Page 17 - Term 4 Music Song Bank

On A Log
On a log, Mr Frog,
Sang his song the whole day long. Glumf, glumf, glumf, glumf.
In a lake, Mr Snake,
Sang his song until daybreak. Sss, sss, sss, sss.
In a tree, Mr Bee.
Sang his song for you and me. Bzz, bzz, bzz, bzz.
On a boat, Mr Goat,
Sang his song to keep afloat. Beh, beh, beh, beh.
Activities for public classes with parents/carers
1. Babies are bounced on an adult's lap for each onomatopoeic word (‘glumf’, ‘sss’, ‘bzz’ or ‘beh’).
2. The group sits around the parachute, lifting it up for each onomatopoeic word. Place a small frog toy on top and repeat so that he/she jumps up into the air on each onomatopoeic word.
Activities for ELCs and pre- schools
1. Sit the frog toy on your arm and then jump her/him from one baby's foot to another for each onomatopoeic word.
2. Same as for public classes with parents/carers.
1. Reveal frog toy to introduce song. The children jump like a frog for each 'glumf'. They join their hands together to make a snake shape and move them from side to side for each 'sss'. They tickle a friend on each 'bzzz' or turn their hands into bee wings and move from side to side. They make their hand the goat's mouth and open it for each 'beh'.
2. Choose a volunteer to go into the middle of the circle. They do the action by themselves. Choose a different child for each verse. You should only do this step if your toddlers are 2-3. 1-2s will find this too tricky.
3. The group sits around the parachute, lifting it up for each onomatopoeia. Place the frog toy on top and repeat so that he/she jumps up into the air for each onomatopoeic word.
1. Same as for toddlers
2. Same as for toddlers. You can also have two children in the middle of the circle being the “frogs”. They each jump towards a new child in the circle on each onomatopoeic word and the two new children take their places in the centre to become the “snakes”. Then, the process is repeated.
3. Same as for toddlers
4. Ask the children to see if they can count the number of times the frog jumps into the air.
5. Recap activity one. The children sing the song and you indicate whether to sing out loud or in thinking voices using the traffic light laminate (red for “thinking voice” and green for “out loud”). At the end of each phrase either flip it to red or green or keep it on the same side. Do not flip it in the middle of a phrase. To begin with you will need to mouth the words for the children to follow whilst they are using “thinking voices”.
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parachute, soft frog toy & traffic light laminate
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