Hello! MacaroniSoup with Miss Carole from Chicago here!
Wherever you live you may experience windy days. It may be in the
Spring, when the wind can bring rain and the smell of damp earth and sprouting
things. It may be in the Winter, when the wind blows cold and sounds hollow. It
may be in the Summer, when it is a welcome relief to a sweaty day. But I like
the Autumn winds, making leaves and squirrels dance!
Let’s begin – WHOOSH!
THE CHANT:
The Windy Day
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| Walking at the beginning... |
This simple
poem will get everyone moving. First
demonstrate the movement to your children while they are sitting down. Simply speak the words rhythmically while walking to the beat. On the last line,
turn and face the other direction, ready to begin again walking again. Then invite them to try it with you. Pause briefly at the end of each repetition to be sure
everyone changes direction. Go a little
faster with each repetition!
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| Now we're running really fast! |
There
was a man in our town,
Went
for a walk one day
The
wind it blew so very hard
It
turned him the other way!
I usually do 4-5 repetitions.
NOTE: Be sure you have open space for running! Do “The
Windy Day” outdoors, too!
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| Miss Carole and class - ready to fly! |
SONG 1:
BLACK BAT FARM!
I first blogged about this song several years ago - so I'll be brief here - check out the original blog "Making BOO Fun" for even more details!
A visual can
really help for this slightly spooky song – you and your child(ren) can draw
the farm on paper, or use a flannelboard as I do. Each child loves to put a bat
on the farm before we start! The tune is
“The Green Grass Grew All Around” – but in a minor key – that’s the slightly
spooky part! It is also on my “H.U.M.
– Highly Usable Music” cd. It will soon be available for album download if you
prefer that to a cd.
This is a
call/response or echo song. The leader sings the line, the children sing it
back. We flap our bat wings during the chorus. I advise my younger students to
snuggle up to a friend or teacher should they become scared, which hardly ever
happens.
There
was a farm…
A
spooky little farm…
The
spookiest farm….
That
you ever did see—eee!
A
field’s on the farm, the farm’s full of spooks – BOO!
Chorus:
And
the black bats flew all around, all around
The
black bats flew all around, OH –
The
black bats flew all around, all around
The
black bats flew all around!
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| Our flannelboard Black Bat Farm! |
V.2 And on that farm…
There was a vine
The creepiest vine
That you ever did see-eee!
A vine’s on the field, the field’s on the farm, the farm’s full of
spooks – BOO!
Add a verse:
V.3
On that vine, there is a pumpkin
The cutest little pumpkin
That
you ever did see-eee!
V.4
And in that pumpkin,
There are some seeds
The slimy-est seeds
That you ever did see-eee!
What to do for motions? We trace a
square in the air for the farm. We flat-hand a circular motion for the
field. Use your pointer finger to
squiggle a line from high to low for that creepy vine. Smile when you make a circle with your thumbs
and pointer fingers for that cute pumpkin.
And wipe your slimed hands together for the gooshy seeds! Flap those bat wings, flinging hands overhead
for the “OH” in the chorus.
Children ask me for this song all year long – it’s a favorite!
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| A Friendly Blue Goblin! |
SONG 2: 10
LITTLE GOBLINS!
Ok – I’ll be
up front about this one – it’s one of MY favorites! Get out your scarves and have a blast!
We first talk about what a goblin might be –
since they are pretend, we can make them anything we want – big/small,
nice/nasty, quiet/loud – it’s a great chance to talk about opposites! Hear it on my “Season Sings!” cd!
Then we put
a scarf over our head – because goblins can be any color – and tiptoe,
float, and say “boo!” before putting the scarf on the floor to “sleep on the
ground.”
While my
students are quietly sleeping, I whisper “When I count to 3, you will wake up,
stretch your arms, then sit criss-cross, applesauce.” Once accomplished, I call them to put their
scarves away by color – “If you have a blue scarf, put it in the bag,” and so
on.
Ten
little goblins dancing in a ring
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| Goblins of every hue! |
Ten
little goblins hear them sing:
Ooo
ooo ooo (use high voices!)
Ten
little goblins floating all about
Ten
little goblins, hear them shout!
Boo!
Boo! Boo! (use loud voices)
Ten
little goblins dancing all alone
Ten
little goblins, hear them moan:
Ahhh
Ahhh Ahhh (use low voices)
Ten
little goblins sleeping on the ground
Ten
little goblins – don’t make a sound!
© KimboEducational 1985
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| Sleeping goblins - as cute as goblins get! |
SONG 4: HEY LITTLE LEAF
My good
friend Susan Salidor posted this one just days ago – hot out of her fertile
musical mind! It’s a great zipper song –
and you can sing it TOMORROW! WatchSusan do it HERE!
Hey little leaf, little leaf, little
RED leaf
Hey little leaf, fallin’ on the
ground
Hey little leaf, little leaf, little
RED leaf
Hey little leaf, fallin’ on the
ground.
Rake up the leaves, put ‘em in a pile
Throw ‘em in the air with an October
smile!
Rake up the leaves, put ‘em in a pile
Throw ‘em in the air with an October
smile!
Repeat with different colored leaves!
It’s that simple – whoo-hoo! A BIG
THANKS to Susan Salidor for sharing! In
case you’re thinking, “Where have I heard that name before?” – fellow author on
this blog Brigid Finucane listed Susan as one of her fav Midwest Children’s
Musician/Educators in her July blog!
Please check back for my November 16
blog – my newest cd, “Polka Dots!” is set for November 1st release,
and I’ll be sharing more new songs! Let
me know how you’re using the songs I post each month. I also take requests – “Miss Carole – I need
a new banana song – whatcha got?” (and
yes, I have a banana song!)
Yours for a Windy Song!
“Miss Carole” Stephens
Ask each child to bring in one baggie with something that would go in a salad (olives, tomatoes, carrots). You supply a bowl and dressings. As the children get to class, you tell them "Look. You brought a bag of raisins. When we put it in the bowl it adds to what everyone else brought and we have enough to share a salad."
