Singing Songs that reinforces the The 3 R's to Reading: Rhyme, Rhythm, and Repetition Patterns naturally built into song!

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1 ABC, 123 Everybody Move Like Me Session 2014 With Colleen Hannafin / Brian Uncle Squaty Schellinger 1314 Birch St. Eau Claire, WI Phone # Web Site: Join our club on FACEBOOK! Colleen & Uncle Squaty Permission given to UW-Whitewater for 2014 web posting Singing Songs that reinforces the The 3 R's to Reading: Rhyme, Rhythm, and Repetition Patterns naturally built into song! New CD and Traditional Songs/ New Lyrics Sing-A-Move-A-Dance at the 3 R Ranch By Colleen and Uncle Squaty Song that reinforces the 3 R s to Reading. 3R Dance by Colleen and Uncle Squaty Everybody clap your hands, don t you love to clap your hands? Repeat it to the beat of the rhythm and the rhyme. Everybody clap your hands, I love see you clap your hands. Listen now children, when we do it double-time. ( claps) Hands up, Hands down Move your body all around Use your voice (AAAAAAAH!) to sing the sounds What comes next? Sing-a-move-a-dance! Wave Your Streamer In The Air Prop: Shower Rings & Ribbon (Tune: Put Your Finger In The Air) Adapted / New Lyrics by Colleen and Uncle Squaty Wave your streamer in the air, In the air. Wave your streamer in the air, In the air. Wave your streamer in the air, Wave it here and wave it there. Wave your streamer in the air, In the air. Other verses: Wave your streamer up and down Shake your streamer in the air Move your streamer side to side. Make a circle round and round. Make a square in the air. Wave your streamer by the ground, by the ground.

2 Mother Goony Bird Adapted / New Lyrics by Colleen and Uncle Squaty I got to tell ya what I heard, Bird is the word She s a goony gal and she s a mother bird One Wing Two Wings One Foot Two Feet Now Your Head Now Your Tail Sit Down It s hard to sit still when you re told to chill Cuz you just wanna move when you hear the groove. You got the rhythm in your body right down to the core, So jump back up and let s do some more! And they couldn t walk, and they couldn t talk One Wing And they couldn t walk, and they couldn t talk Two Wings And they couldn t walk, and they couldn t talk One Foot And they couldn t walk, and they couldn t talk Two Feet And they couldn t walk, and they couldn t talk Now Your Head And they couldn t walk, and they couldn t talk Now Your Tail And they couldn t walk, and they couldn t talk Sit Down

3 Movement Around The Rosey Song: Ring Around The Rosey New Lyrics by Colleen and Uncle Squaty Hop around the rosy, hop around the rosy. Stand still, turn around, all sit down. Wiggle, run, skip, jump Body Pointing by Colleen and Uncle Squaty Here s a tune we like to call Body Pointing. It s fun to do. First, let s take our elbow and Body pointing is fun. Let s do some more, but first Hold your leg up. Good balancing! You can put your leg down, lift up your toe and, Body pointing is fun. Let s do some more, but first Hold your leg up. Hey! You re really good at this. Try lifting your other leg and use your knee to Body pointing is fun. Let s do some more, but first Hold your leg up. Heh! Heh! I almost lost my balance! Let s put both feet on the ground and use our heads. Body pointing is fun. Let s do some more, but first Hold your leg up. That one was easy! Here s a funny one. Now we re going from our tops to our bottoms Body pointing is fun. We d like to some more, but right now Sit your bottom down. Good listening everyone! The Adventures of Alice in Ickety Land by Colleen and Uncle Squaty

