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Plant a tiny tiny seed X3

What will it be?

Put it in the soil and pat it down X3

What will it be?

Pour on water glug glug glug X3

What will it be?

And the sun will warm it up X3

What will it be?

I can see a tiny shoot! X3

What will it be?

Will it grow into a flower X3

What will it be

Will it grow into a broccoli X3

What will it be?

Etc

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The wind is blowing on the washing line (x3)
Blow, Blow, Blow, Let go!

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The wind is blowing on the washing line (x3)
Blow, Blow, Blow, Let go!

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Put your coat on to keep you warm) x3

cos it's cold outside, baby it's cold outside

put your gloves on your hands...

put your hat on your head...

put your boots on your feet...

put your scarf round your neck...

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Busy busy bumble bee
busy busy bumble bee
busy busy bumble bee
landing on my ..... nose!

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You could do this anywhere with anything, inside outside, waiting in a line, with music or with a song. Children could help suggest new movement/patterns.... Quick fix!

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Days are getting colder

Winter's nearly here

I've made my nest

so now I'll rest

and sleep until next year

Nights are getting darker

Winter's nearly here...

Leaves are turning red now

Winter's nearly here...

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I would like a pizza
as cheesy as can be
I'm going to make a pizza
and I'll have it for my tea

Aaaaa Pizza, a pizza,
as cheesy as can be,
I'm going to make a pizza
and I'll have it for me tea

John would like a pizza
with pepperoni
John's going to make a pizza
and he'll have it for his tea...

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Little dolphin, little dolphin
in the sea, in the sea,
jumping and diving, jumping and diving,
wild and free, wild and free

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There's a spider on my toe
there's a spider on my toe
Oh no! on my toe,
there's a spider on my toe

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I'm a train, I'm a train
going down the line (Whoooeeo)
when I stop! when I stop!
please join on behind

We're a train....

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Bravo bravo bravo bravissimo
Bravo bravo very well done
Bravo bravissimo,
Bravo bravissimo
Bravo bravissimo
Very well done

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(Who's asleep in the hollow log?) x3

Someone's hibernating

(sh sh sh hedgehog's asleep) x3

Hedgehog's hibernating

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Tap your knee, 123
what are you going to have for tea
(repeat)

sausage and mash (x4)

Sausage and mash sounds good to me
that's what we're going to have for tea
(repeat)

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Hickety Tickety Bumble bee
can you say your name for me
or
can you sing your name for me
My name is Elsie
hello Elsie etc

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Roll roll roll the ball
roll the ball to me
roll the ball to Jacob
and roll it back to me

Sail sail sail away
sail away to sea
sail away to Josie
sailing back to me

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Leo the lion is the king of the jungle
and his jaws are opening wide (clap)
If you hear him roaring,
it will be a warning,
so you better run away and hide, shh
you better run away and hide (quieter)
you better run away and hide (whisper)
.....RRaaar!

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Bumping up and down on a little red tractor (x3)
Bringing in the hay, Hey!

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Stream Playsongs: Action songs and rhymes for babies and toddlers. Perfect for journeys, at home or on holiday. Actions, bouncers, lullabies.

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Tucked up cosily in her bed

'I'm hibernating' the Squirrel said

('I've got enough nuts to keep me fed

I'll see you in the spring' she said) x2

Tucked up cosily in his bed

'I'm hibernating' the dormouse said

('I've got enough grain to keep me fed,

I'll see you in the spring' he said) x2

chords to accompany

C C G G, G G C C

C F F G, C G C C

C F F G, C G C C

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(Knock knock knock
who could it be?
who's going to say hello to me?)x2
(My name is Tiger
Hello Tiger)x2
or
(Hello Tiger
how are you today?
would you like to
come and play)x2

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Charlie over the Ocean
Charlie over the Sea
Charlie caught a big fish
You can’t catch me!

