IF YOU’RE HAPPY

If you’re happy and you know it,clap your hands,If you’re happy and you know it,clap your hands,If you’re happy and you know it andyou really want to show it,If you’re happy and you know it,clap your hands.

Repeat + other activities:snap/click your fingers.touch your nose.nod your head.slap your kneesdo all five.

HOKEY-POKEY

You put your right hand in.You put your right hand out.You put your right hand in,And you shake it all about.You do the Hokey Pokey,And you turn yourself around.That’s what it’s all about.(Clap your hands)

Repeat above with: left hand;right leg; left leg; right hip;left hip; whole body.

TONY CHESTNUT

Tony Chestnut knows I love you.Tony knowsTony knowsTony Chestnut knows I love youThat’s what Tony knows.

Note: As the students sing thissong they should touch parts oftheir bodies as follows:1) To... = toes, ...ny = knees;2) Chest... = chest, ...nut = head;3) knows = noes;4) I = eyes;5) love = heart;6) you = point towards someone

ALOUETTE

Alouette, pretty Alouette,Alouette, what will you show me?Now I’m showing you my eyes,Now I’m showing you my nose.Here’s my eyes, here’s my nose,Here’s my eyes, here’s my nose.Oh Alouette, pretty Alouette...

(Repeat with other pairs of body parts)

THIS IS THE WAY

Here we go ‘ round the coconut tree,The coconut tree, The coconut tree.Here we go round the coconut treeOn a hot and humid morning.

This is the way we clean our teeth,Clean our teeth, clean our teeth.This is the way we clean our teethSo early Monday morning.

Repeat + other activities: wash our face;comb our hair; put on our shoes,sweep the floor, iron our clothes, etc.Students should mime the actions asthey sing . Encourage students to offerother activities. Also, change days ofthe week in the last line.

THIS OLD MAN

This old man, he played oneHe played knick-knack on my drumWith a knick-knack paddy whack,Give a dog a boneThis old man came rolling home.

Repeat +: played two/on my shoe;three/on my knee; four/door;played five/hive; six/sticks;seven/in heaven; eight/on my gate;nine/on my line; played ten/on my hen

BINGO

A big black dog sat on the back porchAnd Bingo was his name “o”.B - I - N - G - 0, B-I-N-G-O, B-I-N-G-O,And Bingo was his name “oh”.

Repeat but each time when “BINGO”is spelled drop the last letter and clapinstead, so that by the time the fifthrepetition is reached there is onlyclapping during the third line.