#19 Hello & Goodbye Games
Hasta la Vista----Hello There----Hey, Who's in Town?---Hi There----It's Time to Say Goodbye----Kindergarten Farewell----Name Game
Row Your Boat parody----Say Hello (Greg & Steve)----Song Suggestions----Welcome Back to School----Welcome Everyone
Who's That Knocking at My Door?----Who's Under the Blanket----Yoo Hoo
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ANIMAL GAME
Have two different colors of paper, with the same animals written on each sheet. Cut out the individual animal names, and place into a bag. Have the kids draw an animal name, and split them according to the color of their paper. Have one color make the sound of the animal, and the other colour act like the animal. They have to wander around the room until they find their partner, sit down, and tell him/her three things about themselves. This can also work for TV or movie characters, musicians (for older kids- one group hums songs while the other tries to portray the musician's image).BACK to Topics
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BARNACLE BILL PARODY
WHO'S THAT KNOCKING AT MY DOOR?
The first song fits the melody of "Barnacle the Sailor":
Who's that knocking at my door? [chosen child knocks on a table or chair
Who's that knocking at my door? [chosen child knocks again]
Who's that knocking at my door? [chosen child knocks again]
Why it must be [name of child]
In Spanish, that's "Quien esta' tocando a mi puerta? Debes ser [name of
child]."
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d r m - - r# m f r - - - s, t, r - - d# r m d - - -
Who's that knocking at my door? Who's that knocking at my door?
d r m - - r# m f r - - - s, s, s, - f - m - d - - -
Who's that knocking at my door? Said the fair young maiden.
(faster)
s d' - d' s s s m - m d - d r r r r - s m - - d -
"It's only me from over the sea", Says Barnacle Bill the Sailor (2 x)
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BOOKS
10/04 BOOK: This summer I took Level II from Konnie Saliba and she has a GOOD MORNING SONGS AND WAKE UP GAMES book that is terrific. She has songs for each day of the week and here are a few of the titles for her other "hello songs": Say Hello and Howdy Do We Wish you A Merry Day Good Morning Say Hello Hello, and How are you? What Makes Your Day Bright? Sing Hello to Your Neighbor Many of the songs have movement that go along with them..it's a great investment! -- Katy in GA------------------------------------
BOOKS: "The Gemini Songbook," ($9.95), ISBN #0-7935-2114-9 with simple piano accompaniments and guitar chords for 18 of their songs This book also includes a list of children's books that go along with each song for thematic teaching as well as activity suggestions. The other is a program kit with a Teacher's Guide and a CD called "Kids are Kids the Whole World 'Round". It also includes the "Hello" song as well as several of their other popular tunes with a linking script.
I had this at another building and don't recall exactly how much it cost, but somewhere around $50 for the Teacher's Guide and CD. Gemini does have an e-mail address: [email protected] and you can try to contact them for more information. They also have a terrific video as well as many recordings. I think they're great!
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10/04 BOOK: "Bonjour, Mes Amis, Bonjour" from Roots and Branches: A Legacy of Multicultural Music for Children (compiled by Pat Shehan-Campbell, Ellen McCullough-Brabson and me). It is Cajun, and you can dance a two-step to it while singing. (Music K8 Marketplace http://www.musick8.com/ carries Roots and Branches) -- Judith Cook Tucker
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*******************************************************************FARMER IN THE DELL PARODY
SAY HELLOto "Farmer in the Dell," or, with a little rearranging of the words, to "Mary Had a Little Lamb"
Let's all say hello to [name of child](3x) Sitting over there. (point)
Hi, [name of child], how are you?(3x) How are you today? (child responds)
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*******************************************************************GOODBYE
"She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain"Oh, it's time to say goodbye to our friends,
Oh, it's time to say goodbye to our friends,
Oh, it's time to say goodbye,
Make a smile and wink an eye.
Oh, it's time to say goodbye to our friends.
HAMBONE PARODY
01/07 Sing this to HAMBONE... I just made up an ending verse:Now it's time to read and write
Music has been quite all right ( Could be : music has been out of sight!)
We have sung and listened too
We made real cool music for you (or We made cool music just for you) (or Recorder class : Recorders we just gently blew)
Everyone: Toodle-loo (CC C'A) (or bye for now or See you next week!) -- Sue Michiels
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*******************************************************************GREETING SONG
I sing this greeting with my K-3 classes:The pitches we use are: low-So Do Mi Do ; The kids answer each time...
Teacher: Hello 1st grade Kids: Hello Mrs. Lukow
Teacher: How are you today? Kids: Just fine thank-you.
Teacher: What day is today? Kids: Today is _________
Teacher: What month is this month? Kids: This month is _________.
Teacher: What year is this year? Kids: The year 2000
They sing this as they are coming in and finding their places.
It's short and helpful and gets them thinking!
I then do echo clapping and rhythm reading.