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Can you do what I do
I do, I do,
can you do what I do
just like me
la la la la la la la la .......(same melody again)

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Bananas of the world unite…x 3
Peel banana peel peel banana
Peel banana peel peel banana
Chop/blend/mix/pour/drink/
Go bananas
Bananas of the world unite!

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One elephant went out to play
On a spiders web one day
She thought it was such enormous fun
That she called for another elephant to come

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Musical Development Matters in the Early Years

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Musical Development Matters in the Early Years

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Explore our free resources for early years music education, to help support children’s musical development

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I'm a tree, I'm a tree

Growing tall, Growing tall

(Leaves are blowing in the wind) x2

Then they fall, then they fall

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Snail, snail, snail, snail,
going round and round and round

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5 fat peas in a peapod pressed
one grew, two grew and so did all the rest
they grew and they grew and they did not stop
until one day the pod went...... Pop!

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What does the clock on the wall say?
Tick tock tick tock
What does the clock in the hall say?
Tick tock tick tock tick tock tick tock
What do little watches all say?
Tick tock x8
And the grandfather clock goes
Boom! Boom! Boom!

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I don’t care if the rain falls down
I’m going to play all day
I don’t care if the rain falls down
I’m going to play all day
Play my ukulele
I’m going to play all day
Play my ukulele
I’m going to play all day

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A sailor went to sea sea sea
To see what he could see see see
But all that he could see see see
Was the bottom of the deep blue sea sea sea

(Add extra verses - knee knee knee, chop chop chop or toe toe toe)

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1 bottle of pop
2 bottles of pop
3 bottles of pop
4 bottles of pop
5 bottles of pop
6 bottles of pop
7 bottles of pop stop!

Fish and chips and vinegar, vinegar, vinegar
Fish and chips and vinegar
Pepper pepper pepper salt!

Oh I want a chocolate ice cream
An ice cream an ice cream
Oh I want a chocolate ice cream
With a cherry on top

These 3 songs can be layered / sung in a round

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Alice the camel has five humps x3
So go, Alice, go
Boom boom boom

Alice the camel has four humps.....

Alice the camel has three humps.....

Alice the camel has two humps.....

Alice the camel has one hump.....

Alice the camel has no humps x3
So Alice is a horse
So Alice is a horse

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I sing a song and you sing a song

We sing a song together

I sing a song and you sing a song

We sing a song together

I stamp my feet, and you stamp your feet

we stamp our feet together

...

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The Thesis What I Wrote - ‘More-than-Words: reconceptualising two-year-old children’s onto-epistemologies through Improvisation and the Temporal Arts’

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I will unpick the title of my PhD thesis a little. Onto-epistemology is a hyphenation of epistemology meaning a system of knowing or way of understanding and ontology meaning the nature of reality and being. I use the term onto-epistemology as a way of working with the way in which knowing and reality are created by each other.Young children have a different way of knowing and being to that of adults and I am especially interested in how we know and exist in the world before words teach us to st

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Magic Acorns exploration of space, sound, light, music, 

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Magic Acorns exploration of space, sound, light, music, 

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The following is a transcript of the presentation of “In-Between Spaces: Improvisation and the giving of temporal and physical space” at EUNet MERYC conference, hosted by University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna, on 23rd February 2022, co-authored by Sophie Fox, Charlotte Arculus and Jessica Pitt. Conference proceedings including abstracts can be found here https://www.mdw.ac.at/meryc2022/program/ In-Between Spaces was an artistic residency by Magic Acorns. We are an early years arts deve

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YouTube Recorded Music Playlist for EY/SEND

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YouTube Recorded Music Playlist for EY/SEND

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Various Steady Beat tracks with a variety of tempo, textures, instrumentation, cultures, genres, etc! Good to move or dance to, play along with, tacpac style rhythm massage, just listen to!

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Share your videos with friends, family, and the world

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Spotify Recorded Music Playlist for EY/SEND

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Spotify Recorded Music Playlist for EY/SEND

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Over 2 hours of music, various tempos, instrumentations, genres, cultures, textures.  Majority with a steady beat! Use it to dance or move to, good for massage rhythm or play joining in with steady beat

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Fantastic set of fairy tales and folk tales with BBC Philharmonic musicians and amazing storytellers.

