I highly recommend doing such an activity if you need to get the grown-ups to buy-in. Subway was a fun way to introduce a new vocabulary words and let us form a train around the room, ensuring that ALL the grown-ups were up and moving. That lets the littles (who are almost always raring to go) immediately show off their best dance moves.
#Rocketship run lyrics free#
I love the countdown aspect and the free dance. I spend a lot of time thinking about the best opening songs and ways to capture my group’s attention from the get-go and Get Your Move On is a great suggestion to do so.
I just recently added this to our books-you-can’t-miss-section and all of those copies are checked out!įriends Give Friends a Hand - Fresh Beat Band I love the urban setting, the diversity of the characters, and the great opportunities for interaction with the kids. This rhyming picture book is one that I used a while ago and was so happy to bring back to the Shake, Shimmy programming. Ma2 Comments Short URL shake shimmy & dance Music and Movement
See? You can still make mistakes even after a ton of storytimes! (At least, it was perfect for Chicago in October.)ĭefinitely a bumble this edition, but that’s 100% on me. And then we practiced taking our ribbons off our wrists and letting them fall to the ground with the seasonally appropriate Falling. And I got to include some great caregiver tips about letter and shape identification being a precursor to reading. Luckily, both Spin Again and Rocketship Run have excellent instructions in the lyrics and we were able to follow along for the next two songs.įor the wrist ribbons today, I wanted the kids to use them to draw letters or shapes in the air during A, B, C, D, E. They needed some instruction before free dance again. I followed this up with another free dance, Dance Like There’s Music In Your Pants, and I actually think that was poor planning on my part. This led to lots of interesting hair as they all shook their heads at some point. Wake Up, Shake Up has a great beat to it and I asked the kiddos to shake up their bodies as we started our dancing. My first four songs set an energetic mood for the rest of the program. Wake Up, Shake Up - Rolie Polie Guacamoleĭance Like There’s Music In Your Pants - Sara Lovell Body identification, movement, animals, Carle’s illustrations, large trim-size…what more could you ask for? This is the book that basically inspired the whole interactive book portion before the group begins to dance along to the music. Ma0 Comments Short URL shake shimmy & dance Music and Movement (For an example of the Powerpoint and handouts that I made for each Shake, Shimmy please visit the original post.) A fabulous program with lots of fun had by all. We kept that interaction going by jumping on the El Train and traveling around the room.įor our scarves, we practiced tossing them into the air when Caspar Babypants said “POP” during Pop Goes the Weasel and then they became superhero capes with Dance Floor Super Hero. And another version of If You’re Happy and You Know It drew in the caregivers around the room.
Move Like an Animal was fun and initiated a great game of pretend with all of the kiddos. Some of the best reactions came not from caregivers (who did really appreciate it!), but from co-workers who heard it passing by the door or through the vent system. I kicked today off with a cover of a Beatles song, by Caspar Babypants: Hello, Goodbye. Shake Hands With Friends - Ella Jenkins How It Went If You’re Happy and You Know It - Old Town School of Folk Musicĭance Floor Super Hero - The Fresh Beat Band Hello & How Are You? - Old Town School of Folk Music I also think it’s important to reinforce that kids may not join in right away and that’s okay too! It depicts so many of the things that kids will see in our Music & Movement programs, it’s a great primer for them before we start. I know that I’ve used this book before and will continue to use it again.
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