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1. Safety Signs
Words and Music: Hap Palmer
Vocabulary:
Stop, poison, danger, fire, exit
Materials:
Write the safety words on pieces of cardboard or 5 x 8 index cards.
Pointer (optional) – This can be a 2' – 3' dowel, a golf tube, or a mailing tube.
Setting:
The safety signs are pinned on the bulletin board or placed in the tray of the chalkboard.
Action:
Children listen to each verse. During the instrumental section that follows children take turns pointing to the sign that is named.
Lyric:
If you want to be safe
All through the day
Look for safety signs
And know what they say
When you come to a corner
You should always stop
Can you find the sign?
The sign that says stop
Don't touch bottles and cans
When the label say poison
Can you find the sign?
The sign that says poison
Now you'd better watch out
When the sign says danger
Can you find the sign?
The sign that says danger
You should call for the fireman
When you see a fire
Can you find the sign?
The sign that says fire
When you want to get out
Look for doors marked exit
Can you find the sign?
The sign that says exit
If you want to be safe
All through the day
Look for safety signs
And know what they say
Variation:
Scatter safety signs around the floor of the classroom or an open area.
The students walk, run, or skip around the sign that is named in each verse.
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2. Listen And Do
Words and Music: Hap Palmer
Vocabulary:
Forward, backward, apart, together, square, circle, short, tall,
loudly, softly, inside, outside
Materials:
Circles (optional) can be made of cardboard, wire, or plastic tubing.
Squares (optional) can be cut out of cardboard or simply laid out on the floor with strips of wood or cardboard.
This song is also effective using imaginary circles and squares. Students can
show these shapes by drawing them on the floor with hands or feet and then standing inside and outside their pretend circles and squares when these directions occur
in the song.
Action:
The students listen and respond to the challenges they hear in the song
Lyric:
Chorus:
Listen and do, listen and do
Can you – listen and do
Can you – listen and do
Can you walk forward?
Can you walk backward?
Can you walk forward?
Can you walk backward?
Can you make yourself short?
Can you make yourself tall?
Can you make yourself short?
Can you make yourself tall?
Repeat Chorus
Can you spread your feet apart?
Can you bring them close together?
Can you spread your feet apart?
Can you bring them close together?
Can you clap your hands loudly?
Can you clap you hands softly
Can you clap your hands loudly?
Can you clap you hands softly
Repeat Chorus
Can you show me a square?
Can you show me a circle?
Can you show me a square?
Can you show me a circle?
Can you stand inside the square?
Can you stand outside the square?
Can you stand inside the circle?
Can you stand outside the circle?
Repeat Chorus
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3. High And Low
Words and Music: Hap Palmer
Vocabulary:
High, low, up, down
Setting:
Class sitting in seats, standing in a circle, or scattered around the room
Action:
The students move their hands as the lyric suggests. In the second verse, they pretend their hands are airplanes and in the third verse, they wiggle their hands to pantomime birds in flight.
Lyric:
Chorus:
My hands are high
My hands are low
My hands are high
My hands are low
I raise my hands oh so high
I bring them down and now they're low
I raise my hands oh so high
I bring them down and now they're low
Repeat Chorus
My hand is an airplane flying high
The plane flies down and now it's low
The plane flies up and now it's high
The plane flies down and now it's low
Repeat Chorus
My hand is a bird flying high
The bird flies down and now it's low
The bird flies up and now it's high
The bird flies down and now it's low
Repeat Chorus
Variation:
Where space permits, a bird and airplane can be pantomimed using the whole body and moving around the entire room.
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4. How Are We Going?
Words and Music: Hap Palmer
Vocabulary:
Car, boat, train, and plane
Setting:
Participants move around the circle or freely about the room.
Action:
Students act out the form of transportation they hear in each verse. They can pretend to operate or be each vehicle as it is named. The group can "hook together" (put hands on shoulders or person in front) to form one long train.
Lyric:
Everyone get ready to go on a trip.
How are we going – we are going by car
With both hands on the wheel – we are travelling far
How are we going – we are going by car
Everyone get ready to go on a trip
How are we going – we are going by boat
Rocking and swaying – as we float
How are we going – we are going by boat
Everyone get ready to go on a trip
How are we going – we are going by train
All in a line – Mary Bobby and Jane
How are we going – we are going by train
Everyone get ready to go on a trip
How are we going – we are going by plane
Higher and higher – we are on our way
How are we going – we are going by plane
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5. All On The Table Before You
Words and Music: Hap Palmer
Vocabulary:
Plate, glass, knife, fork, spoon, cup and saucer, bowl, napkin
Materials:
The utensils listed above for each person participating in the song.