4 I Was Walking in the Woods by Rob Reid Adapted and arranged by Colleen and Uncle Squaty Hello! Boys and Girls. This is Uncle Squaty. My friend, Colleen, and I would like to tell you a story, about the time the two of us were singing circle-time songs, around a campfire at the 3R ranch, when we decided to take a hike in the woods. There were 2 paths to choose from. I took one and she took the other. This is what happened: I was walking in the woods, when I saw ten wolves, Ten wolves I saw and this is what they said: Howl! I was walking in the woods, when I saw nine bears, Nine bears I saw and this is what they said: Grrr! I was walking in the woods, when I saw eight owls, Eight owls I saw and this is what they said: Hoot-hoot! I was walking in the woods, when I saw seven wild turkeys, Seven wild turkeys I saw and this is what they said: Gobble-gobble! I was walking in the woods, when I saw six bobcats, Six bobcats I saw and this is what they said: Ree-ow! I was walking in the woods, when I saw five eagles, Five eagles I saw and this is what they said: Screech! I was walking in the woods, when I saw four crows, Four crows I saw and this is what they said: Caw! I was walking in the woods, when I saw three moose, Three moose I saw and this is what they said: Maa-aaa! I was walking in the woods, when I saw two mice, Two mice I saw and this is what they said: Squeak-squeak! It was about this time when our paths came together, it was getting' kinda dark and turning colder weather. Now the story's almost over, but I forgot to tell ya.. We did see one more thing... We were walking in the woods, when we saw one skunk, One skunk we saw and this is what we said: Run! Well, we ran through the trees and the bushes and the flowers, That skunk went his way and we went ours. Back to the campfire at the 3R ranch, where we ate s'mores and picked 'wood ticks' off our pants. That's what happened when, That's what happened when We took a walk in the woods

5 What Color Did You Wear? Traditional song Jenny Jenkins New Lyrics by Colleen and Uncle Squaty Oh, did you wear white, oh my dear, oh my dear Oh, did you wear white, any children? If you did wear white, turn around to the right Chorus: And show me your right hand, left hand, Curl em up, fold your arms together and show me. Roll all my children, roll. Oh, did you wear red, then nod your head Oh, did you wear green, then bend and lean Oh, did you wear brown, then jump up and down Oh did you wear blue, then off you flew Oh, did you wear pink, then give us a wink Oh, did you wear yellow, then shake like jello Oh, did you wear a dress, then blow us a kiss Oh, did you wear pants, then show us a dance NEWS We also would like to share some news about our songs and dances: Circle of Friends From Movin Party CD In 2014 this song/lyrics was chosen for it s lyrical Content unity and friends. This curriculum book is published in Hyderbad, Andhra Pradesh, India And distributed throughout the country of India. Dream Big From our new CD, was written for WI Libraries for the 2013 theme. Number Play: Numbers in a Circle (5) / Skip To My Lou Directions for circle dance (5) & (10): Give each child a number necklace or number sticker When their number is called, they go into the middle of the cicle And do the actions sung in the song. Outside circle can also do the Actions. 1 s in the middle, hands up high. 1 s in the middle, bye and bye. 1 s in the middle, hands up high. Back to the circle, numbers. 2 s in the middle, tap your toe. 2 s in the middle, watch em go. 2 s in the middle, tap your toe. Back to the circle, numbers. 3 s in the middle, swing and sway. 3 s in the middle, do it this way. 3 s in the middle, swing and sway. Back to the circle, numbers. 4 s in the middle, pat your knees. 4 s in the middle, if you please. 4 s in the middle, pat your knees. Back to the circle, numbers 5 s in the middle, Stamp your feet. 5 s in the middle, to the beat. 5 s in the middle, Stamp your feet. Back to the circle, numbers

6 Numbers In A Circle (10) Skip To My Lou Come on in 1 and 2 s. Come on in, shuffle your shoes Come on in, shuffle your shoes. Now back to the circle numbers. Come on in 3 s and 4 s. Come on in, touch the floor. Come on in, touch the floor. Now back to the circle numbers. Come on in 5 s and 6. Come on in, pick up sticks. Come on in, pick up sticks. Now back to the circle numbers. Come on in 7 and 8 s. Come on in, pretend to skate. Come on in, pretend to skate. Now back to the circle number. Come on in 9 and 10. Come on in, bring a friend. Come on in, bring a friend. Numbers in a circle. Snowman 10 traditional chant Snowman 1 and snowman 2. Bend right down and buckle your boots. Snowman 3 and snowman 4 Hang some bells upon the door. Snowman 5 and snowman 6 Move your arms made out of sticks. Snowman 7 and snowman 8. Slip and slide when you skate. Snowman 9 and snowman 10 Shake the hand of a snowman friend. 12 Little Fish & Mr. Sharkey Chant: Monkey & Mr. Alligator Song (Counting by 2 s, Fish/Shark) 12 little fish swimming in the sea. Teasing Mr. Sharkey, You can't catch me! Along came the Mr. Sharkey as quiet as can be. He snapped 2 fish right out of the sea. 10 little fish swimming in the sea. Teasing Mr. Sharkey, You can't catch me. Along came the Mr. Sharkey as quiet as can be. He snapped 2 fish right out of the sea. Last verse: No more fish swimming in the sea. Mr. Sharkey is happy as can be. He ate the fish, 2 at a time. Let s count the fish he had to dine!