'Teacher Notes' resources for children 3-7yrs available to download for each story.

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Journey through Musical Storyland, where children’s favourite fairy tales and traditional folktales are re-imagined with magical music performed by musicians of the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Suitable for teaching music at Early Years and KS1 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, Early and First Level in Scotland and Progression Steps 1 and 2 in Wales.

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Musical Activities ref Development Matters

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Musical Activities ref Development Matters

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Songs and Music as tools to assist Speech and Language Early Years

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Songs and Music as tools to assist Speech and Language Early Years

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Musical Development Matters in the Early Years

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Musical Development Matters in the Early Years

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Really useful progression map for music in early years

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A central figure in the history is Loris Malaguzzi, who together with the Municipality and several local administrators and citizens, especially women, contributed to the birth and development of Reggio Emilia's network of municipal Infant-toddler Centres and Preschools.
Loris Malaguzzi
The history of Reggio Emilia's municipal infant-toddler and preschools is profoundly woven...

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Reggio Children - Reggio Emilia Approach

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The Reggio Emilia Approach® is an educational philosophy based on the image of a child with strong potentialities for development and a subject with rights.

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Leaves are falling down

Leaves are falling down

Red and Orange and Yellow and Brown

Leaves are falling down

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Slowly, slowly, very slowly goes the garden snail
slowly, slowly, very slowly on the garden rail

quickly, quickly, very quickly goes the little mouse
quickly, quickly, very quickly in her little house

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Clickety clack clickety clack
The train goes clattering down the track
Clickety clack clickety clack
I wave to the people they all wave back

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Rain rain go away
come again another day
rain rain go away
come again another day
Zainab wants to play
Billy wants to play
come again another day

etc

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You put the oil in the pot
and you let it get hot
you put the popcorn in
and you start to grin
Sizzle sizzle sizzle sizzle sizzle sizzle sizzle sizzle Pop!

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I like to eat, eat, eat apples and bananas
I like to eat, eat, eat apples and bananas

(A) I like to ate ate ate aepples and banaenaes…

(E) I like to eat eat eat eeples and beneenees

(I) I like to ite ite ite iepples and banienies

(O) I like to ote, ote, ote, oepples and bononos

(U) I like to ute, ute, ute, upples and bununus

And now we’re through through through
With the apples and bananas
And now we’re through through through with AEIOU

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Jellyfish jellyfish on my head
jellyfish jellyfish in my bed!
jellyfish jellyfish on my knee
jellyfish jellyfish go back to sea!

nose/toes

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Let's make a circle
a circle a circle
Let's make a circle
here today

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Maisie mouse, maisie mouse
climbing up the tree
maisie mouse, maisie mouse
come back down for tea

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This is a beehive but where are the bees?
hiding away where nobody sees
here come the bees now out of the hive
1 2 3 4 5!
buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

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(1 for me and 1 for you)x3

Sharing everything

(alternative last lines, depending on situation...

1 for everyone,

Everybody gets one)

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All the leaves are falling

floating gently down

twirling and swirling

til they reach the ground

(Chords to accompany C, G, F, C, F, C, G, C)

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We march and we march and we stop! (x2)
We march and we march and we march and we march,
we march and we march and we stop!

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(The rain falls onto my head)x3
(I think I'm going to get wet wet wet)x2

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Where is Billy?
I wish I knew
Where is Billy?
Pee-ke-boo!

