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...)

Mary had a little lamb

Lyrics:
Mary had a little lamb
it's fleece was white as snow, yeah

Everywhere the child went

the lamb, the lamb was sure to go, yeah.

He followed her to school one day

And broke the teacher's rule

And what a time did they have

That day at school

Tisket, tasket, baby alright

A green and yellow basket, now

I wrote a letter to my baby

And on my way I passed it, now

Activities:
1. We can let children create their own verses or invent another ending for the story.

We wish you a Merry Christmas

Lyrics:
We wish you a Merry Christmas
We wish you a Merry Christmas
We wish you a Merry Christmas
And a happy New Year.

Good tidings we bring

To you and your kin

We wish you a Merry Christmas

And a Happy New Year.

Now bring us some figgy pudding

Now bring us some figgy pudding

Now bring us some figgy pudding

And a cup of good cheer.

We won't go until we get some

We won't go until we get some

We won't go until we get some

So bring it right here.

So bring us some figgy pudding

So bring us some figgy pudding

So bring us some figgy pudding

And bring it right here.

Good tidings we bring

To you and your kin

We wish you a Merry Christmas

And a Happy New Year.

Activities:

1.There are plently of activities, songs and stories for Christmas time.

                 

Happy Birthday

This is the traditional "Happy Birthday song".

Lyrics:
Happy Birthday to you,
happy birthday to you,
happy birthday, dear (name),
happy birthday to you.

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. 

If You’re happy

Lyrics:
If you're happy happy happy, clap your hands.

If you're happy happy happy, clap your hands.

If you're happy happy happy, clap your hands, clap your hands.

If you're happy happy happy, clap your hands.

If you're angry angry angry, stomp your feet.

If you're angry angry angry, stomp your feet.

If you're angry angry angry, stomp your feet, stomp your feet.

If you're angry angry angry, stomp your feet.

If you're scared scared scared, say, "Oh no!"

If you're scared scared scared, say, "Oh no!"

If you're scared scared scared, say, "Oh no!" Say, "Oh no!"

If you're scared scared scared, say, "Oh no!"

If you're sleepy sleepy sleepy, take a nap.

If you're sleepy sleepy sleepy, take a nap.

If you're sleepy sleepy sleepy, take a nap, take a nap.

If you're sleepy sleepy sleepy, take a nap.

If you're happy happy happy, clap your hands.

If you're happy happy happy, clap your hands.

If you're happy happy happy, clap your hands, clap your hands.

If you're happy happy happy, clap your hands.

Classroom benefict:
It's a good opportunity to talk about how to express feelings and emotions.

Activities:
1. Make face expressions, with the rest of the class or in front of a mirror.
2. Maybe some children in the class have problems understanding feelings (autistic children for example) so we can use pictures to show the face expressions.

Barbie doll

This is another variation of "A ram sam sam" but this time about toys.

Lyrics:
A Barbie doll, a Barbie doll,
an Action Man and a Barbie doll.
A Barbie doll, a Barbie doll,
an Action Man and a Barbi doll.
Transformer, Transformer,
an Action Man and a Barbie doll.
Transformer, Transformer,
an Action Man and a Barbie doll. 

Moves:

• Barbie doll: do a model pose.
• Action Man: pull muscles.
• Transformer: pretend to fly.

Ford Escort

This is another variation of "A ram sam sam" but this time with cars.

Lyrics:
A Ford Escort, a Ford Escort
a mini mini mini and a Ford Escort.
A Ford Escort, a Ford Escort,
a mini mini mini and a Ford Escort.
Ferrari, Ferrari,
a mini mini mini and a Ford Escort.
Ferrari, Ferrari,
a mini mini mini and a Ford Escort.

Moves:

• Ford Escort: drive your car, hands in front of the chest.
• Mini: drive your car, but smaller, bending your knees.
• Ferrari: look from left to right because a Ferrari is really fast.

Pizza Hut

This is another variation of "A ram sam sam" but about fast food, that children love it.

Lyrics:
A Pizza Hut, a Pizza Hut, 
Kentucky Fried Chicken and a Pizza Hut.
A Pizza Hut, a Pizza Hut, 
Kentucky Fried Chicken and a Pizza Hut.
McDonald’s, McDonald’s
Kentucky Fried Chicken and a Pizza Hut.
McDonald’s, McDonald’s

Kentucky Fried Chicken and a Pizza Hut.

Moves:

• Pizza Hut: make a triangle in the air
• Kentucky Fried Chicken: flap your arms imitating a chicken
• McDonald’s: make an "M" in the air, starting in the middle

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.