My colleague Miss Carol and I did a sing-along program for kids ages 2-12 and it was very successful! We sang, danced, read, pretended and blew bubbles. We handed out bells and shakers for the kids so we could make a lot of noise.
Here is our "set list":
- If You're Happy and You Know It
- Twinkle Twinkle Little Star/ABC Song/ Baa Baa Black Sheep (What do these songs have in common?)
- Duet for Librarians: We read I Yam a Donkey by Cece Bell
- Row Your Boat: regular, then alligator version, lion version, snake version and round
- I'm a Little Teapot/Eensy Weensy Spider
- Dance along: "The Auctioneer" by the Okee Dokee Brothers
- Duet for Librarians: Three Myopic Rodents, then kids sing Three Blind Mice
- Bananas!
- Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
- B-I-N-G-O
- Five Little Monkeys, Hap Palmer version
- Music Maestro
- The Hokey Pokey
Additional Info:
Row, row, row your boat
Gently down the stream
If you see an alligator, don't forget to scream.
Row, row, row your boat
Gently to the shore
If you see a lion, don't forget to roar.
Row, row, row your boat
Gently down the creek
If you see a great big snake, don't forget to shriek.
Three Myopic Rodents
Three Myopic Rodents, three Myopic Rodents
Observe how they perambulate, observe how they perambulate
They all circumnavigated the agriculturist's significant other
Who amputated their extremities with a carving utensil.
Did you ever regard such an occurrence in your existence
As three myopic rodents?
Bananas! (Miss Carol version)
It is a hot, hot day. And you're so hungry! Your stomach is grumbling. But, you look ahead of you and you see a tall tree.
Then you walk, walk, walk...
When you get to the bottom of the tree, you look up and see bright yellow bananas!
You climb, climb, climb (pause)
And then you pick, pick, pick, bananas
Peel, peel, peel bananas
Slice, slice, slice bananas
Eat, eat, eat bananas
And then, you go, go, go BANANAS!
Music Maestro
Leader: I am the music maestro I come from Deutschesland.
(All repeat)
Leader: Ich con spiele
(All repeat)
Leader: On my [instrument]
(All repeat)
Instrument verses:
Viola:
Vio Vio Viola, Viola, Viola
Vio Vio Viola, vio viola!
HEY!
Piano:
Plink, plink, plink, plink, plink, plink etc.
HEY!
Tuba:
Oompah Oompah Oompah pah, etc.
HEY!
Bass Drum:
Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, etc.
HEY!
Triangle:
Ding A Ling A Ling A Ling
Ding A Ling
Ding A Ling
Ding A Ling A Ling A Ling
Ding A Ling A Ling
HEY!
Bagpipe:
(In a bagpipe-like sound)
Eh Eh Eh Eh Eh Eh Eh
Eh Eh Eh
Eh Eh Eh
Eh Eh Eh Eh Eh Eh Eh
Eh Eh Eh Eh Eh
HEY!
Conductor:
Wave arms around
Orchestra:
(All groups sing their instrument in unison)
Action
As each group sings they do an action related to their instrument.
Viola: Motion like bowing a viola
Piano: Motion like pounding on a piano
Tuba: Oompah style arms (like an accordion)
Bass Drum: Bang imaginary drum
Triangle: Motion like ringing a triangle
Bagpipe: Plug nose
