Pop See Koo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RqMflGzRjY

This is a super fun dance video that will get students moving and excited!

Albuquerque Turkey

Song:  Albuquerque Turkey 

Source:  Carriage House

Origin: Unknown

Grade level: PreK+

Rhythmic elements: rhyme patterns

Movement: walking like a turkey in general space

Connection to curriculum:  Different thanksgiving traditions, what different people eat around the world.  Each child can fill in what they want for the last line "Because for my thanksgiving dinner I'll have ________ instead."

Words:
Albuquerque is a turkey
And he's feathered and he's fine
And he wobbles, and he gobbles
And he's absolutely mine

He's the best pet
That you can get
Better than a dog or cat
He's my Albuquerque turkey
And I'm awfully proud of that

He once told me,
Very frankly, he preferred to be a pet
Not the main course of my dinner
And I told him not to fret

And my Albuquerque turkey
Is so happy in his bed
Because for our Thanksgiving dinner
We'll have chow lo mein instead

Heads, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes

Song:  Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes

Source:  Childhood 

Origin: Traditional Child Song

Grade level: PreK+

Rhythmic elements: rhythmic pattern

Movement:  point to each body part mentioned

Connection to curriculum:  Learning different body parts, different languages (could substitute any language for this song)

Words:

Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes

Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes

Eyes and ears and mouth and nose

Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes.

in spanish

Cabeza, hombros, rodillas y dos pies

Cabeza, hombros, rodillas y dos pies

Ojos, oídos, boca y una nariz 

Cabeza, hombros, rodillas y dos pies

A Turkey Sat on a Backyard Fence

Song:  A Turkey Sat on a Backyard Fence

Source:  Music class

Origin: unkown

Grade level: K+

Rhythmic elements: rhyming patterns

Movement:  make turkey with hands, sad face, gobbling hands

Connection to curriculum:  Thanksgiving traditions, rhyming, 

Words:

A turkey sat on a backyard fence

and he sang this sad sad tune:

"Thanksgiving day is is coming

gobble gobble gobble gobble

and I know I'll be eaten soon"

Gobble gobble gobble gobble

Gobble gobble gobble gobble

I would like to run away -

Gobble gobble gobble gobble

Gobble gobble gobble gobble

I don't like Thanksgiving day!

(alternative version: "I am going to run away)

Singing in the Rain

Song:  Singing in the Rain

Source: Camp

Origin: Singing in the Rain (musical)

Grade level: K+

Rhythmic elements: echo

Movement:  matches the words

Connection to curriculum:  Things to do in bad weather, body parts

Words:

I'm singing in the rain

Just singing in the rain

What a glorious feeling

I'm (clap) happy again 

Leader calls, one thing at a time, adding something with each verse, and crowd repeats and mimics with each verse

Thumbs up! 

Thumbs up, arms out!

Thumbs up, arms out, elbows in!

Thumbs up, arms out, elbows in, feet apart!

Thumbs up, arms out, elbows in, feet apart, knees together!

Thumbs up, arms out, elbows in, feet apart, knees together, bottoms out!

Thumbs up, arms out, elbows in, feet apart, knees together, bottoms out, head up!

Thumbs up, arms out, elbows in, feet apart, knees together, bottoms out, head up, tongue out!

Thumbs up, arms out, elbows in, feet apart, knees together, bottoms out, head up, tongue out, turn around!

Skidamarink

Song:  Skidamarink

Source:  childhood

Origin: The Echo (broadway show)

Grade level: preK+

Rhythmic elements: rhythmic patterns

Movement:  skipping sideways back and forth for skidamarinks and I love you with arms hugging chest or I love you sign.  Signs for morning, afternoon, evening and moon.

Connection to curriculum:  ASL signs - language, rhyming - literacy. 

Words:

Skidamarink a-dink a-dink

Skidamarink a-doo

I love you

Skidamarink a-dink a-dink

Skidamarink a-doo

I love you

I love you in the morning

and in the afternoon

I love you in the evening

and underneath the moon 

Oh skidamarink a-dink a-dink

skidamarink a-doo

I love you

It's a Beautiful Day

Song:  It's a Beautiful Day

Source:  Music Class

Origin: Kathy Reid-Naiman

Grade level: preK+

Rhythmic elements: steady beat

Movement:  to match the words

Connection to curriculum:  Can change the "beautiful day" to match the weather out, motor skills to match the lyrics.

Words:

It's a beautiful day, it's a beautiful day

*It's a beautiful day for singing

It's a beautiful day, it's a beautiful day

It's a beautiful day for singing

Singing, singing, it's a beautiful day for singing

Singing, singing, it's a beautiful day for singing.

*it's a beautiful day for tapping

*it's a beautiful day for clapping

*it's a beautiful day for jumping

*it's a beautiful day for twisting

*it's a beautiful day for dancing

*it's a beautiful day for doing your own thing