuppenny rice,
A half a pound of treacle.
Mix it up and make it nice,
Pop! Goes the weasel.

Up and down the London road,
In and out of the Eagle,
That's the way the money goes,
Pop! Goes the weasel.

Kimbo’s Move & Learn Freeze#16

London Bridge track #6 on Lily Cat Very Good Day (many other albums too, didn’t like Playtime Favorites though)
London Bridge is Falling Down
London bridge is falling down
Falling down, falling down.
London bridge is falling down,
My fair lady.

Take the key and lock her up,
lock her up, lock her up.
Take the key and lock her up,  my fair lady.

etc.

 

End parachute portion.

 

 

We Are The Dinosaurs  Sung by Laurie Berkner on her album “Whaddaya Think of That” track #1 (March in circle, suit actions to words)
We are the dinosaurs, Marching, Marching!
We are the dinosaurs  Whaddaya Think of That?!?!?
We are the dinosaurs, Marching, Marching
We are the Dinosaurs, we make the earth FLAT
We make the earth FLAT!!!

We stop and eat our food, when we’re in the mood
We stop and eat our food on the groooouuound
We stop and eat our food, when we’re in the mood
We stop and eat our food and then we march around
‘Cause -- We are the dinosaurs…

We stop and take a rest, over in our nest
We stop and take a rest at the end of the day
We stop and take a rest, over in our nest
We stop and take a rest and then you’ll hear us say
Roar!!!  -- We are the dinosaurs…
And then we ROOOOAAARRRRR!!!!

Cause we are the Dinosaaaa-aaaa-auurrrrs!!!!!!!!

 

If You're Happy and You Know It  Song on Dana’s Best Sing & Play-Along #12

 

If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands.
If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands.
If you're happy and you know it, then your face will surely show it.
If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands.

If you're happy and you know it, stomp your feet...
…shout hurray!...give a smile!...
If you're happy and you know it shout hurray...

 

Sing! Song on Sing: Songs of Joe Raposo (and many other Sesame Street Albums) Also available as a book. We form a big circle with everyone (including the grown-ups!) and sing this twice through, I start very softly and sing much stronger/louder the second time through.  On the “la las” we hold hands and move into the center of the circle and then out again. Played the album afterwards for hand stamping.

 

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, (move into the circle)

La la la la la la la  (back out of the circle)

La la la la la, la la la la la la, (move into the circle)

La la la la la la la (back out of the circle)

 

Repeat from beginning, louder and stronger.

 

 

 

 

 

6/15. 3/15, 3/12, 3/10  handout optional…with so many recorded songs, not really necessary.

 

6/16 Summer Reading Club 2016 -- Musical Mondays - Shape up with toe-tapping, arm-stretching fun!)

 

Omitted:

 

Put Your Finger In The Air  Tune: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”sang this but available on:  Pete Seeger’s For Kids and Just Plain Folks (lots of ambient noise though)

Put your finger in the air, in the air,

Put your finger in the air, in the air,

Put your finger in the air and leave it about a year,

Put your finger in the air, in the air.

2.  toe…and move it to and fro…

3.  nose..., feel it as it grows...

4.  and see if it’s still here…

5.  knee…and tap it 1,2,3,

6.  chin... that’s where the food slips in...

7.  cheek.., leave it about a week...

8.  shoe..., leave it a day or two...

9.  head..., tell me is it green or red?...

10.  Put your fingers all together...

       both in dark & stormy weather…            

Finish with:

11.  Put your fingers on your fingers on your fingers (walk  fingers like “Itsy Bitsy Spider” getting faster and faster)

Put your fingers on your fingers on your fingers.

Put your fingers on your fingers on your fingers on your fingers! Put your fingers on your fingers on your fingers!

 

One Little Elephant (puppet, parade)  Song on Sharon, Lois, & Bram’s One Little Elephant Went Out to Play (omitted 3/2015, no time)

One little elephant went out to play

On a spider’s web one day

She had such enormous fun

That she called for another elephant to come.

Continue with 2,3,4,etc. forming chain of children.

 

 

The Ants Go Marching Tune:  “When Johnny Comes Marching Home” On Spot’s Farmyard Friends #7, WeeSing 25^th #15

 

The ants go marching one by one,

Hurrah, hurrah.

The ants go marching one by one,

Hurrah, hurrah.

The ants go marching one by one,

The little one stops to suck his thumb,

And they all go marching down,

Into the ground, to get out, of the rain,

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Two… tie his shoe…

Three…climb a tree…

Four…shut the door…

Five…take a dive…

Six…pick up sticks…

Seven…pray to heaven…

Eight…shut the gate…

Nine…check the time…

Ten…say “THE END!”