With grade 3-4:
I sing the first Hello line and "Which is Which?"
from MK8 magazine Volume 4 no. 1. I just started with this piece this year and love it! It teaches beat, rhythm and pitch AND it contains some measure with just G, A and B which we can then play on our recorders. It's just wonderful.
With grades 5-6:
I sing the first hello line and then:
Echo Clapping, Rhythm Reading and Solfeggio warm-ups
We also sing rounds or partner songs throughout the year.
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*******************************************************************HASTA LA VISTA
HASTA LA VISTA - Name that tune!
q ee q q q ee q q q ee q q
m rd m s m rd m r f m r f l
So long, I'll see you Hasta la vista So long, I'll see you
q ee q Z q ee q Z q ee q q q ee ee ee
s rf m m mm l l sm s f f mr ml sf
All soon again So, until then Hasta la vista A-dios a-mi-i-gos, Good Bye!
ee ee q Z
md rt, d
by to you my friends
Gmar Khatimah Tova! David Saphra
"Hello There": http://www.concentric.net/~Gamba
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10/05 HELLO THERE (echo) How are you (echo)It's so good (echo) To see you (echo)
We'll sing and (echo) Be happy (echo)
We're all here together again (together) (Suggested melody: SM, FFR, SSD', MFR, SSM, MFR, SSMFFRD - Sandy Toms) -- Mando
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HELLO THERE
is an echo song. It's in the Kinder Macmillan book.
Hello there (Hello there)
How are you? (How are you?)
It's so good (It's so good)
To see you (To see you)
We'll sing and (We'll sing and)
Be Happy (Be Happy)
That we're all here together again!
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*******************************************************************HEY, HEY WHO'S IN TOWN?
Another way to remember that I use is a game the kids love. We all chant while keeping a steady beat on our knees:
Hey, hey, who's in town? Everybody stop and look around.
Say your name and when you do, we will say it back to you.
Student says name and we answer back. We move around the circle taking turns. To expedite things, I have 4 students reply while keeping the beat and then we say the poem again. Since I have the poem on automatic, I spend the four lines looking back at the four who just answered and remembering names. At the end the kids love to have me try to remember all the names. We do this for several weeks at the first of the lesson.
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HI THERE
HELLO, I'M SO GLAD YOU CAME
This is to the tune of "Shoo, Fly"
Hi there, so glad you came, (3X) One-two-three, let's shout "hurray!"
(Hurray - spoken)
Hi there, so glad you're here, (3X) One-two-three, let's give a cheer!
Yea! (spoken)
The teacher can shake hands with the children as this song is sung.
Sing the first verse using a puppet hidden inside a box. For the second
verse, invite the children to imitate the actions of the puppet.
They should squat low on the floor and pretend to be hiding in a box. At
the sound of the clap, all should pop up.
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JAMBO
10/01 JAMBO
I know of a hello song called "Jambo" in the Share the Music series. (Jambo means Hello in Swahili I think). I believe it is Grade 3. It is an echo song that is song in several languages, including Japanese!!! My kids always like that song. I try to add lots of different languages to include the different nationalities in school. There's a song in one of the Wee Sing books that has International songs in it called, "Hello to all the Children of the World." It has the kids sing "hello" in English, Spanish, French, Italian, Hebrew, German, Japanese, and Russian. I've used it many times and the kids really like it. Its got 2 verses and a refrain so its not too short. There are even some rests in good places for you to add some instruments if you want to!
I have maps from Print
Shop with the Hello words printed on them and we find each place named on the
world map. I have also used this song in Christmas Around The World
programs. The kids love to sing it and often choose it as a choice song.
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IT'S TIME TO SAY GOODBYE
6/8, l' t' are below do. You'll want to up the key.
C G7 Am F C G7>BR>
m m s r s d d f l m s r
It's - time to say goodbye, Good - bye until next week
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C G7 Am F G7 C
m s r s d d l' l' t' t' l' t' d
Count and learn and read, Be - kind to everyone you meet.
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KINDERGARTEN FAREWELL
I won't bother describing it any further as without knowing if you're interested. Ditto for the kindergarten graduation song, whose meldoy is on page 367 of The Real Little Ultimate Fake Book (Hal Leonard, publisher) under the title, The Maori Farewell Song.
