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).

Head, shoulders, knees and toes

Lyrics:
Head, shoulders, knees and toes
Head, shoulders, knees and toes 
and eyes, and ears, and eyes and nose.
Head, shoulders, knees and toes,
knees and toes.

Language focus:
Body awareness.

Activities:
1. We can change the speed everytime and see how fast and slow children can do it.

2. This song can be the introduction for studying the human body.

3. This is also good for starting stretching in Physical Education class.

I'm a little teapot

Lyrics:
I'm a little teapot short and stout.

Here is my handle,
here is my spout.

When I get all steamed up

Hear me shout.

Tip me over and pour me out!

Language focus:
Day life vocabulary

Activities:
1.We can create different variations to know how things works (when is boiling you pour it; if you want toothpaste you squeeze the tube...)

Epo etai tai e

Lyrics:
Epo etai tai e,
epo etai tai e.
Epo etai tai,
epo e tuki tuki,
epo e tuki tuki e.

Moves:

• Epo: your hands on your legs.
• Etai tai: clap your hands.
• E: hug yourself.
• Tuqui tuqui: snap your fingers.

Classroom beneficts:

It's a good song to relax or to do after nap time. 

A ram sam sam

Lyrics:
A ram sam sam, a ram sam sam,
guli guli guli guli guli ram sam sam.

A ram sam sam, a ram sam sam,
guli guli guli guli guli ram sam sam.
Aravi, aravi,
guli guli guli guli guli ram sam sam.

Aravi, aravi,
guli guli guli guli guli ram sam sam.

Moves:

• A ram sam sam: clap your hands.
•  Guli guli: make fists and round them.
• Aravi: move your hands forward.

Walking walking

Lyrics:
Walking, walking. Walking, walking.

Hop, hop, hop. Hop, hop, hop.

Running, running, running. 
Running, running, running.

Now let's stop. Now let's stop.

Language focus:
Names of actions and movements.

Activities:
1. Use it as a choosing game letting children move randomely and change the end of the song: "now let's stop, groups of four".

2. We can add more actions, let children create their own song.

Mix the pancake

Lyrics:
Mix a pancake,
stir a pancake,
pop it in the pan.

Fry the pancake,
toss the pancake,
catch it if you can.

Language focus:
Cooking vocabulary

Activities:
Imitate the lyrics and really try to catch it.

Have you ever had a penguin come to tea?

Lyrics:

Have you ever seen a penguin come to tea?

When you look at me a penguin you will see!

Penguins attention! Penguins begin!

Right arm!

Have you ever seen a penguin come to tea?

When you look a me a penguin you'll see.

Penguins attention! Penguins beggin!

Right arm, left arm!

Have you ever seen a penguin come to tea?

When you look at me a penguin you will see!

Penguins attention! Penguins begin!

Right arm, left arm, right leg, left leg!

Have you ever seen a penguin come to tea?

When you look a me a penguin you'll see.

Penguins attention! Penguins beggin!

Right arm, left arm, right leg, left leg, bod your head!

Have you ever seen a penguin come to tea?

When you look at me a penguin you will see!

Penguins attention! Penguins begin!

Right arm, left arm, right leg, left leg, bod your head, stick out your tongue!

Have you ever seen a penguin come to tea?

When you look a me a penguin you'll see.

Penguins attention! Penguins stop!

Language focus:

Animals and body parts.

Classroom Benefits:

Develop environmental friendly feeling.

Activities:

1. Children can dress up like penguins for doing the penguin dance.

2. We can do different penguin art crafts.

                         

3. We can use this song for start studying other animals frome the pole, like polar bear, reindeer, or artic fox.

4. Also we can introduce topics such as global warming, melting poles, and the importance of taking care of the Earth.

The Pinocchio

Lyrics:

Everybody in. Everybody out.

Everybody turn around. Everybody shout, "Hey!"

Everybody ready? Here we go.

Let's do The Pinocchio.