 

                Variation:  (Condensed version)

The ants go marching one by one, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching two by two, hurrah, hurrah

The ants go marching three by three, hurrah, hurrah

The little one stops to climb a tree

And they all go marching down to the ground
To get out of the rain, BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!  Etc.

 

Silly action song: Do Your Ears Hang Low ? Song on Sharon, Lois, & Bram’s album Stay Tuned also Wee Sing “25^th Anniversary”  (fun to do with a pair of tights on head)

Do your ears hang low
Do they wobble to and fro
Can you tie them in a knot (ow!)
Can you tie them in a bow
Can you toss them over your shoulder
Like a regimental soldier
Do your ears hang low…What about your nose?Can you twitch your nose
Can you bend it to and fro
Can you touch it with your tongue
Can you touch it with your toes
With your finger and your thumb
Pinch the end and sing along
Interesting things are noses…

How 'bout your lips?Can you purse your lips
Can you make them do a twist
Perhaps a crooked smile
Or even blow a kiss
Can you open them really wide
Waggle your tongue about inside

Clever little things are lips…

 

Can you roll your eyes?

Can you look from left to right?

Shut them up tight

Open them really wide.

Give a little wink

Blink, blink, blink.

Wonderful things are eyes!

 

The Funny Hat Tune: “This Old Man” Celebrating Dr. Seuss (do this with “Cat in the Hat” hat, kids have imaginary hats…) (omitted June 2015)

On my head I wear a hat

It is such a funny hat

That my head will wiggle

Wiggle to and fro

Where else should my funny hat go?

Continue with places suggested by the kids -- toe, knee, elbow, shoulder, ear, hair, nose (pinched nose to sound funny), belly, back, etc.

Singalong: Winter’s Day

 

Singalong: Winter’s Day (All Ages)
Step inside the library for some fun and lively songs to warm away the wintry weather – and stick around for a musical indoor snowball fight!

Singalong Winter’s Day : Songs and Fingerplays

Snowflakes Falling (Tune: London Bridge is Falling Down)
Snowflakes falling from the sky, from the sky,
from the sky, Snowflakes falling from the sky
To the ground below.
Watch them as they dance and whirl, dance and whirl, dance and whirl,
Watch them as they dance and whirl -- Soft white winter snow.

Snowflake Rhyme (flannel)
One little snowflake with nothing to do.
Along came another and then there were two.
Two little snowflakes laughing with me.
Along came another, and then there were three.
Three little snowflakes looking for some more.
Along came another, and then there were four.
Four little snowflakes dancing a jive.
Along came another, and then there were five.
Five little snowflakes having so much fun.
Out came the sun, and then there were none!

”When it’s Cold Outside” sign language song from Pick Me Up: Fun Songs for Learning Signs

This is the Way we Put on Our…to Play Outside in the Snow. Tune: “Mulberry Bush”
This is the way we put on our coat,
Put on our coat, put on our coat,
This is the way we put on our coat,
To play outside in the snow.
Continue with other articles of clothing, then outside activities…e.g. “we roll a snowball”… “make a snowman,” “sip hot cocoa”

We Dress Like That Tune: “Head & Shoulders, Knees & Toes”
Boots, jacket, scarf and hat, scarf and hat.
Boots, jacket, scarf and hat, scarf and hat.
Boots, jacket, scarf and hat, scarf and hat.
In wintertime we dress like that,
Boots, jacket, scarf and hat, scarf and hat.

It’s Not that Cold Outside Tune: “Mary Had a Little Lamb”
I don’t want to wear my coat,
Wear my coat, wear my coat,
I don’t want to wear my coat.
It’s not that cold outside!
Repeat with gloves, cap, scarf, boots, etc.
SNEEZE!!!

Chubby Little Snowman (flannel rhyme, bunny puppet)
A chubby little snowman
Had a carrot nose.
Along came a bunny
And what do you suppose?
That hungry little bunny
Looking for his lunch
Ate that little snowman’s nose
Nibble, nibble, crunch!

I’m a Little Snowman Tune: “I’m a Little Teapot”
I’m a little snowman, short and fat
Here is my broomstick, here is my hat
When the sun comes out, I’ll melt away
Drip, drip, drip, I’m a puddle today!

Snowman Counting Rhyme (glove puppet fingerplay—counting up)
One little snowman has a carrot nose.
Two snowmen shiver when the cold wind blows.
Three little snowmen wear scarves when it snows.
Four little snowmen are getting cold toes.
Five little snowmen like to pose
Outside—night and day—in their winter clothes.