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Sway me over the water,
sway me over the sea
sway me over the garden gate
and sway me home for tea

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My, my, me oh my
how I love my cherry pie

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(Knock knock knock
who could it be?
who's going to say hello to me?)x2
(My name is Tiger
Hello Tiger)x2
or
(Hello Tiger
how are you today?
would you like to
come and play)x2

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(Little bird, little bird,
fly through my window) x3
Show me your beautiful wings
(Fly through my window
my little bird)x2
Show me your beautiful wings

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February 2023 Network                                       songs handout 

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February 2023 Network                                       songs handout 

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Sound Connections Recognising Musicality EY

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Sound Connections Recognising Musicality EY

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What's That Noise? Recognising and supporting young children's musicality

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'Sounds of Intent in the Early Years' developed as a natural extension of the main Sounds of Intent project in the second decade of the 21st century. This was a logical step, as the original Sounds of Intent framework made substantial reference to empirical data from work in the field of music-developmental psychology. A new framework was proposed, for children in the early years who were developing 'neurotypically', based on Sounds of Intent Levels 2-5. It was first tested by Angela Voyajolu, who undertook 125 observations of 58 children (aged 10 weeks to five years) engaging in musical activities, over a period of around six months, on their own and with other children or adults (Voyajolu and Ockelford, 2016; Ockelford and Voyajolu, 2020). Voyajolu subsequently gathered a further, more substantial set of data, comprising 796 naturalistic observations of 44 children in the early years over a period of a little over two years (Voyajolu, 2020).

In both cases, analysis of the data (in the first study, largely cross-sectional, in the second, mainly longitudinal) revealed that a logistic regression captured the underlying trends of musical development most effectively. Regressions of this kind form an S-shaped or sigmoidal curve, implying that development begins slowly and gradually accelerates towards a period of more or less constant rapid growth, before the pace of change slows and eventually levels off.

It is of interest to note that similar patterns are found in other areas of human development such as the acquisition of language. It emerged that, while the Sounds of Intent levels were useful conceptually in marking key music-developmental milestones, and of value in gauging what may be typical or exceptional across a population, musical development on an individual level is neither a linear nor a clear-cut process, with overlapping levels of engagement whose boundaries are fuzzy.

Figure 1: Download PDF

The Sounds of Intent in the Early Years Framework can be represented as a set of concentric circles that map precisely onto Levels 2-5 of the original; the concepts described in each segment are the came, though the language is changed somewhat to reflect the different context.

The four elements that apply to each of the main descriptors are captured in an expanded version of this figure.

Figure 2: Download PDF

Having established how children's capacity to engage with music typically develops in the early years, it was possible to investigate the impact of different profiles of ability and disability on musical development, and a series of projects have been undertaken or are underway in relation to blindness (examing, in particular, three eye conditions: septo-optic dysplasia, retinopathy of prematurity and Leber congenital amaurosis), learning difficulties, autism and deafness.

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'Sounds of Intent in the Early Years' developed as a natural extension of the main Sounds of Intent project in the second decade of the 21st century. This was a logical step, as the original Sounds of Intent framework made substantial reference to empirical data from work in the field of music-developmental psychology.

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Apples on the tree 1 for you and 1 for me

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Apples on the tree 1 for you and 1 for me

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(Apples, on the tree

there's one for you and one for me) x2

(We're gonna shake the tree, we're gonna shake the tree

We're gonna shake those apples from the tree) x2

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Woodpecker woodpecker
pecking on the tree
woodpecker woodpecker
who do you see?
I see a squirrel
climbing up the tree
I see a squirrel
and she sees me!

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Note Weavers CIC is a community of learning for early years music within which early years practitioners, musicians and educators can be empowered through collaboration with each other and find support to develop their practice appropriately thus improving access for children, families and communities to quality musical experiences.

Note Weavers was incorporated as a Community Interest Company in May 2019 achieving its aim to build an organisation to:

support early years educators, music practitioners & researchers, connecting, collaborating & enabling (the development of) quality music practice for the benefit of children, families & communities.

facilitate a programme of projects in local settings, supporting practitioners, exploring pedagogy, researching and the developing new approaches, sharing impact & driving change at local, regional & national level.

support musical activity within local Early Years and community settings, working with Music Services, Music Education Hubs and other Arts Organisations to promote quality music making with young children, support reflective evaluation and the sharing of good practice.

