London's burning

Lyrics:
London's burning, London's burning.

Fetch the engines, fetch the engines.

Fire fire, Fire Fire!

Pour on water, pour on water.

Classroom Benefits:
Because it's done in a circle it's a good way to make bonds between them.

Activities:
1. It's accompained with a clapping game done in circle.

Wag your tail

Lyrics:
Clap, clap, clap your hands.
Clap your hands with me.

Clap them fast. Clap them slow.

Clap your hands with me.

Wag your tail like a dog

Wag wag wag your tail.

Wag your tail with me.

Wag it fast. Wag it slow.

Wag your tail with me.

Thump your chest like a gorilla.

Thump, thump, thump your chest.

Thump your chest with me.

Thump it fast. Thump it slow.

Thump your chest with me.

Bend your knees like a camel.

Bend, bend, bend your knees.

Bend your knees with me.

Bend them fast. Bend them slow.

Bend your knees with me.

Wiggle your ears like a hippopotamus.

Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle your ears.

Wiggle your ears with me.

Wiggle them fast. Wiggle them slow.

Wiggle your ears with me.

Language focus:
Body parts, animals.

Classroom Benefits:
Learning to follow the rythm and speed, difference between fast and slow.

Activities:
1. We can add so many other body parts and animals.
2. Imitate the animals while singing.
3. Play "freeze dance", when the music stops they have to keep the posture as an statue.

A sailor went to sea sea sea

Lyrics:
A sailor went to sea, sea, sea,

To see what he could see, see, see.

But all that he could see, see, see,

Was the bottom of the deep blue sea, sea, sea.

Language focus:
Difference of pronuntiation, letter "s": see, sea, sailor.
Vocabulary about sea: animals, vehicles, pirates...

Activities:
We can use this song to start learning about geography using the sea as the starting point (maybe we're pirates travelling around the world).

Jenny works with one hammer

Lyrics:
Jenny works with one hammer,
one hammer, one hammer.
Jenny works with one hammer
then she works with two...

Jenny works with 6 hammers
and she goes to sleep…
Jenny’s wide-awake now
and she starts to work…


Classroom Benefits:
Learning how to count.
It is also a song that talks about girls using tools so it is a good way to teach equality.

Activities:
1. We can do different counting games.

              

2. We can change the names with every child and let them choose a thing to work with.

Bingo

Lyrics:
There was a farmer had a dog
and Bingo was his name-o.
B-I-N-G-O
B-I-N-G-O
B-I-N-G-O

And Bingo was his name-o.

Language focus:
Letter recognition, spelling and listening comprehension.

Activities:
1. We can change the lyrics for practicing some spelling.

Once an Austrian

Lyrics:
Once an Austrian went yodelling on a mountain so high,
when he met with an avalanche interrupting his cry.

Ho-li-ah Ho-le-rah-hi-hi-ah, Ho-le-rah-cuckoo,
(Rumble, Rumble) (x3)
Ho-le-rah-hi-hi-ah-ho.

Once … skier interrupting his cry.

Ho-li-ah Ho-le-rah-hi-hi-ah, Ho-le-rah-cuckoo,

(Swoosh, Rumble, Rumble) (x3)

Ho-le-rah-hi-hi-ah-ho.

Once … St. Bernard interrupting his cry.

Ho-li-ah Ho-le-rah-hi-hi-ah, Ho-le-rah-cuckoo,
(Woof, woof, Swoosh, Rumble, Rumble) (x3)

Ho-le-rah-hi-hi-ah-ho.

Once … grizzly bear interrupting his cry.

Ho-li-ah Ho-le-rah-hi-hi-ah, Ho-le-rah-cuckoo,

(Grr, Arf, Arf, Swoosh, Rumble, Rumble) (x3)

Ho-le-rah-hi-hi-ah-ho.

Once… milking maid interrupting his cry.

Ho-li-ah Ho-le-rah-hi-hi-ah, Ho-le-rah-cuckoo,

(Tss, Tss, Grr, Arf, Arf, Swoosh, Rumble, Rumble) (x3)

Ho-le-rah-hi-hi-ah-ho.

Once… pretty girl interrupting his cry.
Ho-li-ah Ho-le-rah-hi-hi-ah, Ho-le-rah-cuckoo,

(Smack, Smack, Tss, Tss, Grr, Arf, Arf, Swoosh, Rumble, Rumble) (x3)

Language focus:
Different sounds.

Activities:
1. This song is accompained with claps and other gestures.

2. Children can create their own things with its gestures.