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(if you are dressed as a character, skip the part about your sparkly skirt/tie/belt). Today we’re going to do lots of singing, dancing and games but first we need to shake our sillies out!”
2. WARM UP DANCE*: ‘Shake Your Sillies Out’ performed by The Wiggles
Click on song name to open the video in YouTube.
Play the track and perform the dance as in the video. Make sure to use lots of energy!
3. GET THE CHILDREN INTO A CIRCLE*: ‘Let’s Make a Circle’ written by Anne Porter Without speaking, get the children into a circle by singing:
Let’s make a circle,
A circle, a circle.
Let’s make a circle,
At Child’s Name’s birthday party.
Repeat until everyone is in a circle. Please use this song every time you need the group in a circle throughout the duration of the party.
4. UNACCOMPANIED SINGING*: ‘Starlight Starbright’ (traditional)
“Let’s see what I have in my sparkly magic bag today.” Reveal magic wand. “What’s this? What does a magic wand do? Today I’m going to show you how we can use it to make all of our wishes come true. First you need to learn the special wishing song and it goes like this.” Point your wand to different children to the pulse as you sing the song acapella.
All:
Starlight, starbright,
First star I see tonight.
Wish I may, wish I might, Have this wish I wish tonight.
You: Birthday girl/boy, (insert child’s name) what’s your wish?
(you may need to give some suggestions)
Child: I wish for a pony. (the child invents their own wish)
You: (spoken) Now, let’s all say “One, two, three abracadabra”!
All (spoken): One, two three, abracadabra! (the children wave their imaginary wands)
Repeat several times as above, except for at the end of each verse when you ask the children to put their hand up if they would like to make a wish. You then sing “Hello, what’s your wish?” to a child that has their hand up. If you have more than ten children, you could try asking a few children at a time (at the end of each verse before saying “one, two, three abracadabra”) to speed up the activity. If you have more than 20 children you can ask everyone that hasn’t had a turn to shout their wish out at once.
5. ACCOMPANIED SINGING*: ‘Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes’ (traditional)
“Now we’re going to sing ‘Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes’. We’re going to have a practice and if everyone does a really great job, then I’ll join in with my guitar/keyboard/uke.” Sing the song acapella and perform the well-known actions with the children once. Sing the song with the children again, accompanying on your melodic instrument.
C
Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes,
G
Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes,
CF
And eyes and ears and mouth and nose, GC
Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes.
Accompany the children on your melodic instrument as they perform the song again, singing the word “head” in their ‘thinking voices’.
(silence) Shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes, (silence) Shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes,
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