KINDERGARTEN FAREWELL SONG
So long, farewell Good by to all our friends
We must move on when Kindergarten ends
We must move on To First Grade and beyond
This is our Kindergarten Farewell song
We¹ve learned to share We¹ve learned to work and play
We¹ve learned to care and Know just what to say
We¹ve learned to sing Good by to all our friends
So long, farewell When Kindergarten ends
F Bb Bbm F C7 F
A - - F - G | A - - - - A | A - G Bb - E | F - - - - - |
Bb Bbm F G C7
F - - G - G#| A - - F - - | G - F E - F | G - - - - - |
F Bb Bbm F C7 F
A - - F - G | A - - - - A | A - G Bb - E | F - - - - - |
Bb Bbm F D7 G C7 F
F - - G - G#| A - F Bb - A | D - - E - - | F - - - - - ||
Here is the New Zealand Maori goodbye song, Now is the Hour
The first half is the traditional tune, the second, my own arrangement with
hidden New Zealand jokes embedded The words are:
Now is the hour, it's time to say goodbye. Soon you'll be sailing far across the sea
While you're away, oh please remember me; When you return you'll find me waiting here
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NAME GAME
On the first day of trying this, the children sit in a large circle. I go to each child and ask them their first name. (Not last names, .... it's hard enough to learn just first names!)
As each child tells me their name, I say "Well hello _____, How are you today" (or a similar comment). I shake their hand, or make a comment on how nice their pants are...or their sneakers etc.
Then, I move on to the next child. After about the first three, I go back and say the names in order (of those whom I've met already). After adding three more, I repeat six names....then nine...then twelve etc. etc.,
By the time I make it around the circle, I can do all of their first names, because I've repeated them so often.
After I make it around the circle, I tell them that they have until the count of 5 to tip toe to another spot on the circle. I close my eyes and they do just that. Then, the challenge is to see how many names I can still remember even though the children have relocated. I usually do about 2/3 of the names then.
This whole game takes me about 10 minutes. After the class leaves I immediately grab my class list. I mark down distinctive features of every child I can remember. (glasses, long hair, oriental child, etc...) Then, by their physical features - I can begin to place a name with a face. Just before the kids enter my room the following week, I review my list of names/physical features. Then, many of the children are fresh in my mind. We play the "Name Game" at the end of that 2nd class too.
However, I see how many I can name without their help.
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D-O-N-N-A,
Donna, Donna, yay, yay, yay!
If a child's name ends with B, C, D, E, G, P, T, V, or Z, I sing:
S-T-E-P-H-A-N-I-E, Stephanie, Stephanie, whoopee!
If a boy's name ends with I or Y, I sing:
J-O-R-D-I, Jordi, Jordi, he's our guy!
If a child's name ends with L, I sing:
L-I-O-N-E-L, Lionel, Lionel, he's just swell!
If a child's name ends with O, I sing:
O-R-L-A-N-D-O, Orlando, Orlando's one to go!
If a child's name ends with R, I sing:
S-A-L-A-Z-A-R, Salazar, Salazar, he's our star!
If a child's name ends with S, I sing:
J-U-L-E-S, Jules, Jules, he's the best!
I sing in 4/4 meter with G on the strong beats and E on the weak beats. If you prefer to compose something which you consider more melodious, I won't mind a bit.
If a child's name ends with H, M, N, Q, U, W, or X, or if a girl's name ends with I or Y, I admit that I can't find a rhyme and then make a special point to give that child individual recognition in another song.
"My name is Heather and I like cheese." Everyone echos this: "Your name is Heather and you like cheese." The next person follows with "My name is Andrew and I like pizza," whereupon the class echos this with, "Your name is Andrew and you like pizza."
Get in a circle and let each child learn the names of those on either side. Everyone patschen-slaps at a medium tempo. All sing, "Who is on your left?" Sally answers, "Jane is on my left." All sing, "Who is on your right?" Sally answers, Kevin's on my right." Then move on to the person on the right, who happens to be Kevin. Continue around the circle back to the teacher.
Tossi also sends a suggestion for the older grades, from Isabel Carley: the class divides into groups of four. Everyone learns the names of the
other three group members. Each group turns all four names into a rhythm pattern, such as "Kevin, Jenny, Mark, Ben!" Each group performs while the entire class follows a pattern such as clap, stamp, snap, patschen.
She also shares a few original rhymes:"Quentin, Quentin, Say, what's new? (Or: "How do you do?") You have a name that starts with Q!" and "Henry, Henry, starts with H, a very fine name to start with H!"
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ROW YOU BOAT PARODY
Sung to the tune of "Row, Row, Row Your Boat."
Sing, sing, sing with me, Sing out loud and clear
To tell the people everywhere That music time is here.
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SAY HELLO
"SAY HELLO" is on one of "Greg and Steve's" earlier album. It's an echo
song, and I love it, especially for K-2.
What is Your Name (and What is Her Name?)
You sing on sol mi la sol mi: What is your name?
They answer on the same pitches: My name is _________________.
I sing/ask: What did you have for breakfast?
student; French toast.
I sing to next student: What is you name?
they reply My name is ________________
me: What did you have for breakfast?
student: Cheerios me...pointing to first student; What did she have for breakfast?
student 2: French toast
me: What is her name?
Student: Her name is ____________________
etc. It also helps to have a mic they can sing into...they love that!