You can use real utensils or these items may be drawn on paper and reproduced. Students are each given a copy so they can cut out their owns sets of dinner
ware and eating utensils.
Action:
Participants begin by setting the table in front of them. They then perform the actions indicated on the song.
Lyric:
Chorus:
See on the table before you
A plate, a glass, a knife and spoon
A cup and a saucer, a bowl and a napkin
All on the table before you
Point to the plate
Point to the glass
Point to the napkin and
Point to the knife
Point to the cup
Point to the bowl
Point to the fork
Point to the spoon
Pick up the plate
Put down the plate
Pick up the knife and
Pick up the spoon
Put the knife down
Put the spoon down
Pick the fork up and
Pick the glass up
Put the glass down
Put the fork down
Pick up the napkin and
Pick up the bowl
Put the napkin down
Put the bowl down
Pick up the cup and saucer
And put them both down
Repeat Chorus
Variation:
Have each person in the group act out one item in the table setting. They pick themselves up and put themselves down as they are called.
Follow up questions:
The teacher can ask questions regarding the use of various
utensils. The students answer by picking up the correct item.
Examples:
What would you use for eating a salad?
What would you use for drinking milk?
What would you use to butter bread?
What would you use for wiping your mouth?
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6. Kinds Of Foods
Words and Music: Hap Palmer
Vocabulary:
All the foods listed in the lyric below
Materials:
A picture of each food. These can be cut from magazines.
Setting:
Students are seated and holding a picture of some kind of food
Action:
Each student holds a picture of some kind of food and stands when the food picture he/she holds is called. The teacher says, "When the food you are holding is named, hold up your picture. Bring the picture down when the next food is called."
Lyric:
You are holding a picture of some kind of food
Look at your picture of some kind of food
Are you ready and listening so you won't be missing
A musical game about kinds of foods
Now the food you hold will be called by and by
And that's the time to hold it very high
Are you ready and listening so you won't be missing
A musical game about kind of foods
Apple, milk, sandwich, soup
Tomato, baked potato
Lettuce, lemon, toast, cereal
Chicken, grapes, green beans, pancakes
Cherries, macaroni
Spinach, onion, orange, salad
Carrots, corn, roast beef, eggs
Bacon, watermelon
Orange juice, grapefruit, rice, banana
You are holding a picture of some kind of food
Look at your picture of some kind of food
Were you ready and listening so you weren't missing
A musical game about some kinds of foods
Variation:
During the first and second verses everyone marches around the room holding their pictures. They all sit down at the end of the second verse. Each person stands when the food picture he/she holds is called. When everyone has been called, the group marches around the room during the final verse.
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7. Under The Stick
Words and Music: Hap Palmer
Vocabulary:
Over, under, around
Materials:
A stick 3 or 4 feet long. The ends should be covered with cloth or tape.
Setting:
Everyone lines up around the circle. One person stands just inside the circle
and holds a stick across the path. The stick is held high enough so people can bend and walk under it. They continue walking under the stick and around the circle during the first verse and instrumental section that follows. During the next verse, the stick is held lower so people can step over it. In the third verse, participants walk around the stick.
Lyric:
Come on people let's all get together
All get together and go under the stick
Under the stick – yes under the stick
All get together and go under the stick
Come on people let's all get together
All get together and go over the stick
Over the stick – yes over the stick
All get together and go over the stick
Come on people let's all get together
Everybody go around the stick
Around the stick – yes around the stick
Everybody go around the stick.
Repeat First Verse
Variation:
The class might enjoy making a dance out of this game. They dance
around the circle, "limbo" under the stick, jump over the stick, and a turn around
as they go around the stick.
Follow up questions:
How many ways can you go over the stick? (jump, hop, leap, step, etc.)
How many ways can you go under the stick? (crawl, slide, walk, roll, slither, etc.)
How many ways can you go around the stick? (step, hop, jump, gallop, etc.)
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8. Hello
Words and Music: Hap Palmer
Vocabulary:
Body parts – hair, eyes, head, cheeks, nose, mouth, ears, hand,
shoulder, arms, stomach, back, knees, toes, leg, feet, fingers
Verbs – brush, blink, shake, nod, pat, wiggle, open, close, wave,
scratch, touch, stamp
Action:
Students listen and follow the directions in the songs. The challenge is to retain and perform two actions at once.
