Songs
Song 1
Song Title: Roly Poly
Age Group: Preschool (3–5 years)
Purpose: Circle Time
Actions Used:
- Roll hands around each other for "Roly poly, roly poly"
- Hands up high for "up, up, up"
- Hands down low for "down, down, down"
- Hands out for "out, out, out"
- Hands in for "in, in, in"
- Roll hands around each other fast for "fast, fast, fast"
- Roll hands around each other for "slow, slow, slow"
Materials/Props Needed:
- No materials required
- Visual Cards showing each action (optional)
Song 2
Song Title: Clean up, Clean up
Age Group: Toddler (18 months–2.5 years)
Purpose: Tidying Up while learning how to listen to direction and being responsible.
Actions Used:
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Pointing out what need to be cleaned up
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helping the children pick up the toys to put into the right bins/baskets
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Clapping your hands to the beat of the song
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At the end waving your hands in the air when the room is all clean to let the children know
Materials/Props Needed:
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Toys/ Books that need to be put away
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Bin/baskets
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Broom
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Dustpan
Song 3
Song Title: Shake Your Sillies Out
Age Group: Preschool (3–5 years)
Purpose: Transitioning song to get your silly out to get ready for a calmer activity.
Actions Used:
- Shake hands, arms and legs
- wiggle your arms in a like a wave
- Clap your hands
- Jumping up and down
- Running on the spot
- Stretching/ reaching tall
Materials/Props Needed:
- Body
- Music to play the song
- Scarves or ribbons (optional)
Song 4
Song Title: Party Freeze Dance
Age Group: Preschool (3–5 years)
Purpose: Movement
Actions Used:
- Dancing
- Freeze
- Hopping
- Freeze
- Skipping
- Freeze
- Spinning
- Freeze
- Dancing again
- Freeze
Materials/Props Needed:
- Music
- Open space
- Can use scarves or ribbons