7 Hickory Dickory Dock numbers and movement Circle Game/ Gross Motor / Numbers 1-12 Hickory Dickory Dock, the mouse went round the clock. Number 1, please stand up, and walk around the clock. Hickory Dickory Dock, the mouse went round the clock. Number 2, please stand up, and hop around the clock. Hickory Dickory Dock, the mouse went round the clock. Number 3, please stand up, and skip around the clock. Hickory Dickory Dock, the mouse went round the clock. Number 4, please stand up, and run around the clock. Continue counting to 12 using the rhyme. Use movement vocabulary and actions your children will enjoy. Number Mice (B-I-N-G-O) Circle Game/ Gross Motor / Numbers 1-12 Label mice from 1-12 (Enough for each child to have one.) Pass out the random numbered mice to each child sitting on the circle. Then sing the following song: There is a number on your mouse; Listen for your number. Jump up, number 1, jump up number 1, Jump up, number 1, now sit down in the circle. One Little Letter Went Out To Play One little letter went out to play, in our room this sunny day. He/she had so much letter-fun, that he/she called for another little letter to come! 26 Little Letters Went Out To Play, in our room this sunny day. When the teacher called, m/m/m/m, only the letter M came back. Visual / Props Magnet letters on a magnet board/ Felt letters on a felt board / Letters in a basket or lined up/ Letters around the room / Letter Vest Letter props (paper plate letters) A a B b C c D d One Little Number Went Out To Play One little number went out to play, in our room this sunny day. He/she had so much number-fun, that he/she called for another little number to come!

8 One Elephant Went Out To Play - Traditional One elephant went out to play, Upon a spider s web one day. He had such enormous fun, That he called for another elephant to come! 2, 3, 4, 5 Endings: Five (or number of children) elephants went out one day, Upon a spiders web to play, They had such tremendous fun, But the web it broke and they all fell down. Everyone then falls to the floor. Five (or number of children) elephants went out one day, Upon a spiders web to play, They had such tremendous fun. They all had a picnic in the sun. One Elephant Went Out To Play Traditional Finger Play Fingers / Monkey Mitt & Velcro Elephants. One elephant went out to play, (hold up one finger) Over the hills and far away. (wave finger like it is going over the hills) She had such enormous fun, (on enormous circle arms out and around) That she called for another elephant to come. (cup hands over mouth) Oh Elephant! (call out and then pound the floor for the running elephant sound) Number 1 (Twinkle, Twinkle) Number 1, number 1, what do you see? I see number 2, standing next to me! Number 2, number 2, what do you see? I see number 3, standing next to me! Continue with numbers. Variation: mix up the numbers (number recognition) I Can Count - Hokey Pokey You put one finger up, you put one finger down. You put one finger up, and you shake it all around. You give it a shakey-shakey, And you turn it all about. That's how you learn to count! 10 Little Pigs stick puppets The first little pig went to the market. The second little pig stayed home. The third little pig had roast beef. The fourth little pig had none. The sixth little pig ate some pizza. The seventh little pig ate a pear. The eighth little pig had spaghetti. The ninth little pig s plate was bare. The tenth little pig cried, Wee wee wee, I will share!

9 Movement Vocabulary Movement list for ages 2-7 This is a general list of movement possibilities by age. Use this as a guide to fill-in additional movement vocabulary in action and movement songs and chants. 2 YEARS 3 YEARS 4 YEARS 5 YEARS Bounce Dance Hop March Rock Run Shake Spin Stretch Sway Tiptoe Twist Walk Wiggle Bounce Dance Gallop Hop-1 foot Jump March Rock Run Shake Spin Stomp Stretch Sway Swing Tiptoe Twist Walk Wiggle Bounce Dance Float Gallop Giant Steps Hop- 1 foot Hop-R/L Jump Jumping Jacks March Rock Run Shake Shrug Skate Slide Spin Stomp Stretch Sway Swing Tiptoe Twist Walk Walk-Backwards Wiggle Bounce Dance Float Gallop Giant Steps Hop 1 foot Hop R/L Jump Jumping Jacks Leap March Rock Run Shake Shrug Skate Skip Slide Spin Stop Stretch Sway Swing Tiptoe Twist Walk Walk-Backwards Wiggle e:mail: colleenandsquaty@prodigy.net