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SONG SUGGESTIONS
10/04 GREG & STEVE: One of my favorites is "Say Hello" by Greg and Steve. Another good one is "World-Wide Hello" by Cheryl Lavendar. -- Judy in WI
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10/04 GREG & STEVE: "Say Hello" (echo, Greg and Steve, WE ALL LIVE TOGETHER) "Howdy!" (MK8, vol.14-1) "Just We Two" (Elizabeth Gilpatrick, ROUND WE GO) I've used this small, early collection many times and always use this song at the beginning of the 3rd grade. It has a great movement activity, although we don't do the song as a round. It's available at the MK8 Marketplace for $6.95 and includes some other greeting songs plus lots of other good, short pieces. -- Connie Herbon
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10/04 MK8: I've also used "Hello" from MK8 (http://www.musick8.com/ ; it's also in their "Wee Fun" = collection I think) and, while it's not TRULY a "hello" song, I've also = used "Let's Make Some Music Today" from MK8. "Gilly Good Morning" and = "Hello, How Do You Do" are other songs I collected from Cecile Johnson. = Another "not-exactly-a-hello-song-but-works" song is "You'll Sing a Song = and I'll Sing a Song" from Ella Jenkins. I also collected an echo song = I call "Hello There" (can't remember where I first heard it) and even = repeat it in minor for the month of October. - Dale Mize
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10/04 SONG: Guten Morgan: (This song is in 3/4, first line so's are low ones)
Guten morgen, guten morgen so so do do so so do do ti ti ta ta ti ti ta ta
Good morning good morning re mi mi re mi mi ta ta ta ta ta ta
Buenos dias, buenos dias so so so so so so so so ti ti ta ta ti ti ta ta
Buon giorno, buon giorno so fa mi mi mi re do do ti ti ta ta ti ti ta ta
(languages are German, English, Spanish, and Italian) For afternoon classes, I change the first two lines to "Guten Tag" and "How are you" Can be sung in a round - I do this with them, esp. 3rd and 4th grade, in the last half of the year sometimes, it's a good way to introduce rounds because by then they know the song very well. I'm using this as a greeting song with 2nd and 3rd this year. In the past I've also used it with 4th, but I've got them doing the question or rhythm pattern with 5th and 6th grade this year. -- Ann Wells
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SONG: Hello, Hello, Hello by Gemini is great! I've just finished using it as our 1st Song of the Week and all grade levels really like it. It uses foreign language "hello's" and is wonderful for using head voice. -- Liz Eggers
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09/03 SONG: Hello, Hello, Hello, Hello
We are glad to meet you We are glad to greet you
Hello, Hello, Hello,Hello
do mi so do(oct) mi mi so so fa re mi mi so so
fa re do (oct) so mi do (low)
For the 3rds and up divide into 4 groups and hold their note thru all the hello's to make a I chord sing unison on the other words. It simple but fun. - Contributed by Johanna Beebe
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09/03 SONG: My children have enjoyed Hello Bon Jour Buenos Dias (Maybe it's called Hello to All the Children of the World!) from the new Silver Burdette. I believe it is 3rd grade. It is on their yellow sampler CD if you have it.-Contributed by Sarah in SC
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I love the new song from MK8 14/1 - Howdy!
I also use Which is Which from MK8 4/1.
Hola, Amigos MK8 12/1 is a favorite...I like to put this one on repeat and sing it is Spanish and French and English. Of course you could use any language you know!
Welcome Back MK8 9/1 is great for the beginning of the year. - Contributed by Kristin Lukow
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09/03 Julie Austin has a Hello Song called Everybody Says Hello!
(www.julieaustin.com ) It on her CD's Fandagumbo. I use it all the time as
an intro for the musical story telling groups I do & teach the kids to sign
Hello when sung in the song. I also use the Gemini Brothers
(www.geminichildrens music.com ) their's says Hello in several languages. I
use it with my Japanese Parents in my music & movement group. These two
songs are my favorite ones to use. John Kinderman has a great song called
"I'm very glad you came today!" It has simple ASL in it also. All 3 of
these artists are Wolf Trap Artists and are great! I haven't been able to
contact John as to how to order his CD's or books but if you ever get a
chance to see him or any of the others mentioned above doing a workshop it
is well worth your time to attend! I use all these songs as part of my
teacher trainings I do also.-Contributed by Nancy Williams
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09/03 RED GRAMMER has a lot of songs that I use including a hello song that he has other languages involved. A fun and creative man that I have attended workshops with and he has been to my school for a performance. The kids love all his songs. You can scan ideas and information on him at redgrammer.com - Contributed by Michelle Combs
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08/02 Hey children who's in town
Everybody stop and look around
Hey children who's in town
Tell us your name and then sit down.
