This song is available on Hap Palmer's Can A Jumbo Jet Sing the Alphabet?
Skills and Concepts:
- Enhancing spatial awareness
- Relating body planes to directions in space
- Developing basic motor skills
Vocabulary:
front, back, side, high, low, forward, backward, right, left, over, under, pat, clap, lean, reach, jump, turn,
shake wiggle, swing
Activity:
Children do the motions described in each verse. When they hear the words, "Let's Dance," they combine
the movements in any order they wish, or create their own ways of moving.
Pat the front of your body, everybody clap to the front
Pat the back of your body, everybody clap to the back
Pat the right side of your body, lean and clap to the right
Pat the left side of your body, lean and clap to the left
Reach up high, hands over your head
Bend down low, and touch your knees
Reach up high, hands over your head
Now move any way you please
Chorus:
Now let's dance, everybody dance
Now let's dance, everybody dance
Pat the front of your body, now everybody jump forward
Pat the back of your body, now everybody jump backward
Pat the right side of your body, everybody turn to the right
Pat the left side of your body, everybody turn to the left
Swing your arms from side to side
Wiggle your fingers and shake your shoes
Swing your arms from side to side
Then move any way you choose
Repeat Chorus
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