Lyric:
Hello, hello, hello
How are you today?
You can say hello by waving your hands
Hello, hello, hello
Now let's get to know ourselves today
Here's a song to show the way
Brush your hair and blink your eyes
Shake and nod your head
Pat your cheeks and wiggle your nose
Open and close your mouth
Wiggle your ears then wave your hand
Hello, hello, hello
Shake your shoulders and wiggle your arms
Pat your stomach and scratch your back
Touch your knees then touch your toes
Shake your leg then stamp your feet
Wiggle your fingers and wave your hand
Hello, hello, hello
Now we waved our hands and said hello
And we got to know ourselves from head to toe
Hello, hello, hello
Variation:
Listen to each pair of actions and do the one you like best.
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9. Show Me
Words and Music: Hap Palmer
Vocabulary:
Window, door, ceiling, floor pencil, book, paper, clock, table, chair, wall, record player, desk light, switch, flag
Materials:
All the items listed above, two or three pointers (optional). These can be 2' – 3' wood dowels, cardboard mailing tubes, or golf tubes.
Settings:
Two or three people are given pointers.
Action:
Students point to eight objects around the room as they hear them named in the song. During the chorus they hand their pointers to someone else who points to the next eight objects.
Lyric:
Chorus:
Look around the room
Look and you will see
So many things
You can show me
Show me the window
Show me the door
Show me the ceiling
Show me the floor
Show me the pencil
Show me a book
Show me some paper
Show me the clock
Repeat Chorus
Show me a table
Show me a chair
Show me a chalkboard
Show me the wall
Show me the record player
Show me a desk
Show me the light switch
Show me the flag
Repeat Chorus
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10. Walk Around The Circle
Words and Music: Hap Palmer
Vocabulary:
Walk, run, jump, rest, hop, skip.
Setting:
Everyone in a line around a large circle, or each person standing by an individual
circle or hoop.
Action:
Students move around the circle in the way named in each verse.
Lyric:
There are many different ways
You can move around the circle
See if you can walk around
Walk around the circle
Walk, walk, walk, walk around the circle
Walk, walk, walk
Walk, walk, walk, walk around the circle
Walk, walk, walk
There are many different ways
You can move around the circle
See if you can run around
Run around the circle
Run, run, run, run around the circle
Run, run, run
Run, run, run, run around the circle
Run, run, run
There are many different ways
You can move around the circle
See if you can jump around –
jump around the circle
Jump, jump, jump, jump around the circle
Jump, jump, jump
Jump, jump, jump, jump around the circle
Jump, jump, jump
There are many different ways
You can move around the circle
But now it's time to stop and rest -
Everybody rest
(Instrumental)
There are many different ways
You can move around the circle
See if you can hop around –
Hop around the circle
Hop, hop, hop, hop around the circle
Hop, hop, hop
Hop, hop, hop, hop around the circle
Hop, hop, hop
There are many different ways
You can move around the circle
See if you can skip around
Skip around the circle
Skip, skip, skip, skip around the circle
Skip, skip, skip
Skip, skip, skip, skip around the circle
Skip, skip, skip
Repeat First Verse
Follow up questions:
What other ways can you think of to move around the circle?
(gallop, slide, leap, roll, etc,)
How many different ways can you walk around the circle?
(quickly, slowly, loudly, softly, etc.)
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Credits:
Electric Guitar, Mandolin, Bass: Del Casher
Vocals, Vocal Harmonies, Percussion, Acoustic Guitar,
Recorder, Harmonica: Hap Palmer
Drums: Sammy Goldstein
Keyboards and Recording Engineer: Dave Holman
Recording and Mixing Engineer: John Brady
Hand Clappers: Jeff Goldberg, Todd Van Etten
Cover: Yvonne Wood
Words and Music by Hap Palmer
© Hap-Pal Music, Inc.
www.happalmer.com
Recording Originally Released On LP in 1971
CD Released 2007
UPC# 046721122829
Educational Activities, Inc.
PO Box 87 • Baldwin, NY 11510
800-797-3223
All songs published by Hap-Pal Music. ©Hap-Pal Music all rights reserved. No part of these lyrics or activities may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without permission from the publisher.
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