This song is available on Hap Palmer's album Can a Jumbo Jet Sing the Alphabet?
Skills and Concepts:
- Recognizing word families and word endings
- Developing rhyming skills
- Identifying body parts and ways we can move
Vocabulary:
head, hair, lips, heel, feet, neck, tummy, waist, nod, brush, circle, lift, stamp, twist, tickle, bend
Activity:
In each verse there are three words that rhyme. Participants move a body part that also rhymes with these
words. They need not wait to hear all three words. They can move as soon as they know the answer.
Shake a part of your body that rhymes with red
Rhymes with bed, rhymes with said
. . . Everybody shake your head
Brush a part that rhymes with bear
Rhymes with chair, rhymes with air
. . . Everybody brush your hair
Circle a part that rhymes with lips
Rhymes with chips, rhymes with dips
. . . Everybody circle your hips
Lift a part that rhymes with peel
Rhymes with wheel, rhymes with seal
. . . Everybody lift your heel
Chorus:
We're the Rhyme Time Band
The prime time sound in all the land
We're the Rhyme Time Band
Come on and join the fun!
Stamp a pair of parts that rhyme with beat
Rhyme with treat, rhyme with neat
. . . Everybody stamp your feet
Twist a part that rhymes with peck
Rhymes with heck, rhymes with wreck
. . . Everybody twist your neck
Tickle a part that rhymes with yummy
Rhymes with chummy, rhymes with mummy
. . . Everybody tickle your tummy
Bend a part that rhymes with taste
Rhymes with paste, rhymes with haste
. . . Everybody bend your waist
Repeat Chorus
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