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NAME SONG ...kinda cute! There's also a sound clip so you can listen to it as it's performed by Ralph Covert of Ralph's World. The lyrics are reproducible for classroom use. If it doesn't get too rambunctious, it ought to be fun! Try this address:
http://songsforteaching.homestead.com/NameSong.html
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10/01 GREG & STEVE have a neat song: "Say Hello" it's an echo song, easy to learn and includes shaking hands. It's on their "On the Move" CD.
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08/02 SONG LIST: I do a hello song for the month. I have plenty. Some of them are actual hello songs, some are just good songs to open. Here is my repertoire:
Sept: Hello-Teresa Jennings
Oct:: Hello,there STM Kinder
Nov: Hello, STM Kinder
Dec: The More we Get Together-Raffi
Jan: We're All Together Again- Greg and Steve
Feb: Be My Friend: STM Gr. 1
March: Say Hello Greg and Steve
April: Listen to the Children MK8 Vol. 7
May/June: Hello, Everybody
I do this with my first graders It's a goos way for them to get a sense of one month ending and another beginning.
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SONG LIST: I usually do some kind of Welcome or Hello song with all my classes K-5. Like many of the others
suggested, I use the following:
It's Time For Music (one I made up)
Hello Everybody Yes Indeed
When You See Me Wave Your Hand Hello
Hello There (STM)
Welcome To Music (D. Gagne)
Hola Amigos (MK8)
Let's All Shake Hands (MK8) >br?Hello (STM)
If You're Ready For Music
For my 4ths-5ths I use:
Everybody Clap Your Hands (STM 5)
Everybody's Welcome (STM 4)
Mama Don't Low
I don't generally do a Welcome/Hello type song with the middlers, but I do use an attention-getting warm-up song to get things started...
On A Day Like This, My Bonnie (with stand/sit mvmt on B words) etc.
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10/01 BUENOS DIAS (to the tune Frere Jacques), Hello to All the Children of the World,
Hello Song (from the Music for Little Mozarts Piano Series)
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10/01 KOBUTA: I know a cute Japanese song from first grade STM: "Kobuta" It's about a pig. raccoon, fox and cat. My kids LOVED it. The class that liked it the best was my bilingual first graders last year! Imagine that! Teaching Japanese to Spanish dominant kids!
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WELCOME BACK TO SCHOOL
WELCOME BACK TO SCHOOL
For the beginning of school, I use a song called "Welcome Back to school" I think I found it in the Macmillan kinder or 1st grade book. Kids get to clap and stamp and stuff.
//// I // I z z z
cccd e e c d (z z z)
"Welcome back to school, can you clap" (clap on 3 rests)
//// I // I z z z
b b b c d d b c (z z z)
"Welcome back to school can you stamp" (stamp , stamp. stamp)
// / I /-I. / //// I
cc a a g g ffff e
"Can you say hello to everyone you know"
// I (Z Z) // I (Z Z)
ec d (z z) d b c (z z)
"Can you clap" (clap, clap) "can you stamp" (stamp, stamp)
Then there is a little clapping and stamping interlude and you sing it again.
Melody: (I = quarter // = 2 eighths, z = quarter rest,
/ I / = eighth/quarter/eighth) melody in key of C; b'= b below middle c;
/-I. = eighth tied to dotted quarter
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WELCOME EVERYONE
WELCOME EVERYONE
"Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star"
Welcome, welcome, everyone, Now you're here, we'll have some fun.
First we'll clap our hands just so, Then we'll bend and touch our toe.
Welcome, welcome, everyone, Now you're here, we'll have some fun.
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WHO'S THAT KNOCKING AT MY DOOR?
The first song fits the melody of "Barnacle the Sailor":
Who's that knocking at my door? [chosen child knocks on a table or chair
Who's that knocking at my door? [chosen child knocks again]
Who's that knocking at my door? [chosen child knocks again]
Why it must be [name of child]
In Spanish, that's "Quien esta' tocando a mi puerta? Debes ser [name of
child]."
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d r m - - r# m f r - - - s, t, r - - d# r m d - - -
Who's that knocking at my door? Who's that knocking at my door?
d r m - - r# m f r - - - s, s, s, - f - m - d - - -
Who's that knocking at my door? Said the fair young maiden.
(faster)
s d' - d' s s s m - m d - d r r r r - s m - - d -
"It's only me from over the sea", Says Barnacle Bill the Sailor (2 x)
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WHO'S UNDER THE BLANKET?
Use a large blanket and assemble the children in a circle. Choose one child
to leave the area so they can't see the group. Choose another child to hide
under the blanket. The children all sing the song:
Who is, who is under the blanket? (3X) Won't you tell me now?
The first child comes back into the group and then has to guess who is
hiding. Give clues like "it is a girl" or "she really likes to play with the
dress up" that sort of thing. It is amazing how hard this is. They love to
sing the song and then shout out who it is.
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YOO HOO!
