Skeleton Dance- Revisit

We have been having a great time bringing in the Halloween season with the Skeleton Dance song.  We did this song last year and once again it is one of my favourites.

So that you can do it at home here is the youtube video.



The Super Simple Learning website is really awesome and I use it sometimes for learning tunes to some of the songs.  It also has loads of Halloween and Christmas songs.

There is a lot of repetition in this song, which makes it easy to learn even though it seems long.


Here are the words:

♫ Dem bones, dem bones, dem dancing bones. [Skeleton dance.]
Dem bones, dem bones, dem dancing bones. [Skeleton dance. Move to the right.]
Dem bones, dem bones, dem dancing bones. [Skeleton dance. Move to the left.]
Doin' the skeleton dance. [Skeleton dance.]

The foot bone's connected to the leg bone. [Point to your foot, then to your lower leg.]
The leg bone's connected to the knee bone. [Point to your lower leg, then your knee.]
The knee bone's connected to the thigh bone. [Point to your knee, then your thigh.]
Doin' the skeleton dance.

The thigh bone's connected to the hip bone. [Point to your thigh, then your hip.]
The hip bone's connected to the backbone. [Point to your hip, then your back.]
The backbone's connected to the neck bone. [Point to your back, then your neck.]
Doin' the skeleton dance.

Shake your hands to the left.
Shake your hands to the right.
Put your hands in the air.
Put your hands out of sight. [Put your hands behind your back.]

Shake your hands to the left.
Shake your hands to the right.
Put your hands in the air.
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle,
wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle,
wiggle, wiggle...wiggle your knees. [Wiggle your whole body, moving your hands all the way down your body until they reach your knees.]

Dem bones, dem bones, dem dancing bones.
Dem bones, dem bones, dem dancing bones.
Dem bones, dem bones, dem dancing bones.
Doin' the skeleton dance. ♫

(taken from http://supersimplelearning.com

See you next week,

I love Sesame Street

In the United States there is a children's show called Sesame Street, and I miss it so much.  On thing that is great about it is it's integration of music education with fun.

I just loved this




And Katie Perry:


Then you might as well look at the songs I grew up with

Makaton 2

I have been so impressed by everyone's progress with the Makaton signing we have been doing for "Baa, Baa Black Sheep" and "5 Little Ducks".  It really isn't that hard considering all of the other hand movements we do for other songs naturally eg.  Twinkle Twinkle and Itsy Bitsy Spider.

I would like to move on to Old McDonald so that we can get a hold of some animal signs.  I have some great handouts that I will have available, but I will also have them here.

Old McDonald Signs from Scope

Extra animal signs:

From Non-Native Mommy

See you all next week,

Makaton

The past two weeks we have been working on Baa Baa Black Sheep in the Makaton Sign Language.  I am linking a site so that you can reference the pages that I have been giving out in class.  This site has a few of the rhymes that we have been doing in class.  Scopevic.org.au

Another good resource is YouTube of course.

music outside

Just a reminder that we may have the session outside tomorrow if we can find the long extension chord and there is some shade. we will have the music mat and the chairs. There is no grass, just incase you are worried about that.

Music and Child Development

During our Library sessions I don't have much time, or the voice, to teach you about the benefits of the activities we do and why we do them over and over.

I found a great website with great links so that you can read up on the subject if you are interested.

Bright Hub Education

june 4

A quick reminder that I will not be at Mini Music Makers tomorrow, but the library staff will be putting on a storytime session.