Right arm!

Everybody in. Everybody out.

Everybody turn around. Everybody shout, "Hey!"

Everybody ready? Here we go.

Let's do The Pinocchio.

Right arm!

Left arm!

Everybody in. Everybody out.

Everybody turn around. Everybody shout, "Hey!"

Everybody ready? Here we go.

Let's do The Pinocchio.

Right arm!

Left arm!

Right leg!

Everybody in. Everybody out.

Everybody turn around. Everybody shout, "Hey!"

Everybody ready? Here we go.

Let's do The Pinocchio.

Right arm!

Left arm!

Right leg!

Left leg!

Everybody in. Everybody out.

Everybody turn around. Everybody shout, "Hey!"

Everybody ready? Here we go.

Let's do The Pinocchio.

Right arm!

Left arm! 

Right leg!

Left leg!

Chin up!

Everybody in. Everybody out.

Everybody turn around. Everybody shout, "Hey!"

Everybody ready? Here we go.

Let's do The Pinocchio.

Right arm!

Left arm!

Right leg!

Left leg!

Chin up!

Turn around!

Everybody in. Everybody out.

Everybody turn around. Everybody shout, "Hey!"

Everybody ready? Here we go.

Let's do The Pinocchio.

Right arm!

Left arm!

Right leg!

Left leg!

Chin up!

Turn around!

Sit down!

Language focus:

Body parts vocabulary. 

Activities:

1. Let's study the human body, we can form our own Pinocchio, in this way we will learn the names of the different parts of the body.

                                 

We all fall down

Lyrics:

Walk around the circle.

Walk around the circle.

Walking walking.

We all fall down.

Gallop.

Gallop around the circle.

Gallop around the circle.

Galloping galloping.

We all fall down.

Shh... Let's tiptoe.

Tiptoe around the circle.

Tiptoe around the circle.

Tiptoe tiptoe.

We all fall down.

I'm so sleepy!

Sleepy sleepy sleepy.

I'm so sleepy.

Wake up, everybody!

Come on, we're going to hop!

Hop around the circle.

Hop around the circle.

Hopping hopping.

We all fall down.

Let's twirl!

Twirl around the circle.

Twirl around the circle.

Twirling twirling.

We all fall down.

Let's hop AND twirl!

Hop around the circle.

Twirl around the circle.

Hopping, twirling.

We all fall down.

Language focus:

Names of the movements.

Activities:

This song is perfect for Physical Education preparation session with english language focus.

The Hokey Pokey Shake

Lyrics:

You put one hand in.

You put one hand out.

You put one hand in.

And you shake, shake, shake, shake, shake.

You do the Hokey Pokey

Everybody turn around.

You put two hands in.

You put two hands out.

You put two hands in.

And you shake, shake, shake, shake, shake.

You do the Hokey Pokey and clap your hands.

Everybody clap your hands.

You put one foot in.

You put one foot out.

You put one foot in.

And you shake, shake, shake, shake, shake.

You do the Hokey Pokey and sit down.

Everybody please sit down.

You put two feet in.

You put two feet out.

You put two feet in.

And you shake, shake, shake, shake, shake.

You do the Hokey Pokey and stand up.

Everybody please stand up.

You put your head in.

You put your head out.

You put your head in.

And you shake, shake, shake, shake, shake.

You do the Hokey Pokey and sing a song.

La, la, la, la, la, la!

You put your backside in.

You put your backside out.

You put your backside in.

And you shake, shake, shake, shake, shake.

You do the Hokey Pokey and be quiet.

Everybody please be quiet. Shh!

You put your whole self in.

You put your whole self out.

You put your whole self in.

And you shake, shake, shake, shake, shake.

You do the Hokey Pokey and take a bow.

Everybody take a bow.

Language focus:

Body parts vocabulary.

Classroom Benefits:
Dancing activity for a great atmosphere, de-stressing and funny activity for adaptation process.