YOO HOO GAME
I play a game with all of my K through 3 students called the "Yoo Hoo" game. At the beginning of the year, I call each student on a minor third, "Yoo Hoo, David" and all of the kids echo, matching pitch as closely as possible. After I call and the class echoes, that student sits down. After a few weeks, I just call the first person, then I sit down and that student calls the next person and sits down and so on. After each person calls, the whole class echoes. Our main goal here is matching pitches. The kids love the game and don't realize they are also learning not to be afraid of singing alone.
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9/01 YOO HOO (for dismissal)
It follows the "yoo-hoo" idea that has been mentioned before. I sing on so-mi "yoo-hoo, Susie". Before Susie goes to line up at the door, she sings "yoo-hoo David". David "yoo-hoo's" someone else and so on. The last person GETS to "yoo-hoo" the teacher(make that a big privilege so they don't feel as bad being
the last one).
They are singing individually, trying to match pitch. and concentrating to hear their own names.
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Say your name and when you do, we will say it back to you.
So long, farewell Good by to all our friends
We must move on when Kindergarten ends
We must move on To First Grade and beyond
This is our Kindergarten Farewell song
We¹ve learned to care and Know just what to say
We¹ve learned to sing Good by to all our friends
So long, farewell When Kindergarten ends
A - - F - G | A - - - - A | A - G Bb - E | F - - - - - |
F - - G - G#| A - - F - - | G - F E - F | G - - - - - |
A - - F - G | A - - - - A | A - G Bb - E | F - - - - - |
F - - G - G#| A - F Bb - A | D - - E - - | F - - - - - ||
Now is the hour, it's time to say goodbye. Soon you'll be sailing far across the sea
While you're away, oh please remember me; When you return you'll find me waiting here
By the time I make it around the circle, I can do all of their first names, because I've repeated them so often.
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D-O-N-N-A,
Donna, Donna, yay, yay, yay!
If a child's name ends with B, C, D, E, G, P, T, V, or Z, I sing:
S-T-E-P-H-A-N-I-E, Stephanie, Stephanie, whoopee!
If a boy's name ends with I or Y, I sing:
J-O-R-D-I, Jordi, Jordi, he's our guy!
If a child's name ends with L, I sing:
L-I-O-N-E-L, Lionel, Lionel, he's just swell!
If a child's name ends with O, I sing:
O-R-L-A-N-D-O, Orlando, Orlando's one to go!
If a child's name ends with R, I sing:
S-A-L-A-Z-A-R, Salazar, Salazar, he's our star!
If a child's name ends with S, I sing:
J-U-L-E-S, Jules, Jules, he's the best!
I sing in 4/4 meter with G on the strong beats and E on the weak beats. If you prefer to compose something which you consider more melodious, I won't mind a bit.
If a child's name ends with H, M, N, Q, U, W, or X, or if a girl's name ends with I or Y, I admit that I can't find a rhyme and then make a special point to give that child individual recognition in another song.
"My name is Heather and I like cheese." Everyone echos this: "Your name is Heather and you like cheese." The next person follows with "My name is Andrew and I like pizza," whereupon the class echos this with, "Your name is Andrew and you like pizza."
Get in a circle and let each child learn the names of those on either side. Everyone patschen-slaps at a medium tempo. All sing, "Who is on your left?" Sally answers, "Jane is on my left." All sing, "Who is on your right?" Sally answers, Kevin's on my right." Then move on to the person on the right, who happens to be Kevin. Continue around the circle back to the teacher.
Tossi also sends a suggestion for the older grades, from Isabel Carley: the class divides into groups of four. Everyone learns the names of the other three group members. Each group turns all four names into a rhythm pattern, such as "Kevin, Jenny, Mark, Ben!" Each group performs while the entire class follows a pattern such as clap, stamp, snap, patschen.
She also shares a few original rhymes:"Quentin, Quentin, Say, what's new? (Or: "How do you do?") You have a name that starts with Q!" and "Henry, Henry, starts with H, a very fine name to start with H!"
Sing, sing, sing with me, Sing out loud and clear
To tell the people everywhere That music time is here.
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*******************************************************************SAY HELLO
"SAY HELLO" is on one of "Greg and Steve's" earlier album. It's an echo song, and I love it, especially for K-2.What is Your Name (and What is Her Name?)
You sing on sol mi la sol mi: What is your name?
They answer on the same pitches: My name is _________________.
I sing/ask: What did you have for breakfast?
student; French toast.
I sing to next student: What is you name?
they reply My name is ________________
me: What did you have for breakfast?
student: Cheerios me...pointing to first student; What did she have for breakfast?
student 2: French toast
me: What is her name?
Student: Her name is ____________________
etc. It also helps to have a mic they can sing into...they love that!
