Page 4 - Term One Song Bank

Let's Make a Circle
Let's make a circle, A circle, a circle. Let's make a circle, Here today.
Let's stamp our feet now...
Let's all sit down now...
(only if the children aren’t already seated)
Let's clap our hands now...
Let's tap our tummies...
Let's touch our noses...
Let's hide our eyes now,
Our eyes now, our eyes now.
Let's hide our eyes now here today. Boo!
Suggested alternative verses:
Let's drive a bus now... Let's paint a flower... Let's tap our shoulders...
1. Sing the song as the children and adults enter the room or if they are already seated in a circle, sing the song to indicate the start of the lesson. Perform actions as described, inserting them to the beat when possible. Adults may help the younger babies with the actions. For example, they could tap a child's
nose for them. You might like to hide your face and peek-a-boo a few times after you have finished the song. This will make some of the children giggle.
2. Make up your own verses. Make sure to include different body parts each week.
NB: For classes with parents, adults should move their hands on and off the babies’ eyes in time with the pulse during ‘let’s hide our eyes now’. (As opposed to covering the babies’ eyes for the entire verse, which they may find frightening.)
1. Activity one is the same as for babies, only you can pause before some verses to, for example, get the toddlers to show you where their tummies are before singing 'Let's tap our tummies'. So they are not just copying you but demonstrating their knowledge. Older toddlers may be able to come up with their own verses although you will usually need to suggest a few ideas for them to choose from.
1. Sing the song as the children enter the room or if they are already seated in a circle, sing the song to indicate the start of the lesson. Simply start singing (there is no need for talking) and the children will know what to do. Perform actions as described, inserting them to the beat when possible. After singing this song with a group for the first time, suggest, "This time, let's see if you can all scare me at the end," and repeat the last verse. They LOVE shouting ‘Boo’ and scaring you at the end. If the children are standing then sing, 'Let's all sit down now,' to ensure the children are nicely seated and ready for the next activity.
2. Ask one or two individuals to choose a new verse (see examples with the lyrics). Ask different children each week.
3. Modulate to a higher pitch and sing ‘Fly like a bird...’. Modulate to a lower pitch and sing ‘Hop like a frog...’
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Tick Tock
Tick tock, tick tock, Time to go, time to go.
1. Hold up the pointer fingers of each hand to be clock hands and move them from side to side to the pulse as you sing the song twice for the babies.
Same as for pre-schoolers except the younger toddlers might not be able to join in with the singing.
1. Sing the song for the children and ask them to join in with your actions. Actions are same as for babies.
2. Teach the song one line at a time.
3. Sing the song through twice and the children join in with the singing and the actions.
NB: You will only need to do all three steps in your group's first lesson. From the second week just sing the song through twice with the actions and the children will automatically join in with you.
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