Make the wheels go round and the wipers swish, etc. with hand motions for this well-known song. Check out Stella Blackstone’s book for a trip to Guatemala with the bus or try the well-known interpretation by Paul Zelinsky.

student template for apple chant composition ... cd1 03 November #11

“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.

using visual arts to show song appreciation ... cd1 03 November #10

The train moves on tracks which become staff lines for an early literacy lesson. Multiple repeated verses give plenty of opportunity for solo singing or mimicking a train moving around the classroom.

Jump, shake, bend, twirl or just move with the music!

using written music for ideas ... cd1 03 November #10

"Call and Response" --a twisty, turny game where the group tries to follow a leader's fun moves, all in the rhythm of a song.

reading a chant with rhythm symbols ... cd1 03 November #09

rhythm counting ... cd1 03 November #09