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10/04 GREG & STEVE: One of my favorites is "Say Hello" by Greg and Steve. Another good one is "World-Wide Hello" by Cheryl Lavendar. -- Judy in WI----------------------
10/04 GREG & STEVE: "Say Hello" (echo, Greg and Steve, WE ALL LIVE TOGETHER) "Howdy!" (MK8, vol.14-1) "Just We Two" (Elizabeth Gilpatrick, ROUND WE GO) I've used this small, early collection many times and always use this song at the beginning of the 3rd grade. It has a great movement activity, although we don't do the song as a round. It's available at the MK8 Marketplace for $6.95 and includes some other greeting songs plus lots of other good, short pieces. -- Connie Herbon
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10/04 MK8: I've also used "Hello" from MK8 (http://www.musick8.com/ ; it's also in their "Wee Fun" = collection I think) and, while it's not TRULY a "hello" song, I've also = used "Let's Make Some Music Today" from MK8. "Gilly Good Morning" and = "Hello, How Do You Do" are other songs I collected from Cecile Johnson. = Another "not-exactly-a-hello-song-but-works" song is "You'll Sing a Song = and I'll Sing a Song" from Ella Jenkins. I also collected an echo song = I call "Hello There" (can't remember where I first heard it) and even = repeat it in minor for the month of October. - Dale Mize
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10/04 SONG: Guten Morgan: (This song is in 3/4, first line so's are low ones)
Guten morgen, guten morgen so so do do so so do do ti ti ta ta ti ti ta ta
Good morning good morning re mi mi re mi mi ta ta ta ta ta ta
Buenos dias, buenos dias so so so so so so so so ti ti ta ta ti ti ta ta
Buon giorno, buon giorno so fa mi mi mi re do do ti ti ta ta ti ti ta ta
(languages are German, English, Spanish, and Italian)
For afternoon classes, I change the first two lines to "Guten Tag" and "How are you" Can be sung in a round - I do this with them, esp. 3rd and 4th grade, in the last half of the year sometimes, it's a good way to introduce rounds because by then they know the song very well. I'm using this as a greeting song with 2nd and 3rd this year. In the past I've also used it with 4th, but I've got them doing the question or rhythm pattern with 5th and 6th grade this year. -- Ann Wells
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SONG: Hello, Hello, Hello by Gemini is great! I've just finished using it as our 1st Song of the Week and all grade levels really like it. It uses foreign language "hello's" and is wonderful for using head voice. -- Liz Eggers
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09/03 SONG: Hello, Hello, Hello, Hello
We are glad to meet you We are glad to greet you
Hello, Hello, Hello,Hello
do mi so do(oct) mi mi so so fa re mi mi so so
fa re do (oct) so mi do (low)
For the 3rds and up divide into 4 groups and hold their note thru all the hello's to make a I chord sing unison on the other words. It simple but fun. - Contributed by Johanna Beebe
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09/03 SONG: My children have enjoyed Hello Bon Jour Buenos Dias (Maybe it's called Hello to All the Children of the World!) from the new Silver Burdette. I believe it is 3rd grade. It is on their yellow sampler CD if you have it.-Contributed by Sarah in SC
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I love the new song from MK8 14/1 - Howdy!
I also use Which is Which from MK8 4/1.
Hola, Amigos MK8 12/1 is a favorite...I like to put this one on repeat and sing it is Spanish and French and English. Of course you could use any language you know!
Welcome Back MK8 9/1 is great for the beginning of the year. - Contributed by Kristin Lukow
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09/03 Julie Austin has a Hello Song called Everybody Says Hello!
(www.julieaustin.com
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09/03 RED GRAMMER has a lot of songs that I use including a hello song that he has other languages involved. A fun and creative man that I have attended workshops with and he has been to my school for a performance. The kids love all his songs. You can scan ideas and information on him at redgrammer.com - Contributed by Michelle Combs
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08/02 Hey children who's in town
Everybody stop and look around
Hey children who's in town
Tell us your name and then sit down.
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NAME SONG ...kinda cute! There's also a sound clip so you can listen to it as it's performed by Ralph Covert of Ralph's World. The lyrics are reproducible for classroom use. If it doesn't get too rambunctious, it ought to be fun! Try this address:
http://songsforteaching.homestead.com/NameSong.html
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10/01 GREG & STEVE have a neat song: "Say Hello" it's an echo song, easy to learn and includes shaking hands. It's on their "On the Move" CD.
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08/02 SONG LIST: I do a hello song for the month. I have plenty. Some of them are actual hello songs, some are just good songs to open. Here is my repertoire:
Sept: Hello-Teresa Jennings
Oct:: Hello,there STM Kinder
Nov: Hello, STM Kinder
Dec: The More we Get Together-Raffi
Jan: We're All Together Again- Greg and Steve
Feb: Be My Friend: STM Gr. 1
March: Say Hello Greg and Steve
April: Listen to the Children MK8 Vol. 7
May/June: Hello, Everybody
I do this with my first graders It's a goos way for them to get a sense of one month ending and another beginning.