Five Little Snowmen (glove puppet fingerplay—counting down)
Five little snowmen all in a row,
Each with a hat and a big red bow.
Out came the sun and it stayed all day.
And one of those snowmen melted away. 4,3,2,1…

I’m a Little Teapot
I’m a little teapot, short and stout.
Here is my handle, here is my spout.
When I get all steam up, hear me shout,
“Just tip me over and pour me out!”

Doing the Chocolate Shake (A warm-up action song)
You squat right down (squat)
Up you stand (stand up)
Stomp your feet (stomp)
Shake your hands (shake hands)
Wiggle all over (wiggle)
And mix real well (roll hands over & over)
Doing the Chocolate Shake! (clap hands)
Yum! (reach high)
(Repeat, faster each time.)

Popcorn (action) Song on Linda Arnold’s album "Make Believe"
Children can jump up & down on the “pops”
Pop-pop-pop-pop, pop-pop-pop-pop, pop-pop-pop-pop, pop!
First you take some oil, You put it in the pan,
Shake it up as fast as you can.
Put it on the fire, Wait for a while,
Pretty soon you've got popcorn!
Chorus: P-O-P-C-O-R-N!
Popcorn is a kid's best friend,
Munchee, crunchee, good for your lunchee,
Please pass the popcorn!
Pop-pop-pop-pop, pop-pop-pop-pop, pop-pop-pop-pop, pop!
Pop-pop-pop-pop, pop-pop-pop-pop, pop-pop-pop-pop, pop!
Add a little butter,
A little salt too,
Making popcorn is fun to do,
Fill your bowl to the very top,
But just make sure that you don't pop!
Repeat chorus, finish by repeating…
Pop-pop-pop-pop, pop-pop-pop-pop, pop-pop-pop-pop, pop! (2x)

Book to Sing: Frosty the Snowman – Nelson
(various versions, I particularly like the one illustrated by Richard Cowdrey)

Frosty the Snowman
Frosty the Snowman
Was a jolly happy soul
With a corncob pipe and a button nose
And two eyes made out of coal
Frosty the Snowman
Is a fairytale they say
He was made of snow
But the children know
How he came to life one day
There must have been some magic
In that old silk hat they found
For when they placed it on his head
He began to dance around
Frosty the Snowman
Was alive as he could be
And the children say
He could laugh and play
Just the same as you and me
Frosty the Snowman
Knew the sun was hot that day
So he said let's run
And we'll have some fun
Now before I melt away
Down to the village
With a broomstick in his hand
Running here and there all around the square
Saying catch me if you can
He led them down the streets of town
Right to the traffic cop
And he only paused a moment when
He heard him holler stop
Frosty the Snowman
Had to hurry on his way
But he waved goodbye
Saying don't you cry
I'll be back again some day
Thumpety thump thump
Thumpety thump thump
Look at Frosty go
Thumpety thump thump
Thumpety thump thump
Over the hills of snow

In the Freezer (flannel)
Song on Joe Scrugg’s “Traffic Jams”
There was snow on the ground
But it was a sunny day.
We knew that our snowman
Was going to melt away.
So we asked our Mom
And though it did not please her,
She said we could keep
Our snowman in the freezer.
Chorus:
He’s in the freezer,
He’s our snowman.
He’s in the freezer,
Getting a frost tan.
He’s in the freezer,
Keeps as cold as he can.
He doesn’t go to school,
He just keeps cool,
In the freezer –

We feed him bits of frost
And lots of ice cubes.
We show him to our friends
When we come home from school.
We watch him as he sits
Next to the frozen squash,
‘Til Dad shuts the door and says,
“It’s starting to defrost. Chorus
One night at suppertime
My Mom said it was said
As she told us of the ice cream
That we could have had.
Our snowman was taking up
All the room it seems,
And she didn’t have a place
To put our ice cream.

Final Chorus:
He’s on the sidewalk
And he’s melting fast.
You know a snowman
Was not meant to last.
It won’t be long now
Before he melts away
And we’re having ice cream
For dessert today!
It’s in the freezer!
It’s in the freezer!

 

Ending Activity: Snowball fight using plastic bag snowballs (find how to make them here), music “Sleigh Ride” on Now Christmas (disc 1, track 9), can follow with “Let it Snow” (track 10) or find them on Season’s Greetings can follow with Durante’s “Frosty the Snowman” for hand stamps.

See also: SOUP’S ON! & TASTY TUNES

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