Piggybacking A Song
Step by step directions on how to “piggyback” and/or “zip” to create new songs from old.
Kind of Song: zipper
I Gotta Friend
Where do your friends live? Add a verse to this piggybacked song that explores Canadian geography and can be partnered for harmony singing.
I Want To Go Outside
What do I want? Well … a winter song when it doesn’t snow. Words are zipped into The Toreador Song from the Opera Carmen.
Red Orange Yellow Brown
Let the mallets dance on a xylophone or glockenspiel as the leaves twirl.
The More We Get Together
Getting together on a round —exactly! Zip in new verbs, or try a different language to this classic tune.
The Bear Went Over the Mountain
Sing it in parts or sing it all —travel with the bears in this perennial favourite.
Lukey’s Colourful Boat
What if Lukey had a notion to change the colour of his boat? What would his friends sing then?
What Do They Say?
Pair this with “the Best I Can” to begin a social studies unit on community occupations. Both this song and the chant offer opportunities for student solo performance and composition.
The Best I Can
“What do you want to do/be when you grow up?” Answers to this question will be as varied as your students’ dreams. Help them learn how to express those dreams in this simple chant by focusing on the activities that go wityh occupations.
Jump Jim Joe
Jump, shake, bend, twirl or just move with the music!
