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

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)

Leaves are Falling Down

Song:  The Leaves are Falling Down

Source:  Carriage house

Origin:  to the tune of "london bridge"

Grade level:  PreK+

Rhythmic elements:  major key, steady tempo

Movement:  throwing leaves, or miming leaves falling down

Connection to curriculum:  seasons changing (science)

Words:

All the leaves are falling down

falling down

falling down

All the leaves are falling down

it's October

3 Little Witches

Song:  3 little witches

Source:  Music class

Origin: unknown

Grade level: preK+

Rhythmic elements:verses, rhymes

Movement: counting fingers, make fingers move to follow the words

Connection to curriculum: counting, vocabulary, holidays

Words:
1 little, 2 little,3 little witches
flying over haystacks, soaring of ditches
flying round the moon without any hitches

Happy Halloween

1 little, 2 little,3 little witches
flew o'er the fence and tore up their britches
sewed them all up with 60 stitches
Happy Halloween

5 little pumpkins

Song:  5 little pumpkins
Source:  songsforteaching
Origin:  unknown
Grade level: preK and up
Rhythmic elements: steady beat, rhyming
Movement: counting fingers, hands on face for "oh my", fingers in air for witches, wags finger for we don't care, arms pumping for run and run and run, thumbs up for reading for some fun, big gestures for wind woshing, clap for out went the lights, and then roll arms when the pumpkins roll away.
Connection to curriculum: rhyming onomatopoeia 

Words:
Five little pumpkins sitting on a gate.
The first one said, "Oh my it's getting late."
The second one said, "There are witches in the air."
The third one said, "But we don't care!"
The fourth one said, "Let's run and run and run."
The fifth one said, "We are ready for some fun!"
Then OOOhh OOOhh went the wind
And out went the lights
And the five little pumpkins rolled out of sight.