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SONG LIST: I usually do some kind of Welcome or Hello song with all my classes K-5. Like many of the others
suggested, I use the following:
It's Time For Music (one I made up)
Hello Everybody Yes Indeed
When You See Me Wave Your Hand Hello
Hello There (STM)
Welcome To Music (D. Gagne)
Hola Amigos (MK8)
Let's All Shake Hands (MK8) >br?Hello (STM)
If You're Ready For Music
For my 4ths-5ths I use:
Everybody Clap Your Hands (STM 5)
Everybody's Welcome (STM 4)
Mama Don't Low
I don't generally do a Welcome/Hello type song with the middlers, but I do use an attention-getting warm-up song to get things started...
On A Day Like This, My Bonnie (with stand/sit mvmt on B words) etc.
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10/01 BUENOS DIAS (to the tune Frere Jacques), Hello to All the Children of the World,
Hello Song (from the Music for Little Mozarts Piano Series)
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10/01 KOBUTA: I know a cute Japanese song from first grade STM: "Kobuta" It's about a pig. raccoon, fox and cat. My kids LOVED it. The class that liked it the best was my bilingual first graders last year! Imagine that! Teaching Japanese to Spanish dominant kids!
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*******************************************************************WELCOME BACK TO SCHOOL
WELCOME BACK TO SCHOOLFor the beginning of school, I use a song called "Welcome Back to school" I think I found it in the Macmillan kinder or 1st grade book. Kids get to clap and stamp and stuff.
//// I // I z z z
cccd e e c d (z z z)
"Welcome back to school, can you clap" (clap on 3 rests)
//// I // I z z z
b b b c d d b c (z z z)
"Welcome back to school can you stamp" (stamp , stamp. stamp)
// / I /-I. / //// I
cc a a g g ffff e
"Can you say hello to everyone you know"
// I (Z Z) // I (Z Z)
ec d (z z) d b c (z z)
"Can you clap" (clap, clap) "can you stamp" (stamp, stamp)
Then there is a little clapping and stamping interlude and you sing it again.
Melody: (I = quarter // = 2 eighths, z = quarter rest,
/ I / = eighth/quarter/eighth) melody in key of C; b'= b below middle c;
/-I. = eighth tied to dotted quarter
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WELCOME EVERYONE "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star"Welcome, welcome, everyone, Now you're here, we'll have some fun.
First we'll clap our hands just so, Then we'll bend and touch our toe.
Welcome, welcome, everyone, Now you're here, we'll have some fun.
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*******************************************************************WHO'S THAT KNOCKING AT MY DOOR?
The first song fits the melody of "Barnacle the Sailor": Who's that knocking at my door? [chosen child knocks on a table or chair Who's that knocking at my door? [chosen child knocks again] Who's that knocking at my door? [chosen child knocks again] Why it must be [name of child] In Spanish, that's "Quien esta' tocando a mi puerta? Debes ser [name of child]."----------
d r m - - r# m f r - - - s, t, r - - d# r m d - - -
Who's that knocking at my door? Who's that knocking at my door?
d r m - - r# m f r - - - s, s, s, - f - m - d - - -
Who's that knocking at my door? Said the fair young maiden.
(faster)
s d' - d' s s s m - m d - d r r r r - s m - - d -
"It's only me from over the sea", Says Barnacle Bill the Sailor (2 x)
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WHO'S UNDER THE BLANKET?
Use a large blanket and assemble the children in a circle. Choose one child to leave the area so they can't see the group. Choose another child to hide under the blanket. The children all sing the song:Who is, who is under the blanket? (3X) Won't you tell me now?
The first child comes back into the group and then has to guess who is hiding. Give clues like "it is a girl" or "she really likes to play with the dress up" that sort of thing. It is amazing how hard this is. They love to sing the song and then shout out who it is.
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*******************************************************************YOO HOO!
YOO HOO GAMEI play a game with all of my K through 3 students called the "Yoo Hoo" game. At the beginning of the year, I call each student on a minor third, "Yoo Hoo, David" and all of the kids echo, matching pitch as closely as possible. After I call and the class echoes, that student sits down. After a few weeks, I just call the first person, then I sit down and that student calls the next person and sits down and so on. After each person calls, the whole class echoes. Our main goal here is matching pitches. The kids love the game and don't realize they are also learning not to be afraid of singing alone.
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9/01 YOO HOO (for dismissal)
It follows the "yoo-hoo" idea that has been mentioned before. I sing on so-mi "yoo-hoo, Susie". Before Susie goes to line up at the door, she sings "yoo-hoo David". David "yoo-hoo's" someone else and so on. The last person GETS to "yoo-hoo" the teacher(make that a big privilege so they don't feel as bad being the last one).
They are singing individually, trying to match pitch. and concentrating to hear their own names.