As a collaborative community, Note Weavers aims to have a lasting impact on the music education experiences of young children in the North West and offer exciting opportunities to build partnerships and make a difference.

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Note Weavers CIC is a community of learning for early years music within which early years practitioners, musicians and educators can be empowered through collaboration with each other and find support to develop their practice appropriately thus improving access for children, families and communities to quality musical experiences.

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Good day good day to you,
Good day oh dipidu

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(Rain is falling down) x2

Pitter patter pitter patter

rain is falling down

drip drop drip drop

rain is falling down

SPLASH!! SPLASH!!

rain is falling down

Sun is in the sky x2

shining, shining

sun is in the sky

Wind is blowing by x2

whooosh!, whoooosh!

wind is blowing by

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(Reaching up reaching down
and around and around)x3
and then we stop!
(To the left, to the left
to the right to the right)x3
and then we stop!

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Tap your name,
tap your name
can you tap your name for me
tap your name

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Pumpkin, pumpkin, Round and fat!
Turns into a magic lantern just like that!

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Copy me, copy me
you can do it too
copy me, copy me
and then I'll copy you
Copy Jack, copy Jack
you can do it too
copy Jack, copy Jack
and then he'll copy you

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All the fish are swimming
swimming, swimming
All the fish are swimming
swimming in the sea

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I love this book and the song, such fun to read/sing and act out! some funky dancing too!

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(We're going to make a cake today)x3
but what shall we put in it?
(We're cracking in the eggs)x3
into the cake

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Marching marching here we come (x4)
or
Marching marching here we come
marching to the sound of the big bass drum
rum tum tum tum tum tum tum
marching to the sound of the big bass drum

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Finger family up!
Finger family down!
Finger family dancing,
round and round the town
Dancing on my shoulders,
Dancing on my head!
Dancing on my knees,
And dancing off to bed
.... until ... it's...MORNING!

Busy bees buzz up
Busy bees buzz down...etc

Finger fish swim up...
Butterflies fly up...

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May 2023 Network                                                songs handout 

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May 2023 Network                                                songs handout 

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I love this series of clapping patterns, and the copying and interaction.  Quite advanced really! but you could use any steady beat patterns along to music, with repeating and sequence.  I like that the patterns include some slow beat and some faster divisions of the beat.  Also some have an end that is different from the main pattern.  We could have fun with exploring this!
Full class group, small groups, partners... so good!

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Finger families up, down and dancing!
Finger fish, bees and snails too!

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The wind is blowing the leaves

the wind is blowing the leaves

it's blowing the leaves right out of the trees

the wind is blowing the leaves

the rain is washing the leaves...

the sun is drying the leaves...

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Blowing In The Wind (lyric video): A Scarf Song For Kids by Stephanie Leavell | Music For Kiddos

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EY Network Christmas                                          Song words, suggested activities and developments

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EY Network Christmas                                          Song words, suggested activities and developments

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Here's a leaf and here's a leaf
and that you see makes two.
Here's the bud that makes the flower,
watch it bloom for you!

A beautiful rhyme/song to use with your scarves; watch as you open your hands - what colour can you see?
Scrunch the scarf in both of your hands and hold up each thumb as the "leaf". Your hands are the "bud" - give the bud a gentle shake and watch the flower bloom as you open your hands!

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(Can you stamp, stamp, stamp, stamp and STOP! altogether,)x3
Can you stamp, stamp, stamp, stamp and STOP! We Can!

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Hello Everyone, hello everyone,
glad that you are here.
hello everyone, hello everyone,
glad that you are here.
Aye yi yi yi yi,
glad that you are here
Aye yi yi yi yi,
glad that you are here

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(Lola the polar bear
she likes to stamp her feet)x4

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Chop chop choppity chop
chop off the bottom
and chop off the top
what we have left,
we'll put in the pot
Chop chop choppity chop

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Bend bend bend can you bend like me x3
I’m your bendy bendy bendy bendy friend
Jump jump jump etc