Sing this once through complete, then a further four times, leaving out the word “head”, then leaving out the words ”head” and “shoulders” and so on. Then sing it through once more, complete again this time and fast.
Head, shoulders, knees and toes,
Knees and toes.
Head, shoulders, knees and toes,
Knees and toes.
And eyes and ears and mouth and nose.
Head, shoulders, knees and toes,
Knees and toes
Author: Marie Mills
Ring-a-ring o’Roses
You generally sing the “Ring-a-ring o’ roses” part walking round. It doesn’t really matter which of the jumping up parts you do first, so long as everyone knows what to expect. You can walk back round to your starting position during the repeat of “Ring-a-ring o’ roses”.
Ring-a-ring o’roses
A pocket full of posies.
Atishoo, atishoo.
We all fall down.
The cows are in the meadow eating buttercups.
1, 2, 3 and we all jump up.
Ring-a-ring o’roses…
Fishes in the water, fishes in the sea.
We all jump up with a 1, 2, 3.
The Grand Old Duke of York
You can all march round as you sing this one. Make sure everyone knows which way they’re going. You can do it through three times; at normal speed, slowly and fast. Claves work well, too, clicking them up, down or in the middle as directed. You can also do it sitting down with your knees up in front of you and a teddy bear marching up to your knees and down again.
Oh the grand old Duke of York.
He had ten thousand men.
He marched them up to the top of the hill.
And he marched them down again.
And when they were up they were up.
And when they were down they were down.
And when they were only half-way up,
They were neither up nor down.
Elephants Have Wrinkles
This song builds up; adding a new part of the body each time and going back through all of them. The coloured parts are caller and response . The caller points to each part of the body while singing it and everyone else does the same as they repeat it.
Elephants have wrinkles, wrinkles, wrinkles.
Elephants have wrinkles; wrinkles everywhere.
On their toes. On their toes.
No one knows…. No one knows…
Why –y-y-y
Elephants have wrinkles, wrinkles, wrinkles.
Elephants have wrinkles; wrinkles everywhere.
On their knees. On their knees.
On their toes. On their toes.
No one knows… No one knows…
Why-y-y-y
Elephants have wrinkles, wrinkles, wrinkles.
Elephants have wrinkles; wrinkles everywhere.
You can add: hips, tummies, ears, trunks then it ends as follows:
On their teeth. On their teeth?
No!
On their trunks. On their trunks.
On their ears. On their ears.
On their tummies. On their tummies.
On their hips. On their hips.
On their knees. On their knees.
On their toes. On their toes.
No one knows… No one knows…
Why-y-y-y-y.
I can Sing (William Tell)
This uses the main theme from Rossini’s William Tell overture. Actions are as indicated by the words. It was written by Ali Kane and Rhianydd Griffiths.
I can sing. I can sing. I can sing, sing, sing. X3
I can sing. I can sing, sing, sing.
I can clap. I can clap. I can clap, clap, clap. X3
I can clap. I can clap, clap, clap.
I can shrug, I can shrug, I can shrug my shoulders,
Shrug my shoulders up and down.
I can shrug, I can shrug, I can shrug my shoulders,
Shrug my shoulders up and down.
Wiggle my fingers and wiggle my toes.
Wiggle my fingers and wiggle my toes.
I can stamp. I can stamp. I can stamp, stamp, stamp. X3
I can stamp. I can stamp, stamp, stamp.